Homemade Subliminal CDs

An anonymous reader writes "Hello Slashdotters, I am totally stumped on how to do this. I would like to create custom subliminal CDs for my own use. I don't trust the CDs for sale in the stores, after all, who regulates that industry and ensures there actually is a message on them, and if so, what is the message? I would like to create positive motivational CDs, or even recite text from study guides/trivia, you name it, and lay it underneath tracks from a custom CD of my favorite bands. What is the best software to use to create such a beast on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems? And conversely, has anyone used any of the music software on these platforms to actually analyze the contents of commercial subliminal CDs? Any advice would be of use...thanks!"

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Subliminal Messaging

[dolo666]

Apparently, subliminal messages have little effect. Maybe you're just looking for the placebo effect, in which case it likely doesn't matter *how* you record your subliminal tape, just as long as *you* beleive!

Re:Subliminal Messaging

[Dun Malg]

Here's something explaining that the notion of subliminal anything is hogwash. April 1st or not, slashdot should remain a place of learning...

OK, I couldn't say that without laughing either

Re:Subliminal Messaging

[sketerpot]

Don't tell him that! You may ruin the placebo effect!

Re:Subliminal Messaging

[wass]

I actually did a research project back in high school (1992) where I made up a bunch of fake vocabulary words and flashed them on the computer screen for varying durations. While at the longest durations the flashing was somewhat noticeable, it was still too quick to read the words.

I told the students they were being tested on the ability of typing in words to help them remember their meanings. Meanwhile other words and definitions were being flashed on the screen. At the end of the session (10-15 mins i think) they were given a test with both sets of words, and only the subliminal words were counted.

I tested 3 varying durations of the messages, and one of the durations actually had noticeable score above the statistical average for guessing. I was getting psyched. Then I realized I needed a control group too, where I didn't flash anything on the screen. It turned out the control group got nearly the same score as that one above-average group.

I did statistical ANOVA analysis, and basically there was no significant correlation between the group scores and the flashing duration.

It was still a fun project to do. And I got to present the project at the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium too, which ironically happens to be running today and tomorrow.

Re:Subliminal Messaging

[dasmegabyte]

Yes. What works better is superliminal messaging. On my website I sell a series of superliminal CDs that will help you lose weight fast. Here's a sample from the transcript:

[soothing new age music plays]
[Das speaks] Welcome to the superliminal weight loss tape. I will provide you with the gentle encouragement you need to lose weight and be a better you. Are you ready? Sit someplace comfortable, close your eyes, and turn up your headphones. We're ready to begin.
[Das screams] HEY FATTY! GOD YOU ARE FAT! SMALLER PEOPLE ORBIT YOU! EAT LESS FOOD YOU FAT FUCK!

Etcetera. We also have a tape that will make YOU less wishy washy and indecisive and more attractive to girls.

I know it's April 1 but...

[grub]

I don't trust the CDs for sale in the stores, after all, who regulates that industry and ensures there actually is a message on them, and if so, what is the message

April 1, 2004: Aluminium foil sells record amounts worldwide. History will refer to it as "The Slashdot-Bauxite Phenomena" which seems to predominately strike teen->30ish single male geeks.

Re:I know it's April 1 but...

[Psmylie]

"It must be tin! Aluminum is powerless!"

This is not true. Many of the government's newer brain-scanning and subliminal suggestion waves are designed to have an impact through traditional tin foil. Aluminum foil, while not as effective overall, is quite effective against these newer control beams.
The proper foil hat to prevent mind control and reading is comprised of two layers, one of aluminum and one of tin foil. Just be sure to press the two sheets together very tightly, as there is some evidence that a control beam getting through the first layer might be reflected back by the second, causing a resonance that can build up in the gap between the layers. This resonance can cause massive headaches and occasional head-explody.

Are you too?

[Doesn't_Comment_Code]

I would like to create custom subliminal CDs for my own use.

Anybody else creeped out?

Subliminal messages?

[lavalyn]

... You will get naked and horny ... ... You want sex now ... ... vi is superior to emacs ...

Okay, seriously. You want Audacity. It's multi-track sound-editing software, so you can prepare your subliminal messages and just add them into another waveform. Then you save the results.

Just spped it up

[MajorDick]

Tests have shown subliminal messages in audio are for the most part useless, HOWEVER if you increase the speed you retention goes up significantly. Years ago there was a tape recorder (does anyone remeber who sold these they sold the Bone Phone also, Demco or something like that) My dad gfot one and swore like hell it worked, several studies I have read since seem to confirm this.

BS

[FortKnox]

You don't want to make subliminal positive motivation CDs... you want to make subliminal CDs convincing hot chicks to sleep with you!

Umm... hey hottie... nice iPod... here, listen to THIS mp3 I have...

custom subliminal CDs

[BigFlirt]

I think the best (send me money) way to make some custom (send me money) subliminal CDs would be to (send me money) go to your local record shop and (send me money) ask around for help. I know that I've bought some CDs (with your money) that really motivated me to learn (how to send subliminal messages) material for school and I got those by (send me money) just asking around

Subliminal advertising and the Navy

[shiafu]

As we all know from the Simpsons, the Navy is quite skilled in this art:

Lisa: But you have recruiting ads on TV. Why do you need subliminal messages?

Smash: It's a three-pronged attack. Subliminal, liminal, and superliminal.

Lisa: Superliminal?

Smash: I'll show you. [opens the window, and shouts at Lenny and Carl, who are standing on the corner] Hey, you! Join the Navy!

Carl: Uh, yeah, all right.

Lenny: I'm in.

Simple.

[American AC in Paris]

1. Record thirty minutes' worth of an industrial-strength air conditioning unit from five feet away. Use a unidirectional microphone.
2. Purchase/download a copy of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes". Chop it up into ten-second segments, chain them together starting with the last and ending with the first, and reverse the entire file.
3. Overlay the two audio loops and decrease their speed by a factor of eight. This should leave you with a low-pitched rumble.
4. Loop this clip so that it will fill an entire CD to the last bit.
5. IMPORTANT:Toggle every bit that corresponds with a number in the Fibonacci sequence (i.e. if the fifth bit on the track is a '1', make it a '0'.)
6. Burn this track to a CD.
7. Get ready for bed.
8. Put on a pair of headphones (use a noise-cancelling pair with gold-plated cables for best effect) and start playing the CD.
9. EXACTLY TEN SECONDS into the track, think very hard about the subliminal message you want to convey to yourself.
10. Fall asleep.

Behold, the power of suggestion.

Re:Submliminal advertising is hokum

[caluml]

Subliminal == bullshit in any context.

Anyone in the UK see the program where someone (Derren Brown?) asked a load of advertising people to design a logo and a catchphrase? They made pretty much the exact one that he had put in an envelope before they started. And how? He got the taxi that they came to the office in to drive a certain route, and he planted certain things, logos, words, and images along the way. It all goes in. Everything that you experience is in your subconscious somewhere - that's why you can get it back out under hypnosis. Anyway, back to my circular-breathing Zen chanting back-slapping.

Subliminal Message #1

[lorcha]

What is the best software to use to create such a beast on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems?

Translation: I'm going to do this on Windows, but if I don't mention OSX and/or Linux, I'll never get this story posted.