The sound of a fan going while falling asleep is a nice, relaxing sound. I'm curious if anyone here has blasted off while having a fan turned on and if it affects the trip much

I've had a couple trips where the climate control fan rattling the metal ductwork in the attic was loud enough that with no music and everybody else in the room quiet, the vibration became really prominent. And it did cool things: patterns emerged from its oscillating din, aural moire patterns of delicate intricacy. But as I got deeper into these trips I completely lost track of the fan sound, forgot about it completely.

I try to avoid such sounds if at all possible. I've noticed that when I'm near droning, repetitive sounds such as a fan or refrigerator or something like that, that I have a bit of a tendency to get stuck in the hyper-loops.

I dont mind background sounds when i start a journey it is when they start during the journey it can have an adverse affect. The fridge fan/compressor coming on during a journey is one in particular that has caused me problems in the past

I've recently gotten into the habit of shutting down the climate control before blasting off for exactly that reason- when it kicks on it can shift the energy of the space.

The first time I smoked DMT was in my dorm room, and the overhead light emitted this very high-pitched buzzing whine, that absolutely drove me nuts.

The buzz became very strident and kind of unpleasant, but once I was sufficiently off-world, I really didn't notice it.

I've never tried with a softer noise. I feel like rain falling might be the ultimate white-noise to ease you into a trip.

I sometimes like a little bit of white noise and general daily running sounds when I smoalk small amounts. The sound of distant cars (not high traffic), a PC fan, that sort of thing. Any underlying buzzing or drone can reveal itself under the influence so watch out for that, it can get pretty annoying.

I had a small wall air filter near me for a blast off once. It had a slight tick when it ran, that was random. When I blasted off, the tick became a regular beat. It was a very hyperspacial beat! It was strange. When I came back down, it kept up its new beat.

So, I think certain white noises can actually be cool. They can become a conduit sometimes.


The other day was a gorgeous day. Where I live there are no neighbors close, and lots of big trees. The trees get loaded with birds, especially this time of year. So, I had a great changa session outside in the sun, and lemme tell you, bird noises with DMT is pretty nuts. I could hear the information flowing, the different birds, the changes in inflection. Some of their calls are so crazy! Like super complex computer generated sounds. I definitely recommend!

One of my favorite journeys ever happened in the height of midsummer in the evening: waterfall sounds, birds, crickets, frogs... A rich tapestry of sound, organic but with its own rhythm. The slow beat of my breathing served as an anchor. And although I've never really had true synasthesia on DMT (while having had countless such experiences on acid and shrooms, where sounds were clearly stimulating visual effects) these sounds did some amazing things. At the peak, though, it had all faded into the distance.

very interesting. when i am traveling on sub breakthrough doses and when i let myself to fully immerse in the experience, my visuals are very fluent in the way they morph, unless there is some external stimuli that wasnt previously there (like switching the light on, or suddenly playing some music...which influences everything for me).

if one of those two things happened while i am there, i get something like instant ripple effect. the lines.. or vectors of the geometric patterns become distorted. interestingly this rippling is usually in sync with the external stimuli and is further transmitted through the whole multidimensonal space i percieve.

edit : i recalled one another thing. if the transition from silence to low ambient noise or quietly played music was smoother and not sudden, i do not perceive this rippling effect. but the geometric patterns just become more alive, like they are animated from the auditory stimuli.

sounds definitely have influence in my experience's on spice

i guess we all have very unique experience's to some extent.

I wonder how sound affects a DMT trip. The only time I had gumption enough to load up 50mg and blast it all in one hit and hold it in until it all blew apart was listening to Analord by Aphex Twin. It sounds like DMT sound, alien, kinda creepy actually, lots of bass and moog effects. Right, away I entered into a hallway of gigantic jellyfish cymatics and it felt like the music was pro-pulsing me further and further until that carrier wave sound started. It seemed to me like music really catalyzed and lubed up the experience.

Even on sub doses it seems the audio/perceptual receptors love to dance around with music. I prefer taking it without sound, since I like to hear the natural spice sounds but honestly, the best times I have had on spice have been with headphones blasting into my cranium. As soon as you become comfortable with the sound and the effects it has on the trip, soon you will forget that any sound is even playing It sort of weaves in and out of music and hyperspace sound.

I find that stimuli always changes anyway, and it's all a little different. White noise can become voices, voices can become music, music can become language...etc. In the end I end up hearing something totally different than what originated, regardless of what it is. It's like it causes you to hear what it wants you to hear. If indeed it could do the thing we call "want". Weird, always.

Well I am still experimenting with different sounds, but one that I have had in several cases is one or two fans in my room. I find it distracting.
I will close my eyes to watch and the sounds or feelings from the fan moving seems to slow down my visions.
Outer sources that effect my sense of touch seems to distract me and almost destroy the feelings of my body and draw concentration elsewhere.
The air blowing on my face, arms, or legs. It seems that it will almost make my traveling less enjoyable.
Everyone is different though..

Just the other night within 30 seconds of my second hit, as I closed my eyes, what sounded like a muscle car drove by my house. It kind of went with the launch. I thought it was cool.