Taking Drugs to Write Software to Take Drugs To

Spacemen 3 once released an album called "Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To;" one has to wonder whether the folks at i-Doser employed a similar technique while developing their audio processing algorithm, which they claim simulates the effects of various drugs using "binaural brainwave technology." i-Doser has long offered a Windows app […]

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Spacemen 3 once released an album called "Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To;" one has to wonder whether the folks at i-Doser employed a similar technique while developing their audio processing algorithm, which they claim simulates the effects of various drugs using "binaural brainwave technology."

i-Doser has long offered a Windows app that simulates these various altered states, but now you can make the experience portable by downloading MP3s ($17) or buying a CD ($20) containing songs that have been pre-processed by i-Doser.

The brochure/CD cover lists fifteen-minute peyote, marijuana, cocaine, and opium simulator tracks. After listening to a sample that is supposed to make you feel like you're on peyote, I can't say that the technique works, having not myself joined the ranks of peyote users, but it's an interesting theory anyway.