Nancy McMoneagle: “We also have a technology and another one here at the Institute called SAM, which stands for spatial angle modulation, and it's different from binaural beats and that you're using a single tone, but again you're kind of moving it through spaces, where at least that's how it sounds.” (Show 11 Nancy McMoneagle Monroe Institute NDE OBE conciousness Sleep Astrological Hu, 2017-04-14) Skip Atwater: “Rather than Hemi-Sync’s binaural beating to achieve its effect, SAM uses a single frequency tone digitally movement-modulated for presentation in a stereophonic field. Using stereo headphones or speakers, the spatial angle of the apparent sound source moves more rapidly than the brain can process as a Doppler shift anomaly. As a result, the brain produces a modulation or change in the tone—a tremolo effect similar to binaural beating. It is this tremolo effect coupled with the size and orientation of the movement arc produced that give SAM its ability to influence regional brain activity and changes in states of consciousness.” (TMI Journal 2012 No. 1 — 1 TMI Journal 2012 No. 1.pdf, 2012) A.J. Honeycutt: “In this case it's Focus 10. This is [the] tried and true mix of delta and theta signals that have been relaxing people for years, and although not as sexy as the higher Focus levels, Focus 10 has been elegantly doing its job for about 40 years now.” (Hemi-Sync® Evolution by A.J. Honeycutt at the TMI Professional Seminar 2014, 2014-07-30)
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Skip Atwater: “There is no supposition by The Monroe Institute that SAM entrains or drives brainwave arousal as in the binaural-beat model. We do, however, think that some objective evidence for SAM’s effectiveness in facilitating enhanced states of awareness will be shown in ongoing studies of gamma synchrony as an electrophysiological correlate of conscious awareness.” (TMI Journal 2012 No. 1 — 1 TMI Journal 2012 No. 1.pdf, 2012) James Lane: “I was looking for relaxation effects because my hope was we could use it in clinical settings like patient waiting rooms, where people are under a lot of stress: give them something that they could just use. And I have to admit I learned a lot from the three studies that I conducted, which [were] not really successful in the demonstration of powerful effects of SAM.” (SAM-supported mystical experiences at The Monroe Institute by James Lane, 2018-08-16) James Lane: “What I did was highlight in yellow when the score exceeded 60%, which was the criterion to be part of a complete mystical experience. So you could see, I hope, that out of the 14 people, seven people had a complete mystical experience, that their responses produce scores above that criterion on all four sub scales. And there were several other people who came pretty darn close to having a complete mystical experience, perhaps missing one or two sub scales.” (SAM-supported mystical experiences at The Monroe Institute by James Lane, 2018-08-16)
Nancy McMoneagle: “Then we have a program based on our spatial angle modulation audio technology, and the program is called Event Horizon, and this program was designed by Bob Holbrook.” (#16 - Nancy "Scooter" McMoneagle of the Monroe Institute, 2016-02-09) Design claims are not results The 2012 article describes how SAM is built and why its developers expect it to work. It makes strong comparative claims, that SAM acts faster and with more flexibility than other audio methods, but it presents no data. The results Lane reported later were studies that did not show powerful effects and a pilot without controls. Until controlled results are published, treat SAM's advantages as intentions. The audio is one ingredient Atwater himself says SAM is meant to be used with other tools: a darkened room, group conditioning such as affirmation and communion, and a curriculum that teaches skills like breath work and visualization, which is how Institute programs are built. A participant's report from a SAM-supported program therefore cannot be credited to the audio alone. Watch the label and the date