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A vibroacoustic system has a shell for containing water to which transducers are mounted. Multi-channel input signals cause the transducers to drive the shell to effect distinct, but coordinated tactile and aural stimuli providing a unique combined vibratory and auditory water experience for the use

A vibroacoustic system has a shell for containing water to which transducers are mounted. Multi-channel input signals cause the transducers to drive the shell to effect distinct, but coordinated tactile and aural stimuli providing a unique combined vibratory and auditory water experience for the user.

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1. A vibroacoustic water system, comprising: a shell for containing water, the shell comprising a left side wall and a right side wall offset on opposite sides of a first axis, and a head wall and a foot wall offset on opposite sides of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the firs

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A vibroacoustic water system, comprising: a shell for containing water, the shell comprising a left side wall and a right side wall offset on opposite sides of a first axis, and a head wall and a foot wall offset on opposite sides of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis define four quadrants, wherein the left side wall, the right side wall, the head wall, and the foot wall form a closed perimeter of the shell; a set of audile transducers mounted in energy transmitting relation to the shell, the set of audile transducers receiving an audile input signal having an audile wave characteristic and driving the shell to effect an aural stimulus;a set of at least four vibratile transducers mounted in energy transmitting relation to the shell and positioned below a waterline of water in the shell, wherein at least one of the vibratile transducers is arranged in each of the four quadrants and secured to each of the head wall, the foot wall, the left side wall, and the right side wall, the vibratile transducers receiving a vibratile input signal having a vibratile wave characteristic different from the audile wave characteristic and driving the shell to effect a tactile stimulus in the water which is different from the aural stimulus;the shell further comprising a head pocket formed on the head wall of the shell and above a backrest portion of the head wall, the head pocket extending substantially horizontally outside the closed perimeter, and curving upward and connecting to a rim of the shell; anda controller comprising preprogrammed logic that causes the controller to distribute the audile input signal between the set of audile transducers to achieve a desired auditory experience, and to distribute the vibratile input signal between the at least four vibratile transducers to achieve a desired vibratory experience, thereby creating a spatial center location for each of the aural and tactile stimuli, wherein the controller causes the spatial center of the tactile stimulus to move between each of the four quadrants along two dimensions of a plane defined by the first and second axes, wherein the controller causes the spatial centers of the aural stimulus and the tactile stimulus to move in coordination with each other so as to provide spatially-varying and coordinated vibratory and auditory experiences;wherein the controller is configured to receive an auxiliary input and to route the auxiliary input to the audile transducers and the vibratile transducers, wherein the controller is further configured to analyze the auxiliary input to extract pulsating signals forming a beat, and wherein the controller is further configured to cause the extracted pulsating signals to be provided to the vibratile transducers and filtered from the audile signal. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of vibratile transducers comprises a first set of vibratile transducers located at a first side of the first axis, and a second set of vibratile transducers located at a second side of the first axis. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the tactile stimulus is spatially directed to one or both sides of the first axis. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the tactile stimulus pans between the first set of vibratile transducers and the second set of vibratile transducers across the first axis. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the tactile stimulus pans in a biorhythmic pattern. 6. The system of claim 4, wherein the first axis extends along a long dimension of the shell. 7. The system of claim 2, wherein the audile input signal received by the set of audile transducers is multi-channel, and wherein the set of audile transducers is arranged such that at least one of the audile transducers is located to each side of the second axis. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the aural stimulus is spatially directed to one or both sides of the second shell axis. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the aural stimulus pans between at least two of the set of audile transducers across the second shell axis. 10. The system of claim 8, wherein the first shell axis extends along a long dimension of the shell and the second shell axis extends along a short dimension of the shell. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the aural and tactile stimuli is directed spatially to one or more of the quadrants. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the spatial center location of the tactile stimulus is coordinated with the spatial center location of the aural stimulus. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the spatial centers of the aural and tactile stimuli are located in the same quadrant as each other. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the spatial center of the aural stimulus moves in coordination with the spatial center of the tactile stimulus so as to provide a spatially varying aural and tactile experience. 15. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transducers comprise at least eight vibratile transducers dedicated to the tactile stimulus and positioned below the waterline, wherein at least two of the vibratile transducers are arranged in each of the four quadrants and secured to each of the head wall, the foot wall, the left side wall, and the right side wall. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein each of the four quadrants comprises at least one of the vibratile transducers secured to one of the left side wall and the right side wall and at least one of the vibratile transducers secured to one of the head wall and the foot wall. 17. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least two vibratile transducers in each of the four quadrants are arranged symmetrically about the first axis with respect to another at least two vibratile transducers in another of the four quadrants and are arranged symmetrically about the second axis with respect to yet another at least two vibratile transducers in yet another of the four quadrants. 18. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least two vibratile transducers secured to each of the four walls and are arranged symmetrically about one of the first axis and the second axis with respect to each other and are arranged symmetrically about the other of the first axis and the second axis with respect to another at least two vibratile transducers secured another of the four walls. 19. The system of claim 1, wherein causing the spatial centers of the aural and tactile stimuli to move in coordination with each other comprises causing the spatial centers of the aural and tactile stimuli to reside at a common location and to move in concert with one another along a shared path. 20. The system of claim 1, wherein causing the spatial centers of the aural and tactile stimuli to move in coordination with each other comprises causing the spatial centers of the aural and tactile stimuli to reside at different locations and to move in concert with one another along different paths.