Traditional / experimental practice

Solfeggio Path · Threshold

The way in: first a dark sound field, then out of it a 174 Hz pure tone slowly appears over half a minute. Set the volume to the lowest level at which you hear the tone comfortably; you can stay at that level for the whole journey. A listening practice.

2 minNo headphones neededEvidence level S: Soundscape, no claim

Liner notes

Body: Pure tone · 174 Hz, Cluster drone · 87 Hz
What do you hear?: swelling · tonal

2 layers, 2 sound engines; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

Pure tone−29 dB
Pure tone · 174 Hz
Cluster drone−33 dB
Cluster drone · root 87 Hz, 8 oscillators

Reverb: hall, 35% 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 8 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.

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Hear both at the same loudness; drag the slider to the middle and they blend.

These two sounds can't share one recipe (different tuning or effects): listen to the samples one after the other.

B: neighbours on the map

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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.

A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.

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The five sounds closest to this one by measured sound features.

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Keep your device volume comfortable, preferably below 60%. You can also use your device's headphone-safety settings.