The Room's Sound
20 minutes; one bowl to open and one to close, without reverb. In between the app makes almost no sound: what you hear is the place you are in. Notice near and far sounds without trying to change them; follow how they appear and fade. No microphone is used.
Liner notes
- Bed
- Brown noise
- Strikes
- Singing bowl · 196 Hz
- What do you hear?
- swelling · hissy
How is this sound made?
- Brown noise−56 dB
- Bell−28 dB
Singing bowl · 196 Hz, 2 strikes
In the room you can listen to each layer on its own, change its settings and save it as your own recipe.
Sound is generated on this device in real time; no files are downloaded from a server. There is a 10 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.
Compare with another sound
Hear both at the same loudness; drag the slider to the middle and they blend.
In the middle the two sounds truly blend; loudness is matched.
8 trials, half of them the same sound; get at least 7 right and the difference is audible. The result stays on this device.
What do we know, what don't we know?
B · Moderate evidenceLast reviewed 9 October 2026
A few controlled studies or meta-analyses; reasonable but limited generalisability.
Meditation, anxiety and stress
Meditation programs probably lead to a small reduction on some anxiety measures.
Evidence level B: Moderate evidenceWhat do we know?
- SupportIn a meta-analysis of 47 randomized trials with active controls (3,515 people), mindfulness meditation programs showed small positive effects on anxiety, depression and pain with moderate-strength evidence; evidence for stress and distress was low.Goyal et al. 2014
What don't we know?
- Evidence gapThis evidence mostly comes from structured 8-week programs; whether listening to a sound session alone has the same effect is unknown.Goyal et al. 2014
- LimitParticipants came from diverse clinical populations.Goyal et al. 2014
- LimitThe programs were not shown to be better than drugs, exercise or other behavioral approaches, and NCCIH notes that much of the research is preliminary.Goyal et al. 2014 · NCCIH 2022
Studies
- Goyal et al. 2014 · Meta-analysis · 47 studies · 3,515 participants · moderate certainty · Versus active controls: anxiety effect size 0.38 (95% CI 0.12-0.64; week 8); pain 0.33 (95% CI 0.03-0.62)
- NCCIH 2022 · Institutional page
A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.
Its neighbours on the map
The five sounds closest to this one by measured sound features.
- 1Bell-less ThresholdDark · steady · wideBoth bell and resonance · both steady · same goal: meditate
- 2Open AttentionDark · steady · wideBoth bell and resonance · both steady · same goal: meditate
- 3Moving SilenceDark · steady · wideBoth bell and resonance · both steady · same goal: meditate
- 4After the SoundDark · steady · wideBoth bell and resonance · both steady · same goal: meditate
- 5DecayDark · steady · wideBoth bell and resonance · both steady · same goal: meditate
Keep your device volume comfortable, preferably below 60%. You can also use your device's headphone-safety settings.