Someone I know told me about this Beta track for Lavender Town, first they sent me the song and told me to listen to the whole thing and listen closely, then they told me about the rumors about it causing mental problems in beta testers.
In it there is no mistaking it, there are hidden tones in the background, but none of them seem close to wavelengths that effect the brain, but I'm no expert. All I know is that i can't get it out of my head and I'm being paranoid and scared about my surroundings, and that to me is like Ozzy doing a drug PSA.
I'm not sure but I do think that these tones were made to make you paranoid about the town, considering the Beta had rotting dead hands, and a zombie that literally killed and ate you if you lost to him, it even when to far as to make you gameboy title screen change to an image of you dieing, and having images of faces, corpses, and the grim reaper flashing in particle effects.
Don't listen to it, its messing up my head and it could do it to you too. It might be a 1 in 100 chance, but why take it?
Shenanigans. Standard audible range can't cause "mental problems" just by listening to a track ... unless they played it at 140+ db or they had to listen to the track non-stop for days, against their will. But that isn't any "hidden" effect, that's obvious. You are scaring yourself, using the "placebo" effect: your friend tells you the track causes problems so you imagine issues happening. But in reality, that is impossible.
Heheh, creepypasta material. Try playing it at 0.2x the speed or something and it's even more creepier.
Bah, you kids and your tricks. Just go listen to Cradle of Filth's Dinner At Deviant's Palace, then listen to it backwards.
Speaking of listening music backwards, Lavender Town doesn't sound that scary backwards. Only a bit sad.
Actualy you should look up how Binaural sounds can effect your brain, 13 hertz makes you more open to fear and paranoia. The story that goes with the music and the imaging is what realy hits you, the binaural effect just making you more open to being fearful or anxious. Its not that the music makes you scared, its that it makes you more able to be scared.
Also Zen I recommend you look up what you're talking about before you talk about it, otherwise you just seem... well... like I did at 15.
"Standard audible range can't cause "mental problems" just by listening to a track ... unless they played it at 140+ db or they had to listen to the track non-stop for days, against their will."
Think of relaxation music, its all in audible range, but it has a mental effect of calming you. Also look up binaural tracks, they are used to make you more open to hypnotherapy and relaxation music. 13 hrts is usually never used because it can cause negative effects in some cases, they use higher for typical use.
Basicaly these are the steps to REAL Lavender Town Syndrome:
1: Binaural effects at 13 hrts makes your brain more able to be scared or paranoid.
2: Dischords are played as part of the main music, these having the natural effect of making you uneasy.
3: A story is read about kids dying, making you further uncomfortable, maybe wondering if it'll happen to you.
4: The story goes on to talk about the Beta having scary imagery, zombies, death, severed hands. the mention of these things gets them registered in your head.
5: The "placebo effect" Zen was talking about starts to hit, and you think "Am I going to die from this?".
6: Paranoia sets in, in your head somebody is watching you but you can't see them, there may be something evil on the other side of the door, you could die in your sleep, you could be killed by a zombie.
7: Some people with preexisting cases of psychosis may have hallucinations or livid daydreams/nightmares like I did.
You've contradicted yourself; the "placebo effect" is more like hypochondria in that you experience the symptoms, but you don't actually suffer the condition.
I'm pretty sure there's no musical term "dischord" I'm pretty sure you're thinking minor chords, which are very ominous, foreboding, depressing, etc. Major chords are happy.
in the article I read, it was also said that only children and younger teens could hear the specific beats, and mature adult ears could not (but thats open to debate, as I can hear plenty of frequencies Rain can't, and she's 3 years younger than me).
It could happen, its entirely possible. people underestimate the power of the simplest things. but i have to ask, why even bring it up if you dont want others to hear it?