Traditional / experimental practice

Bending Time · Timeless

No events at all: only a steady, still drone. The only thing that marks time passing is your own attention. The clock is hidden; when it ends you will estimate how long it lasted. A listening practice with no claim of any effect.

duration at the endNo headphones neededEvidence level S: Soundscape, no claim

Liner notes

Body: Cluster drone · 110 Hz
What do you hear?: even · tonal · dark

A single layer; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

Cluster drone−14 dB
Cluster drone · A2 (440 Hz tuning), 3 oscillators

Reverb: room, 12% 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.

Compare with another sound

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

These two sounds share partials in opposite phase: in the middle they cancel each other and the loudness does not hold. The slider crosses the middle with a short transition.

B: neighbours on the map

Another sound

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.

Its neighbours on the map

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

See on the map

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