This was for a dog who was afraid of sizzling noises in the kitchen. I used masking and gradually unmasked the sizzling sound. All sounds have 10 seconds of silence preceding them in the recording so that the human has time to go do something other than sitting at the computer when the sound comes, to remove that as a predictor.
For a digital beep, I would use generally lower the pitch rather than using masking, if lowering it works for the dog. Remember, we can lower it a lot. Here’s a blog post where I have recordings of some of the possibilities.
Continuation of Sound Series 1
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Sound Series Tech Notes for Eileen
I started with white noise at gain -11 and sizzling at gain -4. Increased the sizzling gain by 1 increment for each sound in the series.
For sounds 6–9, I started reducing the gain on the white noise. Sound 6 is -13, 7 is -15, 8 is -17, and 9 is -18.
For sounds starting at #10, I reduced the white noise incrementally (-19, -20, -21).
For sounds 13–17, white noise reduction was -23, -25, -27, -29. -31
For sounds 18-21, white noise reduction was -33, -35, -36, and muted (sizzle only)