Thread: Easy way to transition from physical world to dream world

I've been using Gentle Alarm for quite a long time, because most alarms startle me when I wake up. It's great because you can have different profiles (right now I have the regular one I use in the mornings, one for WBTBs and one for DEILDs) and each can have its sound, volume, fade-in time, duration... and then you can set as many alarms as you like with the profile of your choice. The only problem is that the free version won't play any alarms on Wednesdays. I purchased it because it wasn't expensive and it's proved to be a worthy investment.

But regardless. I have one question. How long is adviseable for the alarm to sound before it auto-snoozes? A few seconds, as if it were a DEILD?

Originally Posted by martakartus

I've been using Gentle Alarm for quite a long time, because most alarms startle me when I wake up. It's great because you can have different profiles (right now I have the regular one I use in the mornings, one for WBTBs and one for DEILDs) and each can have its sound, volume, fade-in time, duration... and then you can set as many alarms as you like with the profile of your choice. The only problem is that the free version won't play any alarms on Wednesdays. I purchased it because it wasn't expensive and it's proved to be a worthy investment.

But regardless. I have one question. How long is adviseable for the alarm to sound before it auto-snoozes? A few seconds, as if it were a DEILD?

It depends on what alarm sound you use, what volume you have and how easily you wake up.

But it really comes down to individuality and you have to test and experiment for yourself.

I use a medium volume 15 second long audioclip from the song Paradise by Coldplay as my first alarm, and then I have a normal alarm clock sound (not too high) I don't want to get too startled, this usually last for about 20 seconds.

But as I said experiment!

Originally Posted by MasterMind

It depends on what alarm sound you use, what volume you have and how easily you wake up.

But it really comes down to individuality and you have to test and experiment for yourself.

I use a medium volume 15 second long audioclip from the song Paradise by Coldplay as my first alarm, and then I have a normal alarm clock sound (not too high) I don't want to get too startled, this usually last for about 20 seconds.

But as I said experiment!

For better or worse, I'm a light sleeper. In the mornings I have a "rowing boat" sound, so it's super gentle, I have it at a very low volume, and I always shut it off in 20-30 seconds (it has a 1.5 min fade-in, so it starts silent and it increases volume, but with me it never reaches the maximum ). So basically it takes me close to nothing to wake up and any sound startles me. On the good side, this prevents me from oversleeping.

So I guess a short alarm would work for me. I will totally try this when I'm not going to the uni