SHARM (Self-Hypnosis And Relaxation Machine) is the software tool that enables both professional therapists and advanced users to quickly and easily create their own customized therapy and self-improvement sessions.
SHARM offers over 100 predefined sessions. Open one of the session files, set the length of the session, and press "Play". After listening to some of the included sessions, you can explore SHARM's endless customization possibilities.
100 Built-in Sessions
Create SHARM sessions to:
* Reduce stress
* Achieve deep relaxation
* Enhance creativity
* Improve motivation
* Quit smoking
* Lose weight
* Overcome depression and anxiety
* Alleviate pain
* Increase self confidence
* Eliminate unwanted habits
* Accelerate learning
* Increase energy
* Improve sleep
* Practice meditation
SHARM Features
Sound Technologies
* Suggestions - Over 160 built-in suggestions or record your own
* Nature Sounds - Relaxing sounds of water and birds
* Ambient Music - Fascinating background ambient music
* Musical Bells - Musical patterns that improve focus
* Brainwave Entrainment - Advanced sound: Binaural, Monaural and Isochronic
* Background Noise - Soothing noise cycles through your ears
* Breathwork - Practice deep breathing (Yoga Pranayama)
* OM Chorus - Practice with the OM chorus sound
* External - Add your own scripts, music and other sound files
Built-in Sessions
* Select from 100+ built-in sessions
* Ready to use sessions for many different applications
* Use the built-in sessions as templates or create your own
Background Ambient Music
* Built-in pure ambient music sounds
* Add-on music libraries
* Automatic ambient music patterns
* Bells patterns are harmonized with the ambient music soundtracks
Brainwave Entrainment
* Supported methods: Binaural Beats, Monaural Beats and Isochronic Tones
* Control the pitch of the carrier tone with a graph
* Control the entrainment frequency with a graph
* Add second and third harmonics to the carrier tone
* Create multitrack brainwave entrainment
Bilateral Sound
* Global panning rate and local soundtrack control
* Draw the global panning rate with a graph
* Control the bilateral strength, delay and inverse direction for each soundtrack
* Create complex multitrack bilateral soundscape
* Create EMDR hypnotherapy protocols with bilateral sound
Sound Recording
* Record your suggestions and hypnosis scripts
* Use the script recorder to record your script texts (PRO Edition)
* Live session recording with your client (PRO Edition)
* Live pre-recorded mixing (PRO Edition)
Mix External Sound Files
* Mix your recorded script sound files or external music
* Supported sound files: WAV, AIFF, MP3, MP2, MP1 or OGG
Intuitive Powerful User Interface
* Unlimited number of soundtracks
* Divide the session into descriptive stages
* Draw sound segments by "click and drag"
* Advanced sound properties for each segment
* Set volume, stereo position and echo level for each segment
* Mute and activate separate soundtracks
* Automatic session length adjustment
* Change sound properties over time by drawing graphs
Export Your Sessions
* Generate sound files from your sessions
* Exporting to WAV, MP3 or OGG sound files
* Set playback and export sample rate to control speed and quality
Documentation
* Dynamic help and step-by-step tutorials
* Tour and Getting Started video tutorials
What's New in SHARM
Version 3.5.1 - 24-Feb-2010
* Fixed: improved support for external recording devices
Version 3.5.0 - 28-Jan-2010
* New: Windows-7 32/64-bits support
* New: improved the MP3 encoder for sound file generating and recording
* New: OGG encoder
* New: dynamic help with more content and tutorials
* New: welcome window
* Fixed: better error handling in recording
Version 3.4.1 - 20-Dec-2009
* Fixed: mionor problem in the sound recorded
Version 3.4.0 - 7-Dec-2009
* Add and edit text notes for your sessions
* Check for software updates (automatic and manual)
* Sound recorder - three seconds count-down before recording
* script recorder - seven prdefined speeds for auto-scrolling
* Fixed: copy/paste segment now copies the script of external segments
* Fixed: smoother recording on slow computers
Version 3.3.4 - 4-Nov-2009
* Mix pre-recorded sound files in live sessions
* Simpler time editing in graph and segment dimensions
* Removed segment length field from segment dimensions editing
* Fixed: minor user interface enhancements
* Fixed: some minor problems
Version 3.2.2 - 6-Oct-2009
* Support for netbook screen resolution (minimum 1024x600)
Version 3.2.1 - 30-Sep-2009
* Fixed: a problem with long external segments in short sessions
Version 3.2.0 - 17-Sep-2009
* Automatic length adjustment for Suggestions and External segments
* Non-random suggestions segments now plays only once
* Added a new shortcut key (U) for Pause command
* Fixed: external breathwork instructions now supports WAV and MP3 sound files
* Fixed: minimum one second gap beteen suggestions
* Fixed: editing problems in small segments
* Fixed: block more than one instance of SHARM program
* Fixed: some more minor problems
Version 3.1.0 - 31-May-2009
* Breathwork: you can now record the Breathwork instructions in your own voice
* Fixed: some menu text entries were added and changed
* Fixed: turn off hightlighted text when recording is finished
* Fixed: stop the recorder playback when closing the recorder window
* Fixed: minor changes in some pre-defined sessions
Version 3.0.4 - 14-Apr-2009
* Fixed: recording from an External segment - recorder aborts
Version 3.0.3 - 10-Apr-2009
* Fixed: a problem with multiple tracks with global brainwaves and bilateral
Version 3.0.2 - 31-Mar-2009
New main window design
* Improved the graphics of the user interface
* New segment color scheme
* New playback control: Stop, Play, Pause, Rewind, Previous stage, Next stage
* New control display: Time, Global Brainwaves and Bilateral
* New Playback volume slider
* Set play position: you can click on the timeline to set the Start Play Position
* New menu command: Remove Track
* All sliders have descriptions (%, Hz, sec, etc...)
* Segment dimensions can be manually edited
* New Reverb, Decay and Echo sliders with Reverb graph
* You can click a session file name to run SHARM (file association)
* New Splash screen
* User's Guides: more images
Graphs
* Point editing: you can manually edit the value of each graph point
* Average value setting: you can manually edit the graph average value
* Reference graph: You can use a graph as a reference in other graphs
Nature Sounds
* The Nature soundtrack supports external sound files
* SHARM includes 10 Built-in nature sounds
* New add-on Nature Sound Library with 30 nature sounds (purchase separately)
Sound Recording
* New Sound Recorder
* New script Recorder (PRO Edition)
* Real-time Session Recording (PRO Edition): record sessions with your clients
Brainwave Entrainment
* New Tone soundtrack
* Global Brainwave Entrainment graph
* All soundtracks can share the same global entrainment frequencies graph
* New Brainwaves tab for setting the local Brainwave Entrainment properties
* New Isochronic methods: Wide and Narrow
* The independent frequency slider supports accurate values, like 4.5 Hz
Bilateral Sound
* Global Bilateral is now a simple graph (no need to set a range)
* New properties in the local Bilateral properties tab
Sound Properties
* The Playback and Export sample rates are now one common sample rate
* The sound properties are saved in the user settings, not in each session
More
* Many minor problems (bugs) fixed
System Requirements
The following is the minimal required configuration:
* CPU: Pentium 4 - 1.0 GHz or higher
* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 (32/64 bits)
* 1 GB RAM Memory
* 60 MB disk space; more for external sound files
* 1024x600 minimum screen resolution; true-color
* Windows-compatible sound card
* Headphones or speakers
* Microphone
