Guides
Sounds for sleep, focus, and calm
Each page plays a mix made for one job and explains how to set it up. Everything plays free in your browser.
What do you need sound for?
Pick the job. Each page plays a mix made for it and shows how to adjust it.
Focus and studyingSteady noise and soft rain that the brain learns to ignore.SleepRain, brown noise, fans, and ocean for the whole night.MeditationA low drone, singing bowls, and slow waves.Stress and anxietyRain, slow waves, and deep noise for a racing mind.TinnitusShaped noise and water that sit beside the ringing.ADHDStrong steady noise that some people with ADHD focus better with.Overly quiet roomsA soft bed of sound for rooms that feel too silent.OfficesCover conversation at your desk, with or without headphones.Neighbors and snoringDeep noise to cover thumps, voices, traffic, and snoring.Baby sleepLow fan, womb, and shushing sounds. Volume down.Reading and writingFire, rain on the window, a far-off cafe.Binaural beatsDelta, theta, alpha, and gamma beats for headphones.Game mastersTavern, dungeon, wild camp, and storm at sea.Sound maskingKeep private talks private in offices and clinics.DogsCalm a dog home alone, during storms, or on fireworks night.CatsPurring to calm, birdsong to entertain.RelaxationA stream, birds, chimes, and a breeze.432 Hz and sound therapyListen to 432 Hz and 528 Hz, and what is known about them.
For practices, studios, and offices
Calm rooms and private conversations in spas, clinics, therapy offices, classrooms, and restaurants. Free to play to clients.
SpasWater, bowls, and a soft drone for treatment rooms and lobbies.Massage roomsSlow waves and a warm drone, with no beat to follow.Yoga studiosA drone and bowls for flow, waves for savasana.Dental officesSoften the drill and keep the front desk private.Doctors and clinicsCalm waiting rooms and private reception desks.TherapistsKeep sessions private from the waiting room.ClassroomsSoft piano and a hang drum over rain, for work time and after recess.Restaurants and cafesFill a quiet room and give tables some privacy.
Noise colors
White, pink, brown, and the rest, each with an equalizer you can move.
Noise colorsWhite, pink, brown, green, grey, black, blue, and violet compared.White noiseA free white noise machine with a ten-band equalizer.White noise for sleepSoft white noise for sleeping, with a timer.Brown noiseDeep, low noise for sleep, focus, and covering thumps.Brown noise for sleepDeep brown noise with a low fan for the night.Brown noise for studyingBrown noise with a touch of rain for long sessions.Pink noiseSofter than white, brighter than brown.Pink noise for sleepPink noise and a quiet ocean for the night.Green noiseThe middle of the range, like rustling nature.Grey noiseA hiss shaped to sound even to the human ear.Black noiseAlmost only rumble, darker than brown.Blue noiseThin and bright, with the bass pulled back.Violet noiseThe brightest color, a fine high hiss.
Nature sounds
Rain, storms, water, wind, birds, and night: real recordings that never loop.
Nature soundsRain, storms, streams, birds, night, and fire.Rain soundsReal steady rain for sleeping that never loops.Heavy rainA dense downpour that covers almost anything.Rain on a tin roofDrops ringing on metal, and rain on a tent.Rain on the windowRain outside, a quiet room inside.ThunderstormRain, wind, and rolling thunder.Ocean soundsSlow waves for sleep and for breathing.Water soundsA babbling brook over stones.WaterfallDense falling water, like natural pink noise.Wind soundsGusts that rise and fall.Wind chimesPentatonic chimes in a light breeze.Bird soundsReal birdsong, played in random order.Owl soundsSoft hoots in a still night.Cricket soundsA summer field after dark.Frog soundsCroaking frogs at a pond.Night soundsCrickets, frogs, an owl, and a breeze.Rainforest soundsWarm rain, birds, frogs, and insects.Forest soundsA real spring forest, leaves in the wind, a brook.Whale soundsSlow calls under the sea.Fireplace soundsCrackling fire for reading and cozy evenings.Campfire soundsA fire outdoors, with crickets and wind.
Rooms and machines
Fans, trains, cafes, cabins, and other steady sounds people fall asleep to.
Ambient soundsCafes, libraries, trains, planes, and machines.Fan noiseSteady fan sound for sleeping, box fan included.Air conditioner soundA steady AC hum and rush of air.Hair dryer soundA bright rush of air that settles many babies.Washing machine and dryerA tumbling drum and a motor hum.Shower soundsSteady spray on tiles.Train soundsRumble and the clack of the rails, for sleep.Airplane cabin soundsThe low hum of a long flight.Spaceship soundsEngine hum, a deep drone, and dark noise.Coffee shop soundsMurmur and cups, for working among people.Library soundsA hushed room, a clock, a few keystrokes.Clock tickingA tick and a tock, once a second.Keyboard typing soundsBursts of keystrokes in a quiet room.Underwater soundsDeep, muffled water with distant calls.
Tones, babies, and pets
Heartbeat, womb and shushing sounds, purring, singing bowls, and binaural beats.
Heartbeat soundA real resting heartbeat, about 61 a minute.Womb soundsA muffled whoosh and a slow heartbeat for newborns.Shushing soundA steady shhh, shhh to settle a crying baby.Cat purring soundsA purr that rises and falls with breath.Singing bowlsA struck bowl that rings for a long time.528 HzThe solfeggio tone, and the facts behind it.Binaural beats for sleepA 2 Hz delta beat over brown noise.
Questions answered
Short, honest answers to what people ask about noise and sleep.
What is white noise?A plain explanation, with examples you can play.What is brown noise?Why it sounds deep, and why so many people like it.What is pink noise?Equal energy per octave, and why that sounds balanced.Brown vs white vs pink noiseThe difference, played side by side.Does white noise help you sleep?What the research says, honestly.Is white noise bad for you?Volume, babies, and dependence.What are binaural beats?How they work, and do they work.Do you need a white noise machine?Machine, app, or browser: what matters.