What is the purpose of each category (Voices, Music and Sound Effects)?
Each of the three list boxes contain audio loops that continually repeat. The loops are of different lengths so that when combined with other loops, the overall sound will repeat only after a very long time period. The tracks line up differently against each other each time they repeat, so the composite sound is continually changing. The Sound Effects mostly consist of nature sounds: • Wind, water and bird sounds have been shown to be calming and relaxing. • The wide-bandwidth water sounds are also very effective at masking the intelligibility of unwanted conversations. The Voices list box contains mostly meditation tracks and chatter voices: • The chatter voices consist of many people talking at once to create a background “walla” or chatter sound. This sound is effective at masking unwanted speech, but it is less distracting because you can not understand the individual words. • The mindfulness meditation tracks are intended to increase concentration, reduce distractibility and minim
