Dream Gate · Threshold of Silence

A warm, simple sound field withdraws layer by layer: first the upper tones, then the low drone, until only very light room air remains and the sound ends at the ninth minute. Real silence follows, and the screen slowly darkens too. The aim is not to push you to sleep but to reduce stimulation. A piece of sound design with no claim of any effect.

9 minNo headphones neededEvidence level S: Soundscape, no claim

Liner notes

Bed: Brown noise, Pink noise
Body: Cluster drone · 90 Hz, Drone · 90 Hz
What do you hear?: continuous

4 layers, 3 sound engines; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

Cluster drone−21 dB
Cluster drone · root 90 Hz, 5 oscillators
Drone−20 dB
Drone · root 90 Hz
Brown noise−50 dB
Pink noise−60 dB

Reverb: hall, 30% mix

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 15 s fade-in at the start and a 1 min fade-out at the end.

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What do we know, what don't we know?

S · Soundscape, no claim

No health or mental-effect claim at all; it is simply a soundscape.

This session isn't linked to any claim of effect.

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