Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 04:40:12 -0500
From: xxxxxx xxxxxx-xxxxx <xxxxxx@runet.edu> 
To: gbmaidsf@wco.com (Charles Turley)
Subject: Re: MODS/Music files wanted!!! also, help with .wav Newsgroups:
comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Radford University
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Dr. Tom,

Hiya. You might remember me supporting you on c.s.a2 a few months back when folks
were bashing you. Less likely to recall, I spoke with you on the phone some time
ago regarding your psychoacoustics -- I'm the one that used to sell the Omnisonic
801 'honeybox'. 

Just thought I'd let you know that I've taped most of the (VAMPS and NTV) disks you 
put out. 

I've made three full 90 minute cassettes out of them. In keeping with the free-for-all
spirit, I've not charged money for them, but have instead sent copies to the
various shows associated with the Church of the SubGenius; they're on 18 stations
nationwide. They've been used for background music for several spots including
one of my own rants delivered in Cleveland last fall.

Along other lines, I've arrived back fairly near the field of psychoacoustics --
I run one of the few 128 channel EEGs in the world and study both running EEG and
evoked potentials. Our lab is studying evoked hemispheric synchrony via stereo
effects of slightly off-tone signals (440 Hz A in one ear and 448 Hz in the other
to stimulate alpha rhythms, etc.). One of our researchers is Bruce Cosworth. He
came here after leaving his post as the curator of the rock and roll hall of
fame. 

Which brings me to my request. I'd like to examine the cortical effects of some
of your psychoacoustics stuff. I'd like to ask a favor of you. It would help
greatly if you could create for me sound samples of two tones, seperated entirely
into left and right (any mid-range frequencies would work), and seperated in
frequency by 2 through 16 Hz incrementally. Just a few minutes of each would be
fine. Due to the nature of the effect, looping them wouldn't work -- they have to
retain their phasing and can't 'jump' phase shift. Besides this set of tone
pairs, I'd like to have the same thing with your added psychoacoustics stereo
seperation enhancement. 

I'm afraid I can't pay for these except some small token -- this would be part of
my thesis in experimental psychology. However, I would be certain to give you
credit in the thesis. If you're wondering if this is for real, you can contact
the lab and ask them. If you want to know to what extent our lab really is
involved in psychophysiologic measurement, just look up Karl Pribram in
psychological abstracts. He's our lab director and one of the last of the grand
old men of psychology; a friend of Skinner's and Lashley's and so on. Also, you
might have seen on CNN last month a spot about the 128 channel EEG from
University of Oregon. That's the other one in the US. They built it and we bought
it. 

I really am serious about doing this and I'd like to ask your assistance. I can't
promise it'll turn out, but I can say that there's some things I could do with
your help that I couldn't otherwise. 

If you think you might be able to help me out, please let me know. In any case,
thanks for all the great music disks and all your service to the Apple community.

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