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diff --git a/audio-soft/gnaural/DETAILS b/audio-soft/gnaural/DETAILS new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..19c1c565fc --- /dev/null +++ b/audio-soft/gnaural/DETAILS @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + SPELL=gnaural + VERSION=1.0.20080808 + SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION.tar.gz + SOURCE_GPG="gurus.gpg:$SOURCE.sig:WORKS_FOR_ME" +SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION + SOURCE_URL[0]=$SOURCEFORGE_URL/$SPELL/$SOURCE + WEB_SITE=http://gnaural.sourceforge.net/ + ENTERED=20090711 + LICENSE[0]=GPL + SHORT="GTK+ programmable binaural-beat generator" +cat << EOF +Gnaural is a multi-platform programmable binaural-beat generator, implementing +the principle of binaural beats as described in the October 1973 Scientific +American article "Auditory Beats in the Brain" (Gerald Oster). There has been +considerable research done on the subject since that publication, and WinAural +(an early version in the Gnaural lineage) was used as the audio stimulus for at +least one published study, "The Induced Rhythmic Oscillations of Neural +Activity in the Human Brain", D. Cvetkovic, D. Djuwari, I. Cosic (Australia), +from Proceeding (417) Biomedical Engineering - 2004. + +The central theme of Oster's article is that processesing of auditory binaural +beats bears distinct differences from that done for normal sound, emphasizing +different neural pathways and highlighting different parameters of the sound +stimulus. + +Oster's observations inspired a wave of research in to the ways in which +binaural beats could affect the brain. One area of research explored how +binaural beats could evoke a "frequency-following response" (also known as +"brainwave entrainment") in EEG measures. My personal interest in binaural +beats has centered almost exclusively around exploring this entrainment +potential as a means of facilitating meditative states. However, Gnaural was +designed to be neutral with regard to any hypothesis or application, relying +strictly on the fundamental findings as described in Oster's 1973 overview. +EOF |