One of the most important aspects when creating either a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recording is to ensure that the volume or amplitude of the message, sound, masking or brainwave tracks be set at the correct level. This article discusses what these levels should be and why the quality of your recording depends on it.

Although not exactly the same as loudness, amplitude is closely related to it and is measured using the decibel scale. Once you have created the supporting tracks to be used in the final recording, the amplitude or decibel level of each will have to be adjusted before mixing the tracks together. How this is done is dependent on the type of recording and is completely different for subliminal, supraliminal and paraliminal recordings.

Subliminal Recordings and Amplitude

By definition, a subliminal recording is a mixture of two audio tracks, one presenting the message statements and a second that acts as a masking track. The messages must be perceptible by the brain, but not quite audible to the conscious mind. The masking track is completely audible and also acts to make the recording sound more interesting to the ear.

When you first build the audio message track, it should be at a normal level of volume and this is necessary in order to verify that the message statements have been created properly. It is also important that whether you record your own message statements or generate them using text-to-speech software that they sound consistent.

By consistent it is meant that the amplitude or loudness of each statement be at the same level. Also, the speed and manner in which the message statements are presented should be reasonably slow and sound calm and relaxing. The best strategy when creating the message track is to pretend that you are talking to a young child.

The masking audio track should also be consistent and be relaxing to the listener. Sound clips that are erratic in volume and have many highs and lows in loudness are not recommended in any way. Using relaxing music or nature sounds is a much better choice.

Once you have built both the audio message and masking sound tracks and are satisfied with them, you will have to consider adjusting their level of volume or amplitude before mixing them together to create the final recording. The difference in amplitude between the message track and the masking track should be approximately 15 decibels, but this can vary either way by several decibels.

A common mistake made by people new to creating subliminal recordings and unfortunately even some companies that sell them is that they reduce the amplitude of the message track by too large a degree. Instead of reducing it by 15 decibels, it may be lowered it by as much as 30 to 40 decibels. In doing so, they may make the message statements physically inaudible and effectively render the final recording useless.

The software program you choose in mixing your message and masking tracks will provide you with the ability to adjust amplitude levels and it may take repeated attempts before you arrive at just the right sound levels. Even though the software is precise in how this is done, the best judge should still be your ears.

It is suggested that you listen to each track and the potential final mixed recording repeatedly until you are satisfied that the messages can be heard and that they are not overwhelmed by the masking sound track. It will likely be necessary to greatly increase the volume of the sound system of your computer in order to do this.

Supraliminal Recordings and Amplitude

With a supraliminal recording, both the message track and the accompanying sound track are designed to be completely audible. It is also important that the message track include a short initial segment designed to relax the body and optionally, the mind of the listener.

But even though both the message and accompanying sound track should be audible, it does not mean that they should be mixed at the same level of amplitude. This is an often overlooked point when building supraliminal recordings.

As with a subliminal audio recording, both the message and sound tracks should be created in the best way possible. Aside from the additional introductory relaxation segment in the message track, there is no difference between a subliminal and supraliminal recording except for the amplitude levels of the supporting audio tracks.

How they are mixed is important and it is suggested that you adjust the amplitude of each track appropriately. If you have created both the message and sound tracks properly, then they should each be consistent in how they sound. They will likely be at approximately the same level of amplitude or loudness.

But before mixing the message and sound tracks together it is advised that you adjust the amplitude of the message track. The message statements should be audible, but they should seem almost like someone was politely and calmly speaking to you as you were falling asleep.

If the message track was created by applying the guidelines suggested previously for subliminal recordings, then it should be calm, relaxing and consistent. The same principles apply to the sound track that you decide to include in the final recording.

For a supraliminal recording the message track should be reduced in amplitude by approximately 5 decibels. The reason for doing this is so that even though both the message and sound tracks are audible, the message track will sound more comforting to the listener at slightly lower amplitude.

Paraliminal Recordings and Amplitude

A paraliminal recording is considerably different than a subliminal or supraliminal recording. It normally includes three or more different audio tracks instead of the two that are commonly used in subliminal or supraliminal recordings. The additional track included is a brainwave track and it is designed to induce a relaxed mental state by using binaural tones.

The brainwave track must be created using two channels or in stereo because it is usually necessary to present different sound frequencies to each ear in order to achieve the desired effect. The desired effect is to induce a state of mind so that the listener experiences an alpha, theta or delta brain experience. By doing so, the listener becomes more receptive to the message statements presented in the audio message track.

Each of the other audio tracks must also be created in stereo, because if one must be in stereo then the others must also be built in the same manner. The tracks included in the final recording must always be built using two channels.

The three tracks required, message, sound and brainwave, should also be adjusted with respect to their amplitude before mixing the final recording. The audio message track should be slightly lower in amplitude than the sound track by approximately 5 decibels.

The brainwave track should be slightly be above audible perception and be at least 20 decibels lower in amplitude than the sound track. The reason for doing this is that the binaural tones presented in the brainwave track can become irritating to the listener and there is no benefit in doing so.

Again, the best way to judge the volume or amplitude levels of each of the recording components is to listen carefully before you decide to mix them together.

In conclusion, it is highly important that you mix each of your supporting audio tracks in the best way possible. Part of this involves adjusting the volume, loudness or amplitude of them before attempting to mix them together when creating your final recording. Doing this may require additional time, but it is usually worth the effort involved and likely that the recordings you create will be more satisfying to your listeners.

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Before you begin recording and mixing your message, sound, masking or brainwave tracks, it is important that you adopt standards with respect to their characteristics. Each component should be digitally recorded in the same manner so that it is easier to mix your final recording and reuse them in future recordings. This article discusses these issues in detail and explains why this is to your advantage.

Regardless of what method you use to create or mix the different audio clips needed for your recording, each has certain attributes relating to the digital audio file type, sample size, number of channels and the sampling rate. Even if a recorded audio clip was not recorded digitally, it will have to be converted to digital and the same characteristics should be used.

Why Use Standard Characteristics?

It requires effort on your part to create each audio component and mix them together so that you end up with the type of recording desired. By adopting standards you will exert less effort in creating your recordings. The reason for this is it will not be necessary to convert each one into a common format before mixing them.

An advantage you gain by doing this is time and the disadvantage is that it may require additional storage space. Given a choice between the two, and the continuing reduction in the cost of memory and disk storage devices, it is more cost effective to adopt a standard format for your recording components.

There is another benefit in that when you decide to reuse an existing audio component, such as a message clip or brainwave track, you will not need to convert it before using it in a new recording.

Audio File Recording Format

There are different file formats that can store digital audio clips, but the suggested one to use is the WAV format. This represents audio that is stored in an uncompressed digital format and is widely accepted.

Storing your recorded or generated audio segments in a compressed format such as MP3 is not initially recommended. This should only be done after the final recording is built and only after careful consideration as to compression quality issues.

A WAV file is a digital representation of the audio clip, but an MP3, OGG or other compressed format is actually a data file that describes to a digital player how to play the file. They are completely different and any compressed file will have to be converted back into WAV or another format in order for mixing.

Also, a WAV file retains the original audio characteristics of the clip, whereas a compressed version sounding virtually identical can result in a loss of audio information. Each time you mix or combine different audio clips for your final recording, using compressed versions of them means that you are could be reducing the desired effect of your recording.

Using the WAV audio file type for all of your initial and intermediate recording components almost guarantees that the subliminal messages will be audible, and at the desired low level of volume. If you were to compress each of your audio segments, then it is possible that you could lose some quality with respect to the subliminal messages as you progressively mixed the audio components together.

Digital Sampling Rates and Sample Size

A standard music CD or Compact Disc is a digital representation of the original and attempts to reproduce it in the best way. This is done by sampling the original analog recording at extremely frequent intervals and converting those samples into numbers that a computer sound processor can understand and reproduce.

In order to achieve the best sounding digital recording, both the number of times per second the recording is sampled and the size of the sample are important. For a CD recording, the sample rate is 44,100 times per second (44.1 KHz) and each sample represents a number. That number can have approximately 64,000 different values and is stored as a 16 digit binary number.

It is suggested that you use the same sample rate and sample size when creating each of your recording audio segments. This will prevent any loss of quality as you progress to mixing your final recording.

Even though it may seem to be inefficient to store your recording segments using these attributes, it is likely to your benefit. The additional sound, masking or even brainwave audio tracks must be recorded at a high standard. Since you will have to eventually mix all of these components together, adopting a standard format will save you time.

Using Mono or Stereo

It is tempting to record or generate all your message, masking, sound or brainwave tracks using either one or two sound channels, but this depends on the nature of the individual recording component.

Using both left and right channels for any audio segment of your recording means that it will require double the amount of storage space. Only certain tracks or mixtures of them should be built in stereo.

For audio message clips, it is suggested that they be created only using one track. The reason for doing this is that they may be later mixed in different manners for another recording. You may choose to build an audio message segment using both left and right channels for one of your recordings.

If recorded in mono, then you can easily later combine them in any way desired, but if they were in stereo, then you would have to separate them. Doing this would only add additional effort to what you want to accomplish. The secondary advantage is that mono recording segments use only half as much storage as stereo audio segments.

To summarize, using a standard set of characteristics when creating your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings will save you time and reduce any effort involved in converting between different audio formats. It will also enable you to reuse any of the audio clips that you have already created and may desire to use in creating a new recording.

The standards you may wish to adopt when creating your recording components are suggested as follows:

• Record basic and intermediate audio segments in the WAV format
• Suggested digital sample size should be 16-bits
• The preferred sample frequency is 44,100 Hz.
• Basic audio message segments should be recorded in mono

Following these suggestions should only help you to create better recordings, but more importantly to save storage space and to organize your audio recording components more efficiently.

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A subliminal or any other type of self-help message statement can be written in either the first or second person perspective. Messages in the first person refer to statements worded such as “I am” and those in the second person perspective as “You are”. This article explains the differences between the two types and why you should consider using either or both when designing message scripts.

Message statements phrased as “I am” may not be as acceptable to the subconscious mind of your listener as those beginning with “You are”. The reverse can also be true and it depends on how receptive your listener is to subconscious change, and in what way. Since it is almost impossible to know this, a suggested basic strategy is to use both first and second person perspectives when creating your message script.

Reasons for Using the First Person Perspective

Some individuals may feel more comfortable listening to messages delivered from the first person perspective. This may be because of their past experiences and perhaps have been repeatedly told that “you will never do this”, “you can never be that”, or other similar remarks.

Subconscious memories of this can be carried forward into the present so that anyone stating to them that “You will …” may trigger resistance. The result could be that they would be hesitant to subconsciously accept any statement that tells them to do, be or act in a certain way when worded in the second person perspective.

If this were the scenario, a better choice would be to not use the second person perspective and consider rephrasing it in the first person. If you knew that your target listener had these issues, it would be preferable to phrase your message statements such as “I am …” In this way, you may encounter less resistance from their subconscious mind.

Reasons for Using the Second Person Perspective

It can also be the case that certain individuals do not think about themselves and the target subject in a positive way. This may arise from frequently repeating to themselves that “I can never be this”, “I will always be that”, or many other similar negative statements.

Self-criticism is perhaps the most powerful form or negative self-programming and regrettably occurs far too frequently with many people. The result of this can be that such individuals are less receptive to statements worded in the first person.

Being positively complimented and encouraged from another person’s perspective may make them more receptive about being able to achieve the target goal. For people with this challenge, it would likely be more suitable to use messages stated in the second person, such as “You are successful”.

Other Issues Related to Using the First or Second Person

Preferably, you already understand the differences between a subliminal, supraliminal and paraliminal recording. An important one is that supraliminal or paraliminal recording types are designed to induce a relaxed physical and mental state in the listener. While subliminal recordings can be listened to at any time, the other two types require listening in a relaxed environment.

As the listener becomes more relaxed, their subconscious resistance to any message should become lower as the recording progresses. The consequence of this is that message statements written in either the first or second person perspectives will also become more acceptable.

But because subliminal recordings do not attempt to make the listener more relaxed, any existing subconscious resistance will usually not change as the recording is being listened to. An exception to this would be if the listener is in a relaxing environment.

For this reason it is likely more important to use both first and second person message statements in a subliminal recording than it is in a supraliminal or paraliminal recording.

Mixing Both First and Second Person Perspectives

Including both first and second person message statements in your scripts is relatively easy to do. You need only create two different versions of each statement, one in the first person, and another from the second person perspective.

It is also important to present them in an alternating manner and this simply means that the initial statement is in the first person and the one following be in the second person perspective. You can reverse the order if you choose and there is no difference in doing so.

For example, instead of including only a message statement as “I am successful”, it is suggested to follow this with an additional statement in the second person perspective such as “You are successful”.

This should always be done with a subliminal recording and likely beneficial to do when creating message scripts for supraliminal or paraliminal recordings. But there is a downside to including message statements in both the first and second person.

If you created a message script that perhaps included 30 different statements, then just by adding additional statements in the second person would mean that the length of the script would be twice the size, or 60 statements.

The length of your message script is important as are other considerations with regard to using present or future tenses, and addressing sub-themes when designing the message statements. Complying with these will increase the length of the message script. You will need to consider each of these aspects in order to achieve the correct balance.

Fully understanding the mind of the target listener is almost impossible and consequently, the best option may be to use both first and second person perspectives when writing your message script. This should be done in conjunction with other suggestions as to sub-themes, using tenses properly and related guidelines.

To summarize, there is no way to be certain that the message script of your recording will be able to help all of your potential listeners. By targeting one specific type of listener you may be ignoring the other. You should strive to write you message script so that a balance is achieved.

One important way to do this is to incorporate the use of message statements presented in either the first person or second person perspective. Designing statements with this in mind may help a greater number of people in different scenarios. This can only serve to make your recordings both more effective and acceptable to your potential audience.

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A masking or accompanying sound track is important for any type of subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording. They can be recorded, obtained for no or some cost and also be generated. This article focuses on generating these sound tracks and provides guidelines as to how to do this in the best manner.

If you decide to generate your sound or masking tracks you will need the basic knowledge as to what to do and in the proper way. It is necessary that you first consider what is desired in the sound or masking track. Also important is the software program chosen and the features that it should have.

Desirable Sound Track Features

The sound track that you create should be relaxing and soothing and also be consistent in how it sounds. Software programs can generate these sound clips if you understand what the target characteristics are.

The preferred choice is to use sounds of nature and be able to generate and adjust them in a suitable way. Nature sounds are highly appealing and the variations of them can be almost infinite.

There are choices with respect to the sound of rainfalls, waterfalls, babbling brook, thunderstorms, gentle rain, windstorms, and many others. You should seek to create a small library of reusable and different sounding nature audio clips if possible.

You should also be able to choose secondary sounds so that your masking or sound track is more appealing. Gentle ocean waves can be relaxing, but using them exclusively can make the sound track seem repetitive and somewhat boring.

Including secondary and random sounds of nature will only serve to make the sound segment seem more appealing to listeners. Random sounds of birds or insects render the sound clip more interesting to listen to.

Preferred Physical Sound Characteristics

In addition to how the generated audio sounds to the ear, it is also important that it have certain physical characteristics. The most important of these is that it is possible to save the generated output file in the WAV format. Other compressed formats such as MP3 or OGG are preferable, but not necessary. Although the WAV output file is larger than a compressed format, using it makes it easier to mix the sound track with other tracks to build the final recording.

There should also be considerations for the audio output sample rate, sample size and the number of channels. The ideal frequency sampling rate should be 44,100 Hz, the sample size 16-bit and created using one or two channels. These settings are desirable for all audio recording components because it provides a common standard and avoids conversion issues when mixing audio segments.

Ideal Software Program Features

Ideally, a program chosen to generate sound clips to use in a recording would have certain features, but this may not always be possible. A list of desirable features would be as follows:

• Available for most operating platforms
• Have no cost or a reasonable cost
• Trial version available
• Easily downloadable
• Easy to use graphical interface
• Include basic nature sound templates
• Allow secondary random sounds to be used
• Full documentation and help available
• Allow generated audio output saved in WAV format
• Permit control over physical audio characteristics
• Allows control over length or size of generated recording
• Provides controls for adjusting recording levels
• No royalty payments required

Of the programs available that can generate sound clips, most usually focus on either nature sounds or brainwave sounds. There are a greater number of software programs capable of generating brainwave tracks then there are those dedicated to generating nature sounds. The discussion of programs that can generate brainwave entrainment or binaural sounds is provided in a different article.

An important consideration when selecting a software program is to be able to generate nature sound clips without being charged royalty fees or additional licensing fees. This can be significant if you decide to market and sell your final recordings.

Recommended Software

One of the most popular software programs available for generating sounds of nature is Atmosphere Deluxe. It meets most of the desirable characteristics, but not all. Regrettably, it is only provided for the Windows platform. A free trial version is available and you may wish to download and test it. Below is a screenshot of Atmosphere Deluxe.

There are three different versions of this program available: Atmosphere Lite, Atmosphere Lite Plus and Atmosphere Deluxe. Atmosphere Lite is completely free of charge but has limited features. Atmosphere Lite Plus is the midrange version and comes with additional sounds and features. Atmosphere Deluxe is the fully featured version and provides extra features and sounds that are more realistic.

All three are available for download and the Atmosphere Lite version has no usage restrictions. The Lite Plus and Deluxe versions are available as 21 day fully functional trial downloads and have a cost of $19.95 USD and $34.95 USD respectively.

The graphical interface is easy to use, basic nature sound templates (or presets) included, and random secondary sound control provided. Full documentation and online help is also available. The generated output file can be saved as a WAV file or converted into the MP3 format, although this is not recommended. The physical characteristics of the output audio are also controllable.

It is also possible to control the length of the generated audio output in terms of physical file size or time duration, and the audio levels of the selected recording device to use. This is highly important if you require the sound segment to be of a specific time length.

There are no royalty fees involved when using either version of Atmosphere, but it may be necessary to purchase a commercial license. This is only important if you decide to use the generated audio sounds in your recordings and sell them. If your recordings are only for personal use then it is not necessary to purchase a commercial license.

The cost for obtaining a commercial license for the full version, or Atmosphere Deluxe is approximately $98 USD. This permits you to generate audio segments to be used in the final subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording at no additional charge and sell them in any way chosen without royalty costs.

Even if you decide that the Atmosphere software is not suitable for your purposes, it is worthwhile to at least experiment with this program and you can obtain the software from www.relaxingsoftware.com.

To conclude, you have different options available with respect to creating a masking or sound track. Using sounds of nature that are generated by a computer program is an excellent choice if you understand what is required.

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Any subliminal or similar recording should help as many potential listeners as possible. But some of us are left-handed and represent ten percent of the population. Left-handed people usually have different brain structures and this can affect how you create your audio message tracks. This article discusses the differences in left-handed individuals and how to design your recordings to target them with minimal effort.

Brain Hemispheres and Left-Handedness

Each individual has two separate brains or hemispheres that have different functions. In most people that are right-handed, the left side of their brain or hemisphere is better equipped in dealing with language, reasoning, planning and organization. The right brain or hemisphere is described as being more skilled with visual images, intuition and creative abilities involving art or music.

For left-handed people, the scenario may be quite different. These individuals may have some of those skills reversed.  Their language skills may be centered in the right hemisphere of their brain instead of the left hemisphere.

Some of your potential listeners may have this characteristic and it is important to understand this before building your audio message track. This can be significant because people that are left-handed may respond differently to the audio messages, depending on how the recording is mixed.

Recording Types and Brain Hemispheres

Creating a stereo recording is the only way to direct audio messages specifically to either the right or left brain of the listener. This is done by building the left channel differently from the right channel. It is usually necessary that the listener be using stereo headphones so that they can perceive the difference.

When building either a subliminal or supraliminal recording you will have to decide whether to create it in mono or stereo. It is important to remember that if the final recording is in stereo and mixed from multiple audio tracks, then each of these supporting tracks must also be in stereo.

If you build a paraliminal recording then it must have two channels because the included brainwave track requires this. This is because the left and right tracks will present different frequencies to each ear in order to achieve the desired binaural entrainment effect.

Since the message and accompanying sound tracks must also be mixed using two audio channels, this provides an opportunity to present different messages or sounds to either the left or right brain.

But a subliminal or supraliminal recording normally does not include a brainwave track and it is not required to create the message or masking sound tracks in stereo. If built using only one audio channel, these tracks will present exactly the same messages or sounds to each ear and to the left and right brains of the listener.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to building subliminal or paraliminal recordings in stereo. These should be completely understood before attempting to do so.

 Advantages of Stereo Subliminal and Supraliminal Recordings

The benefits of building these types of recordings with two audio channels are as follows:

• Ability to direct specific messages to either the left or right brain
• Allow for different voices to be presented such as male or female
• Permit alternating tenses and directive or permissive statements
• Use different sounds to make the masking track sound more interesting

The most important of these is that you have the ability to design, build and mix message clips that target either the left or right brain of the listener. This can be of benefit not only to your general listeners, but also those that are left-handed and have the functions of their brain hemispheres reversed.

Another advantage is that you can include different voices for each of the left and right channels of your message track. In a message track with one channel, you can alternate between using one voice or another over time. But with a stereo message track you can present both at the same time. This can be important because certain types of people respond better to messages presented in either a male or female voice.

Stereo subliminal and supraliminal recordings also permit you to use the left and right channels to present messages that have been designed with different tenses or applying directive or permissive statements. These strategies are described in further detail in other articles.

In a mono recording using only one audio channel, the sound or masking track may seem less interesting to the ear of the potential listener. An advantage of creating the sound track in stereo is that different sounds can be presented in each channel. The benefit of this is that the audio sound track used in mixing the final recording may sound more interesting to the listener.

Disadvantages of Stereo Subliminal and Supraliminal Recordings

These advantages will have to be weighed against the disadvantages, which are as follows:

• The final recording will be twice as large in size
• Building and mixing each track will usually take more time
• It is not certain that the final recording will be more effective 

When recording with two channels, the size of the delivered recording and each of the audio clips created will be twice as large. This is a tradeoff between the quality you wish to provide and the storage space necessary for the final recording and each of the components.

If you choose to build and mix a subliminal or supraliminal audio recording using two channels instead of in mono, you should understand that there is additional effort involved. Because you will be creating individual audio clips in stereo and combining them together, you will likely need more time to accomplish this.

It is not certain that creating the message or sound tracks in stereo will be of benefit to your potential listeners. There is no way to be sure that your target listener is left or right-handed or if they have a certain personality type. Also, it is virtually impossible to determine if they have specific issues that can be addressed by employing stereo messages.

Designing Subliminal or Supraliminal Recordings for Everyone

You may decide to build audio message or sound tracks for a subliminal or supraliminal recording in stereo based on the information presented here. But before attempting this, you should understand that there is a tradeoff involved.

By this it is meant that it is almost impossible to provide any type of subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording that helps every potential listener. The best that you can do when creating your recordings is to compromise.

To conclude, people that are left-handed are not that different than others but should still be addressed in how you create your recordings. You can build your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings so that it helps as many people as possible, but it may require more knowledge and effort to do this.

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Using text-to-speech (TTS) software to generate subliminal or other types of audio messages requires a voice engine and an application program that controls it. There are many TTS programs available and it is important to choose one that is suitable. This article describes what characteristics they can have and provides guidelines to aid in the selection process.

A text-to-speech application program allows the input of text and directs a voice engine in how the text is to be converted into audio. Although much simpler and smaller than a voice engine, it is just as important. The programs available can vary greatly with respect to the features they provide.

These features can be grouped into five categories: Cost, System Platform, User Interface, Voice Engine Controls and Audio Output Format.

Cost Considerations

One of the most important considerations is the cost of purchasing a TTS application. There are a few programs that are free of charge, but most are available on average for $30.00 USD. Regardless of the cost, the features provided can be substantially different.

A TTS program that is free of charge can actually have better features than another which has a cost. The reverse is also true in that one that you may have to pay for may not be as appealing or lack some desired characteristics.

Because text-to-speech technology requires both a voice engine and a front-end application, some voice suppliers will bundle their voices with a TTS application. Generally, this means that if you purchase their voice (or voices), the program may be included at no additional cost.

This can be of benefit but only if you are also looking for a suitable premium voice engine to use. If you have already decided on a particular voice engine and it includes a TTS program, then you may be able to save some money. But you should be certain that the voice offered is suitable for your needs.

One of the most popular TTS applications is TextAloud (Windows only) and it can be purchased separately or may be offered as a bonus when purchasing certain voices. If you find a voice that is preferable and TextAloud is included with it, then it suggested that you consider purchasing it if your operating system is a recent version of Microsoft Windows.

If all you require is a useful TTS program and already have a suitable voice engine, then you should consider a free program that is very useful. This is DSpeech and is completely free of charge, does not include annoying nag messages, has no spyware, no licensing fees and has many useful features. Regrettably, DSpeech is only presently available for the Windows platform. If you find it helpful you should consider providing a donation to the author, Dimitrios Coutsoumbas.

System Platform Concerns

Depending on which operating system your computer uses, you may have more or fewer options available to you. There are more TTS programs provided for the Windows platform than any other. This does not mean that there are no options available for MAC OS or Linux, but only that the choices can be limited.

Ideally, the voice engine chosen and the TTS program selected should both be available for all popular operating systems. Unfortunately, there are few voice suppliers that provide different voices and TTS software that work across all computer platforms.

One of the vendors that provide both is Cepstral and the voices they supply are compatible with most Windows versions, MAC OS, Linux, and other operating systems. As a bonus, Cepstral provides a TTS command-line interface program that works almost identically for each platform and also a Windows version with a graphical user interface, known as SwiftTalker. Both are more than capable of converting text into audio in an efficient manner.

Also important is that the TTS program supports the latest version of SAPI, which is an acronym for Speech Application Interface. The most commonly used versions of this are SAPI4 and SAPI5, but more recent versions such as SAPI 5.1 or 5.3 are available. It may be necessary to update your operating system to benefit from more recent versions.

User Interface Issues

The TTS program chosen to generate subliminal audio messages or other types will most likely have a graphical user interface (GUI), but it may also have a command line interface (CLI). Either can achieve the desired results, but for most people a windows type interface is preferred.

If you choose a TTS program that has a Windows type interface, then these are the basic features that are required.

• Permits data entry of the text to be converted
• Provides controls for starting and stopping speech
• Generates the converted speech as a WAV file
• Provides options for choosing output sample rate and size
• Provides controls for adjusting voice speed and pitch
• Allows Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) meta-tags

Other features as listed below are desirable and can make it easier to use the TTS program, but they are not absolutely necessary.

• Permits opening different input file types (.doc, .rtf, .txt, .html, .xml)
• Allows direct recording from microphone
• Permits pasting text from clipboard
• Provides controls for pausing, speaking from cursor, next sentence, etc.
• Allows control over voice engine selection
• Provides additional audio output formats (WAV, MP3 or OGG)
• Provides options for audio format (channels, sample rate and size)
• Provides controls for voice engine volume, speed and pitch
• Allows selection of different SAPI versions

Voice Engine Control Concerns

The TTS application program directs how the voice engine should convert text into speech. If the voice engine allows control over volume, pitch, and speed, then these should ideally be controllable by the TTS program.

However, not all voice engines permit control over the volume, speed or pitch and how they can be adjusted. This is important because even if you choose a voice engine that you consider appropriate, you will likely have to modify it somewhat so that it sounds suitable for your purpose.

It may be necessary to adjust the volume, modify the pitch, or the speed of the generated voice in order for it to sound calm, smooth and relaxing. For the purpose of building subliminal or other types of audio message segments, this is an important consideration.

Audio Output Format Options

All TTS application programs must be able to convert the text into speech and into an audio clip or segment. Choosing an audio output format that is uncompressed, such as WAV is a better choice because it allows you to use the generated audio clip in any way you consider appropriate.

The audio message segments will still have to be integrated with other tracks, but if they are in an uncompressed format then this can be helpful when mixing the final recording.

The TTS program should provide at least one and preferably more output audio format options. More importantly, it should permit options with respect to sound characteristics.

It should be possible to choose between mono or stereo, different sample frequencies and either an 8-bit or 16-bit sample size. The preferences for generating an audio message clip would be in mono, a sample size of 16 bits and a sample rate of 44,100 kHz.

To conclude, if you decide to use text-to-speech software you will require both a human sounding voice engine and a front-end application that can control it. A TTS program that directs how the text is converted into audible speech can be free of charge, purchased separately or bundled with a voice engine.

You may even decide to acquire and use one or more TTS applications and this is advisable. As long as they meet the basic requirements and perhaps have more desirable features, then you are on the right track in generating your subliminal or other types of audio messages.

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Whether creating subliminal recordings for your own use or for others, you should be aware of the side-effects this may have on you personally. Each step in designing and creating a self-help recording of any type requires different types of action. It is almost impossible to avoid the consequences these actions will have on you as a recording creator. This article discusses how this can affect you in ways you may not have expected.

You likely already understand each of the steps involved in creating either a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording. The steps having the greatest effect on you will be the creation of the message tracks, the brainwave tracks and the process involved in mixing each of the various tracks together to create the final recording.

How Creating Message Tracks Affect You

For each of the self-help subjects that you target in your recordings, you will need to properly design and write the message script. It may take anywhere from a few hours to several days to refine it so that the statements have the greatest impact.

The message script will of course have to be either recorded or generated as an audio segment. Several copies of this audio clip will need to be sequentially mixed in order to achieve the desired message track length.

As you build the message track, you will be exposed to each of the statements in the script repeatedly, often to the point where they may become almost annoying to listen to. If you find this happening to you, it is best that you take a break or switch to a different aspect of the recording creation process, or even work on a different recording subject. The suggested reason for this is that if you are unable to focus clearly on what you are doing, then you are more likely to make a mistake and the quality of your recording may suffer.

The other side-effect you will likely be aware of is that repeated listening to the messages may affect you with respect to the target subject. If the topic you selected for example was overcoming the fear of heights, then you may become less fearful of heights, but only if two conditions are true.

First, you would have to already have a fear of heights. Regardless of the self-help topic targeted, a problem cannot be resolved if it does not already exist. This is an important principle you should remember not just for yourself, but for your listeners as well.

The second condition is that even though you will be listening to the messages repeatedly over the course of perhaps several days, it may still not be long enough to impact your own subconscious. Even after progressing through the mixing process in creating the final recording, this can still hold true.

As a creator, you have the option of not listening once the recording is completed. Your listeners, on the other hand, will choose to listen to the recording frequently and perhaps for months until it achieves the desired affect.

How Creating Brainwave Tracks Affect You

If you choose to create paraliminal recordings, then it is very likely that you will incorporate a brainwave audio track to introduce an alpha, theta or delta state, or a mixture of these. The purpose of a brainwave track is to induce an altered state of mind so that the message track becomes more acceptable to the subconscious. These tracks can be significantly more powerful than simply using a relaxing sound track to achieve this state.

You will usually have to create and listen to different versions of brainwave audio tracks until you are satisfied that you are obtaining the desired effect. When doing this, you should be aware of the two possible consequences.

By listening to a brainwave track repeatedly, and even not in conjunction with the message track, it can render you so relaxed that you are unable to focus clearly on building your recording. You may find yourself listening to the track and forgetting about what you were intending to accomplish. For this reason, it is suggested that you restrict your exposure to any brainwave track to a minimum. Even if the track you are creating is designed to move between different states (alpha, theta, delta), you need only listen to each segment for at most a few minutes.

The other consequence of listening is only relevant if you have a neurological condition such as incidents of epilepsy or similar conditions. If you have any form of this, it strongly advised that you consult with your doctor before attempting to expose yourself to brainwave recordings. Doing so may trigger seizures or other undesirable effects. This is not only important to you, but also your potential recording listeners and you should provide a disclaimer in your recording descriptions so that they are aware of this. This will also help protect you from a legal perspective.

How Mixing the Different Tracks Affect You

When you arrive at the point where you have completed building the individual message, sound and possibly brainwave audio tracks, you will need to spend some time mixing them together and adjusting volume levels until you are satisfied with the final recording version.

The effects of listening to each component audio track become even more amplified and you should be aware of this. It is important that you listen to the intermediate versions of your recording, but this doesn’t mean that you need to do it all in one sitting. Pace yourself and review your recording components or revised versions in moderation.

In conclusion, building subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recordings can affect you personally. But if you are aware of the potential side-effects and manage yourself appropriately, then these will not affect you undesirably. It may even help you in being able to create your recordings in a faster and more effective manner.

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There are different ways to acquire suitable sound clips to use in a building a masking or accompanying sound track for your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording. One option is to download them from various Internet web sites for free or perhaps at some cost. This article discusses what features to look for in an acceptable sound clip and should be reviewed before deciding on any particular one.

The preferred features of an acceptable sound clip are grouped into the following categories and each is discussed below:

•  Type of Sounds Provided
•  Costs Involved
•  Recording Characteristics
•  Audio Format
•  Absence of Embedded Messages

Generally, many of the sound segments available have been created using nature sounds. Audio clips of this type are highly recommended, since nature sounds are normally very relaxing to most people. Examples of this could present ocean waves, rainfalls, waterfalls, birds or insects or various other types of sounds.

Other possible types include chimes, bells, classical music, rhythmic chanting, or a range of other themes. As long as the recorded sound clip is relaxing and soothing, then it is most likely acceptable.

By this it is meant that there should not be any extreme high or low volume levels in the recording and that it should sound reasonably consistent. The goal is to seek out a pre-recorded audio clip that would not upset the listener in any way and promotes a more relaxed physical and mental state.

Any personal preferences you may have regarding the type of sounds presented in the audio clip should be put aside if you are creating recordings for other people. As a recording creator, it is far more important that you consider what the potential listener would prefer to hear.

But if you are creating recordings primarily for your own use, then you should of course choose what is most suitable for you. As long as the sound clip is soothing, calm and relaxing, then you have likely made the right choice. Even so, it is suggested that you remember that what is acceptable to you may not be to others.

Costs Involved

You may choose to download free audio sound clips, but you should be extremely careful in how you select them. Most are usually short in length and not recorded in high quality. But it is possible that you could find an acceptable free pre-recorded audio segment of reasonable quality, if you are patient and willing to search for them.

There are also many sound clips available if you are willing to pay the cost of obtaining them. These can vary greatly in price but there is no reason to purchase an entire collection of relaxing nature sounds if you only require a few audio clips.

Another important consideration is whether there are royalty fees charged if you decided to purchase the sound clips and use them in building your masking or sound tracks. Ideally, there should be no charge for doing so, and consequently it is extremely important that you recognize this before spending any money.

Recording Characteristics

Whether purchased or free of charge, the recorded clips should have certain physical characteristics. This relates to the sampling frequency, the sample size, number of channels, and the recording format. It is assumed that the recorded clip has been created in a digital manner.

The sampling frequency can vary greatly, but the preferred choice is 44,100 Hz. Although sound clips can be created at a lower frequency, anything below 16,000 Hz is likely unacceptable.

The sample size is also important in that a 16-bit sample rate provides greater listening quality than an 8-bit sampling rate. A recording that uses an 8-bit sample rate is approximately of the same quality as a telephone conversation. One that is encoded using 16-bit sample rate simply sounds better and this is preferred.

Selecting an audio sound clip that has been recorded with two channels (left and right) is a better choice than a mono recording. Although twice as large in size, the recording may sound better with two different channels and be more interesting to the listener.

Audio Format

Although there are various audio formats available, any one chosen should be uncompressed and have been recorded digitally. The preferred type is a recording clip that has been saved in the WAV format.

Recordings in the WAV format are uncompressed but still in a digital format. Obtaining any type of sound clips that have already been compressed into an MP3, OGG or other type can make it more difficult to mix audio tracks in the final recording.

It is possible to compress recording components when building and mixing the final subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording, but this is not recommended. The best time to apply audio compression techniques is after the recording has been finally mixed.

However, if you decide to obtain a recorded audio sound clip in a compressed format (e.g. MP3, OGG), it will have to be decompressed in order to mix it with other aspects of your final recording. This can be reasonably easy to do with the proper audio mixing software, but should be avoided if possible.

Absence of Embedded Messages

No matter where the audio sound segments are obtained from, they must not contain embedded subliminal messages. If they do, then this can affect the final recording and its ability to help the listener.

If you choose to purchase a sound clip or track, it is unlikely that it will contain any embedded subliminal messages. However, if you download one at no cost then you should consider it possible that subliminal messages may have been planted in the recorded clip.

There is a technique to discover if embedded messages exist in a recording, but a full explanation is left to a different article. The simplest way to detect this is to simply play the sound clip at a higher volume level and listen carefully.

To summarize, there are various choices available with respect to selecting a pre-recorded sound clip. You can download either free or not so free sound clips that can be used in building a masking or sound track.

As long as you cautious and observe these guidelines, it should be more than possible to find an audio sound clip that meets your needs. There are other options available such as recording or generating your own sound tracks, but these are left to other articles.

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Each different recording type (subliminal, supraliminal, paraliminal) requires the use of a sound track. The purpose of this track is either to mask subliminal messages, promote a state of relaxation or ideally, both. Since this is the track that is usually most predominant in a recording, it is important to know how to create or select one in the best way possible. This article discusses what options are available and provides general suggestions to help you choose.

There are two basic ways to consider a masking or sound track. The first is from the listener’s perspective, and the second from the creator’s perspective. Since you are the creator of the recording, it is vital that you understand both what a potential listener prefers, as well as what your own requirements are for a masking or sound track.

What the Listener Expects

The listener obviously expects that the recording will be of a high quality and be effective. They are not concerned with the details of how it was created, but they will expect the masking or sound track that they hear be relaxing, soothing and appeal to them.

This means that as a recording creator, you must ensure that you meet these requirements. Unfortunately, what is relaxing, soothing and appealing to one person may be completely different for another person.

For example, the gentle sounds of ocean waves lapping onto the seashore with birds chirping in the background may be soothing to some, but may trigger a negative reaction in others.

Similarly, listening to the sounds of insects for an extended period may be quite unpleasant for certain individuals. To a lesser degree, classical music without vocals may simply sound uninteresting to some people.

The solution is to provide as wide a variety of masking or sound tracks as possible so that they appeal to the majority of the potential listeners. As simple as this may seem, it can difficult to do in practice. This is the point where the requirements of the listener meet yours, as a creator.

What You, the Recording Creator Desires

Being a creator of subliminal or other recording types, your preferences with respect to creating or selecting a masking or sound track are different than that of the listener. The most important of these are as follows:

• Provide the fewest number of masking or sound tracks possible
• Appeal to the largest number of listeners possible
• Whether obtaining or generating sound tracks, be of low cost

Can you provide only a small number of masking or sound tracks and still have your potential listeners find them appealing? Yes, but you must select a core group that has been found to be acceptable to most people. The majority of people find nature sounds or gentle classical music to be soothing, relaxing and appealing.

Within the category of nature sounds, there are the sounds of ocean waves, rainfalls, waterfalls, rivers, brooks, wind, a crackling campfire and many others. It is suggested that you consider providing two or more different types that sound consistent, such as ocean waves and perhaps a gentle rainfall.

Secondary Sound Tracks

But even though these are good choices, a secondary sound track should be mixed with them. The reason for this is to provide random sounds that render the track more interesting to the ear. A suggestion is to include additional nature sounds such as different types of birds or insects. Relaxing and soothing is important, but there is no reason for the sound track to seem so consistent that it becomes boring to listen to.

If you were to choose two primary types of nature and two secondary types, then after mixing, you would have four available selections for use as your sound or masking track. This should be your minimum core group to use, but if you increase the number of primary or secondary sound types, it becomes more difficult to manage and you should not exceed eight. Keep in mind that this is only the sound or masking track, and you still need to create and manage message and brainwave tracks (if used).

Classical music sound tracks are also appealing but it is important that you choose those that are not overly dynamic. By this it is meant that there should be few high and lows and the general sound and tempo is consistent. A soft and gentle concerto by Beethoven or Bach is acceptable, but the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky is far too dynamic.

Also, if you choose to use classical music for your sound or masking tracks, there is no reason to mix them with a secondary track containing random sounds of nature. The reason for this is that most classical music tracks are already reasonably consistent yet still sound interesting.

Sound Track Sources

As a recording creator, you also need to decide whether to obtain your sound or masking tracks from other sources, generate your own with software programs, record them yourself or perhaps a mixture of all three.

If you choose to obtain free sound clips or pay for pre-recorded sound tracks, you must be cautious in how you select them. Many available relate to nature sounds and those that are free are usually very short in length and of poor quality. It is highly recommended that you do not use free short audio clips in your sound or masking track because of this.

Although usually limited to nature sounds, another option is to obtain software that can generate sound or masking tracks of any length that you can customize in virtually an infinite number of ways. The advantages to this is that the generated sound track will be exactly what you design it to be, involve no royalty fees, be of high quality, and never have embedded subliminal messages.

You may also select to record your own sound tracks but this can be somewhat of a challenge. It requires the correct environment, good recording equipment and some patience. If you have these, then recording your own sound tracks may be worth the effort.

Whether it involves nature sounds or classical music, the sound or masking track that you incorporate into your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording should be acceptable to your potential listener and be within the limits of your resources as a creator.

You also need to decide if it is best to record your own sound tracks, use prerecorded ones or use software to generate them. Striving for a balance between what options you provide your listeners with and what is manageable for you should be your goal.

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After designing and writing a message script for your recording and before you either record or generate it, there is one more task you must perform. It is essential that you verify that it follows the guidelines for message scripts, no matter which type of recording is being created. This article reviews these different guidelines and explains why they are crucial to the success of your recording.

There are several aspects to consider when designing and writing a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal message script. Each is of equal importance and ignoring any one of them can mean the difference between a successful recording and one that may not work at all. These are listed and described as follows:

Negative Words and Phrases

There are many words and phrases that the subconscious mind either ignores or does not interpret as easily as the conscious mind does. Since the subconscious mind has only childlike reasoning capabilities, the use of negative words or phrases should be avoided when writing any message statement.

The most common of these are not, never, can not, did not, will not, is not, are not, no, why not and of the various contractions of these such as can’t, won’t, isn’t, didn’t and others. There are obviously many others, but generally if a word has a negative meaning then it should not be used. Only words that are descriptive in a positive way should be used.

Conditional Words and Terms

A conditional word or phrase implies that some event must occur before the desired result is obtained. The best example of this involves using the word IF. It implies that nothing can occur until some condition happens first. Unfortunately, the subconscious mind does not have the ability to project into the future and can only experience what is taking place right now.

There are other words or phrases that are conditional in nature and some of the most common are: after, before, but, even though, depending on, once, and others. These and any type of conditional message statement should not be used in your message scripts.

First and Second Person Usage

A message script can be written in the first person, the second person or perhaps both. The first person refers to statements written that begin with “I” and the second person as “You”. Either can be effective but it is dependent on the subconscious mind of the listener and how receptive it is to change.

Since it is virtually impossible to know the subconscious mind of the listener, the best strategy is to employ both first and second person message statements. They can be written in an alternating manner so that the same result is achieved. A first statement could be written as “I am successful” and a following one as “You are successful”.

Using the Proper Tense

Tense refers to the time perspective used in a message statement and can be in the past, present, present future or distant future. Neither the past nor the distant future tense should be used in writing a message statement.

The reason for this is that a statement worded as “I had” or “I will have” has no meaning to the subconscious mind of the listener. The subconscious mind is not capable of projecting either backward or forward in time and can only understand the present.

“I am motivated” is an example of a statement worded in the present tense, and in the present future, this would be phrased as “I am becoming motivated”. Depending on the personality of the listener, either the present or present future tense may have a stronger effect. Since you cannot know this beforehand, the best option is to compromise and vary the message statements using present and present future statements.

Addressing Sub-Themes

Sub-themes are issues that can lie beneath any of the target problems desired to be resolved with a subliminal or other type of self-help recording. Basic issues relating to self-image, self-love, forgiveness, allowing change and others should be addressed in the message statements.

It may require including a few message statements that suggest love, respect and forgiveness to oneself and others and this is strongly suggested. Examples of this would be “I love and respect myself”, “I forgive myself in every way” or “I allow changes in my life”.

Message Statement Length

The message statements that you design and write should use simple words and be reasonably short in length.  There is no reason to use complex words and the subconscious mind will simply ignore them. In addition, writing statements that are longer than ten words is not advisable for the same reason.

Choosing the simplest words and writing them in the most concise manner should be the preferred goal. Again, since the subconscious mind of the listener is like that of a child, simpler is better.

Number of Messages

There is no valid reason for including more than a reasonable number of message statements in the audio message segment. Too many messages will effectively render them confusing and too few will likely not affect the subconscious mind of the listener.

A reasonable number of message statements is considered to be between 50 to 60, although this can vary somewhat. Depending on how the message statements are recorded or generated, the audio result should be no longer than five minutes in duration. This is acceptable because the audio message segment will be repeated several times in the final mixed message track.

Using Permissive or Directive Statements

Either permissive, directive or both types of message statements can be used in your script. A permissive statement is worded so that it is presented in a manner that allows the subconscious mind to easily accept it. An example of this would be “I allow myself to be confident”. A directive statement is phrased in a more commanding manner and an example of this would be “I am confident now and always”.

If the listener is highly self-motivated, then it is likely that using permissive statements is a better choice. The reason for this is that their subconscious may be resistant to accepting commands because they are accustomed to self-directing their life. Directive or commanding statements are more effective for people that are less self-controlled.

Because it is unlikely that you will know the nature of the listener’s personality, both permissive and directive message statements should be used. The best strategy is to alternate between permissive and directive statements in the message script. In this way, both personality types are targeted and the result should be the same.

To summarize, each of these aspects is important and must be addressed when designing and writing your message scripts. This should always be done before you decide to record or generate the audio message segments.

To review, the points you should consider when writing message scripts are as follows:

• Negative Words and Phrases
• Conditional Words and Terms
• First and Second Person Usage
• Using the Proper Tense
• Addressing Sub-Themes
• Message Statement Length
• Number of Messages
• Using Permissive or Directive Statements

There are other related articles that explain each of these points in greater detail which may be of benefit to read. If each and all of these issues are addressed properly in the message script, then your final message track will have a greater effect on your potential listener.

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James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his websites relating to paternity testing at http://www.paternitytestinfo.net which provides help in confirming family genetic history and getting Home Testing kits for DNA.

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An important consideration when designing your subliminal message scripts is to know how to use the present and future tenses correctly. Equally important and related, is to understand the use of directive and permissive statements. These concepts can be of benefit and this article discusses why and how to use them properly when writing your messages scripts.

Messages statements in the present tense simply act to suggest that the desired condition already exists, such as “I am confident”. Statements in the near or present future style indicate that the target goal is being achieved as for example, “I am becoming more confident”.

If you completely and fully understood exactly what the subconscious mind of your target listener contained, it would be much easier to know which tense to use and when. Unfortunately, this is virtually impossible, even when designing a custom subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording for a specific individual that you know extremely well, which may even be you. The best that can be achieved is to compromise and use both tenses.

Different Subconscious Minds Require Different Tenses

The subconscious mind of one person may be less receptive to change than another. Even for one particular individual their subconscious resistance may vary among topics. A person who is wealthy but overweight may have no difficulty embracing subliminal messages targeting abundance but be highly resistant to statements regarding weight loss.

Those with higher subconscious resistance to change will be less likely to be affected by message statements in the present tense. Using a statement such as “I am confident” may not have as powerful an effect as desired. A person that has lower subconscious resistance may find the same message statement more acceptable.

Using message statements that are in the near future tense such as “I am becoming more confident” will likely have more impact on those with a stronger subconscious resistance to change.

Since you will likely be unable to determine the subconscious resistance level of your potential listener, a reasonable choice is to use both tenses and in a balanced manner.

Instead of using either present or near future tense, you should consider using both in equal frequency and in an alternating fashion. In this way you are targeting both the stubborn and not so stubborn subconscious minds of your potential listeners.

Using Permissive and Directive Messages

Another way to consider message statements relates to how permissive or directive they are. This is similar to using either the present or near future tense but still somewhat different.

Some of your target listeners may be more receptive to message statements that command them to be or do something. Others may subconsciously require permission before embracing any messages.

A directive statement will serve to command the subconscious mind to adopt the message statement. A permissive statement will suggest that the idea is acceptable and then present it accordingly.

An example of a normal message statement in the present tense is “I am confident”. A directive and more commanding statement would be “I am confident now and always”. The tense is the same, but the manner in which the statement is phrased is significantly more commanding.

A more permissive example of this would be “I allow myself to be confident”. Instead of commanding, the statement merely suggests that it is acceptable to permit oneself to be more confident.

People who are accustomed to being in control of most of their life scenarios may dictate that you incorporate more permissive statements in your message script. Even so, there are others that may readily accept directive subliminal commands.

Since you will be unable to probe the subconscious mind of your target listener, the obvious and preferred choice is to use both permissive and directive statement types in you message script. In this way, you are targeting both types and balancing them correctly will only make your recording more effective for a greater number of people.

Never Use the Future Tense in Message Statements

Using the near future tense with respect to “I am becoming” is acceptable, but including message statements such as “I will become” is not advisable. The future tense should never be used because it implies that the desired goal will always be out of reach.

It is almost effortless for the conscious mind to consider a statement in the future tense, but the subconscious mind is much simpler and does not have the ability to understand anything beyond what is occurring now.

A message statement worded as “I will become more confident” implies that the goal will only be achieved at some point in the future. For the subconscious mind that future never arrives, and it is thus far better for your listeners that you avoid using the future tense in your message statements.

Guidelines for Using Tenses and Directive or Permissive Statements

At this point you should understand enough about using different tenses and either directive or permissive statements in your message script. But now you need to learn how to apply these guidelines properly in your message script.

To help do this, an example target recording topic is used and this is about increasing self-confidence. The goal is to apply the strategies previously discussed and in the best way. Using only one statement as a start, there are six different variations of it that could be used, as described below.

• Present only: “I am confident”
• Present and directive: “I am confident now and always”
• Present and permissive: “I allow myself to be confident”
• Near future only: “I am becoming more confident”
• Near future and directive: “I am becoming more confident in every way”
• Near future and permissive: “I allow myself to become more confident”

It is important to note that these are variations of just one statement, and you will be using other statements that target the same topic. Also, you will need to include both first and second person versions of any message statement in your final script.

To summarize, understanding the importance of different tenses and directive or permissive statements will only help you to design and write better message scripts. Doing so will also ensure that your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings are more effective for the target subject, and for a greater variety of listeners, no matter how resistant their subconscious minds may be.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his websites relating to paternity testing at http://www.paternitytestinfo.net which provides help in confirming family genetic history and getting Home Testing kits for DNA.

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The message script of a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording is the foundation on which all other components are built. An important aspect of designing it is to ensure that the use of negative words and phrases is avoided.  This article explains what these are and how to ensure your message statements are always written in a positive manner.

When designing any type of message script, you may unintentionally use words, terms or phrases that do not send the correct message to the subconscious mind of your listener. Words often considered harmless can actually reduce the desired effect of the recording. In addition to words, there are also contractions, conditional words, terms and phrases that should never be used.

Words and Contractions to Avoid

Some obvious negative words to avoid using in any message statements are not, never, and related contractions such as can’t, or won’t. Unfortunately, there are many others and it can be difficult to know all or even most of them. To save you time, presented below is a list of the most important words and contractions you should not use when writing your message statements.

• Against, Afraid, Angry, Anguish, Aren’t, Avoid
• Banish, Barren
• Can’t, Cautious, Closed, Concerned
• Danger, Didn’t, Dislike, Don’t, Doubtful
• Envy, Envious, Evil
• Failure, Fear, Fearful, Furious
• Gloom, Gone, Greed, Gross
• Hate, Haven’t, Hesitant
• Isn’t, Impossible, Improbable
• Just, Justified
• Last, Lose, Loser, Losing, Lost
• Missing, Missed, Mistake
• Never, No, Not
• Obstacle, Opposed
• Punish, Pain, Painful, Painless
• Queasy, Questionable
• Retarded, Restricted
• Scared, Secret, Sick, Suspect, Suspicious
• Terrified, Tormented
• Unable, Unhealthy, Unlikely, Unwilling
• Why, Won’t, Wouldn’t

This represents only some of the words, variations or contractions to be avoided, and there many others that you will likely discover. If you are uncertain as to the meaning of a word, either look it up or avoid using it entirely. Also, there is no reason to use complex words because the subconscious mind will not understand them, and simpler is definitely better.

Conditional Terms and Phrases to Avoid

In addition to understanding what words or contractions not to use in a message script, there are also conditional terms and phrases that should be avoided. They are considered conditional because the outcome is uncertain and dependent on something else happening first.

The subconscious mind does not understand the nature of the past or the future, as does the conscious mind. It can only comprehend the present and because of this, conditional message statements will likely have no effect in achieving the desired goal of the recording.

The best example of the most important conditional word to avoid is “if”. Using it implies that the desired result can only be achieved when something else occurs first. Since the subconscious mind is unable to understand the future, it will ignore that part of the statement.

There are specific words, terms and phrases that are conditional, but this may not always be obvious. A list of words, terms and phrases that are considered to be conditional is provided below.

• After
• Before
• But
• Conditional, Could
• Depending on
• Even though
• However
• If
• May
• Once this
• Perhaps
• Prior to
• Upon
• What if
• When
• Will
• Would

Using any of these words or phrases presents a possible future based on a previous event that may never happen. What is preferable is to project and state a specific future to the subconscious. This cannot be done by using statements that are worded as conditional.

The subconscious mind must be presented with statements describing the goal as already achieved or that it is in the process of being achieved. Designing messages worded in the form “I am”, or “I am becoming” is much more desirable.

Dangers of Poorly Written Message Statements

Since the subconscious mind does not understand negative or conditional words in a message, it will essentially ignore them. For example, if your intention was to design a subliminal recording to help people quit smoking and did not follow the suggested guidelines, you may initially write a message statement such as “I don’t smoke”.

The subconscious would ignore the negative word and receive the message as “I smoke”. If a similar statement was worded conditionally as “If I smoke I may get sick”, the subconscious would translate this into “I smoke, I get sick”.

At a minimum, this would render the messages ineffective and not help achieve the target goal. In the extreme, the message statements may actually make the situation worse. This is the most important reason for ensuring that certain words are never used when writing your message scripts.

To summarize, it is to your advantage and of benefit to your potential listeners that you become familiar with what words are better, and which words, terms or phrases should be avoided. Knowing this will only help you to design and build a more effective recording.

By following the guidelines presented here, you are also embracing a basic but important principle about creating self-help recordings. Each and every recording, whether subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal, should always be designed so that it helps the listener and does no harm in any way.

It may seem easier at times to choose negative words or conditional statements when writing message statements. Finding the right positive words to use can require some creativity at times, but if you strive to follow these guidelines, it will likely become easier to do as you gain more experience writing message statements.

Lastly, the message scripts you design should be written so that they follow not only the guidelines presented here, but others equally important. You should review how to use the first and second person perspectives, incorporating sub-themes and using the present or near present tense properly.

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When designing your subliminal message script, you should always address important sub-themes related to the topic chosen. A sub-theme is any underlying issue that may be indirectly contributing to the problem. This article explains why you should do this, some of the more important sub-themes, and how to write message statements that properly target them.

Even though you will seek to design and create your message statements in the best way possible, you cannot always be certain that you are entirely targeting the root of the problem. Secondary issues pertaining to self-image, allowing change and loving oneself may be embedded in the subconscious mind of your potential listener.

For example, a person seeking to become fit and lose weight may possibly have one or more deeper subconscious blocks that prevent them from doing so. A negative experience from early childhood such as having been repeatedly told that they will always be fat may be even carried with them into adulthood.

They may feel subconsciously that they will always be unattractive, never be able to change, no one will ever love them and have low self-esteem. They could try many possible methods to overcome this, but each may be met with resistance by the subconscious mind unless the underlying issue or sub-theme is also addressed.

Include Message Statements about Love and Forgiveness

A few message statements relating to loving oneself should always be included in your message script, and preferably at the beginning. The reason for doing this is to make the subconscious mind more receptive to the subsequent messages targeting the chosen subject.

This should also include statements of forgiveness in that it is allowable to having made mistakes in the past and permissible to let go of them. Some suggested statements that you could use are as follows:

• I love and respect myself completely
• I love myself more with each passing day
• I forgive myself for my mistakes
• I let go of my problems easily

Inserting some of these statements in your message script will not detract from helping address the target subject and will only help resolve any potential underlying issues.

Include Message Statements about Embracing Change

Allowing oneself to change can be at times difficult, especially if the subconscious mind does not desire change of any type. Adding a few statements to your message script that target this is strongly advised.

The purpose of these additional subliminal message statements is to suggest that change is allowed and embraced. Examples of what you can and may wish to include are as follows:

• I allow myself to change
• It is acceptable for changes to happen in my life  
• I embrace changes in my life
• Changes in my life are good for me

You need only consider including two or three statements in your message script that address this. These can be placed at any point in the script, but again it is suggested that you place them close to the beginning to reduce resistance from the subconscious mind to the subject messages that follow.

Include Message Statements about Self-Image

One of the most important sub-issues that you should address involves self-image. Many people having the problem that your recording will target may feel less than positive about themselves.

Including message statements that help them feel accepted at the subconscious level is suggested. It will also indicate to their subconscious mind that they are worthy and render it easier for the subject messages to be received. A few statements you may wish to include are below.

• I feel good about myself
• I can do anything I set my mind on 
• I am worthy of success
• I am confident in my abilities

As with the other suggested statements about love and forgiveness or embracing change, these can be placed at the beginning of the message script. Another idea is to place them randomly within the script so that occasional positive messages targeting self-image are presented.

Combining Sub-Themes with the Target Subject

Addressing sub-themes in you message script may seem to be nowhere near as important as addressing the target subject. However, they should still be included as part of your message script design. Another important consideration is the number of sub-theme statements included in the final script.

Several statements that address each of the important sub-issues such as self-love, forgiveness, embracing change and self-image should be included. You can choose from any of the suggested ones above, or include those of your own. But it is important that these sub-issues not dominate the message script and act only to support underlying issues.

If your final message script contains between the suggested 60 and 70 statements then a portion of these should be focused on sub-theme issues. Including about 10 statements for sub-issues is reasonable and represents only about 15% of the total number of statements.

If you were to add perhaps six statements at the beginning of the script and inserted a few more self-image suggestions then your message script may appear as follows:

• I love and respect myself completely
• I forgive myself for my mistakes
• I let go of my problems easily
• I allow myself to change
• It is acceptable for changes to happen in my life 
• I embrace changes in my life
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I am confident in my abilities
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I am worthy of success in every way
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I feel good about myself
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I can do anything I set my mind on
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• …
• … 

This should not be difficult to do and will help your listeners, even if they do not have underlying target issues. Remember also that your message script, whether subliminal or any other type, will be repeated several times when you create the final message audio track. By including these sub-themes you are also providing an additional form of insurance that your recording will help achieve the desired effect.

To summarize, understanding and targeting sub-issues that may contribute to the problem that you message script addresses is important both to you as a creator and to your audience. You may even wish to create a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recording that specifically address any of these sub-issues.

As long as you understand that underlying issues may exist in your target listener, then you should choose to include additional message statements that can help them. If you do, then your recordings will only be of a higher quality and likely more appreciated by your audience.

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Once you have chosen a subject for your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recording and studied it, the next step is to begin designing the message statements.

Even if you have personally experienced the problem, it can still be difficult to start to design statements that will be effective in addressing the topic. This article explains how creating both negative and positive lists relating to your selected topic can help save you considerable time.

The purpose of the message statements is to reverse negative thoughts and feelings regarding the subject and introduce new ones to the subconscious mind. By first documenting a list of the negative items, it becomes much easier to write positive message statements.

Creating a List of Negative Thoughts and Feelings

If you understand your chosen topic properly, it should be reasonably easy for you to write down a list of how someone would feel if they had the problem being addressed. You should include in your list anything and everything that comes to mind when you focus on it, but more importantly what you are feeling.

As you do this, do not attempt to think too much about it and continue writing until you sense that you are done. You may and should return to this list to refine it, but you should be feeling as if you had the target problem even if having only researched it. If you have experienced the target problem personally, then creating this list will likely be simple to do.

Among the many possible topics for self-help subliminal or other recording types, one of the most popular involves losing weight. Although you may not choose this as a subject for your recording, it still acts as a powerful example. A partial list of the negative thoughts and feelings people addressing this challenge have are as follows:

• I will always be overweight
• I will never be attractive
• I could never fit into smaller clothes
• I wish people didn’t feel sorry for me
• I hate the way I look
• No one will ever love me the way I am
• I can’t change the way I look
• I don’t like to exercise
• Eating makes me feel happy

You may feel anything from mild sympathy to strong emotions by only reading this short list of negative feelings that someone in this scenario experiences. In any case, understanding how your potential listeners feel will likely only help you in writing this list.

You may be able to create a longer list of negative characteristics with respect to this topic and whichever subject you select, this will simply aid you in designing your first list.

Convert the Negative to Positive

Once you have completed a list of as many negative thoughts and feelings associated with the topic of your recording, it is time to reverse them. But this should not be taken literally and you should be careful in how this is done.

The idea is to convert the meaning of the negative statements and rewrite them to achieve a list of desirable statements. This may take a few attempts, but a first effort at doing this is listed below, and is written to express what a person with this challenge would prefer.

• I want to be at my ideal weight
• I desire to be attractive
• I would like to easily fit into smaller clothes
• I want people to admire me
• I want to like how I look
• I would like to be loved as I am
• I want to be able to change how I look
• I desire to enjoy exercising
• I would like to eat food that is good for me

This should not be considered to be the final version of what would be used in the subliminal or any other type of message track. It will be necessary to modify and revise these messages appropriately.

The next step you should follow is to convert these positive statements so that they are closer to being suitable for use in a subliminal or other type of message audio track. Instead of phrasing the statements as “I want” or “I would”, it is advised to rewrite them so that they are stated as “I am” or “I am becoming” or something similar. 

Using the example list provided above, the result of the suggested transformation would be as follows:

• I am becoming closer to my ideal weight
• I am attractive in every way
• It is becoming easier to fit into smaller clothes
• People admire how I look
• I now really like how I look
• I am loved just as I am
• Changing how I look is becoming easier
• I know that exercise is good for me
• I enjoy eating food that is healthy for me

Each statement has been changed so that it is more positive, appealing and receptive to the subconscious mind. But these sample message statements are not refined enough yet.

You should also consider sub-themes related to the topic, ideal message statement lengths, permissive or directive statements, and using first and second person perspectives.

In conclusion, understanding the subject of your recording is extremely important not only to you, but to your potential audience as well. Knowing what they feel and don’t want will help you in designing message statements more effectively.

An excellent and suggested way to do this is by writing lists of what they don’t want and then converting into a list of what they would prefer. Even though this may take some time, it is time well spent. After all, your goal is to create the most effective subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording and in the best way.

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James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as subliminal recordings, online dating, or paternity issues. Visit one of his newer website creations relating to pet insurance at http://petcarehealthinsurance.com/ which helps people select among the many Pet Insurance Companies available.

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As simple as it may seem, listening to a subliminal or other type of self-help recording involves more than just plug in and play. There are other aspects to the listening experience you should consider if you wish to optimize the effect the recording has. This article addresses and explains many overlooked important points of listening properly.

Whether you are creating subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings for personal use or for others, the bottom line is that they are of no use unless they are listened to. Even the highest quality recording will not achieve the targeted goal unless it is used and ideally in the best manner.

Assuming the recording you have created or obtained is designed and constructed appropriately, it will have specific characteristics, depending on what type of recording it is. You may already understand the differences between subliminal, supraliminal and paraliminal recordings. Because each type is unique, the best way to listen to them should also be unique.

How to Listen to a Subliminal Recording

The principle with a subliminal recording is simple in that there is a message track presented at an almost inaudible level. This track is mixed with an additional sound track that masks the messages and is appealing to the ear.

This type of recording is designed so that you can listen to it at anytime, because it does not require you to be able to relax. Ironically, it is better to listen to a subliminal recording in a relaxed setting. This is because there is less resistance to the messages from the subconscious mind when you are relaxed.

This does not mean that you should not listen to it when driving or engaged in activities requiring your attention. It only implies that it can be more effective if your conscious defense mechanisms are lowered. Listen to a subliminal recording any time possible, but if you have a choice, then choose a time when there are fewer conscious distractions around you.

Another suggestion is that you use headphones to listen to the recording if possible. This is not because there are alternating stereo voices as in a paraliminal recording, but rather that using headphones focuses the message and sound track directly. This also has the advantage of reducing any external sounds from the environment around you.

The volume at which you listen to a subliminal recording is also important and listening to any type of self-help recording should always be a pleasant experience. Set the volume of your playback device so that you can hear the masking track (ocean waves, for example), but not so loud in that they become irritating.

Equally important, listening at too low a volume may render the subliminal messages useless because they must be audibly perceptible, even if just barely noticeable. Adjust your volume to a level most comfortable for you by reducing it from a high point and moving downwards to a desirable setting.

Lastly, if you have the option, select a masking sound track that is acceptable to you. For some, water sounds may induce more frequent bathroom visits, and other people may simply not find the sounds of insects very appealing.

How to Listen to a Supraliminal Recording

As you are likely aware of, supraliminal recordings use message and sound tracks that are completely audible. In addition, they almost always contain initial relaxation message segments.

They are designed to introduce a state of relaxation so that the messages that follow are more readily accepted by the subconscious mind. This assumes that when you choose to listen to them you are prepared to become relaxed.

This point is sometimes forgotten and by this it is meant that you need to schedule a time to listen to the supraliminal recording. Even if you can only relax for a short time and perhaps only for 15 or 30 minutes, this is much more effective than listening to it when you are not able to relax.

You should also provide yourself with not just the time, but the environment in which to listen. Your preferences may involve a relaxing bath, lounging in a chair, or stretched out on a couch. As long as you are comfortable and can eliminate conscious distractions, your listening experience should be satisfying.

How to Listen to a Paraliminal Recording

Paraliminal recordings can be highly effective but only if they are listened to in the correct way. As with a supraliminal recording, scheduling and preparing for a period of relaxation is important. But with a paraliminal recording, you should anticipate listening for an extended period of time, and perhaps several hours.

Also, because a paraliminal recording incorporates multiple stereo tracks, messages are presented to both left and right channels. This may likely include brainwave tracks designed to induce an enhanced state of relaxation.

Using stereo headphones to listen to a paraliminal recording is not only suggested, but is required in order to achieve the best results. The embedded brainwave entrainment track presents tones of different frequency to each of the stereo channels and will have no effect unless both are audible at the same time.

As with a supraliminal recording, you should provide yourself with a comfortable environment in which to relax while listening. Ideally, this should be at the time when you retire for sleep.

You should also ensure that the stereo headphones you use fit comfortably, deliver high-quality sound and will not slip off your head while you are sleeping. Obtaining a set of quality stereo headphones is an excellent investment if they can help you achieve the goal that you have chosen.

In conclusion, achieving the benefits of what a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording can offer is only the beginning of a listening experience that ends in your ears. And what messages are delivered to your ears is dependent on how you choose to embrace them. Ideally, in a manner that has the greatest effect. So listen if you can, but choose to listen carefully.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as subliminal recordings, online dating, or paternity issues. Visit one of his newer website creations relating to pet insurance at http://petcarehealthinsurance.com/ which helps people select among the many Pet Insurance Companies available.

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