Free the Noise

What is this?

Free the Noise generates calm background noise and sleep soundscapes right in your browser. Nothing is recorded or downloaded: every sound is calculated as it plays, so it never repeats. It masks distracting sounds and helps with focus, sleep, meditation and tinnitus.

Coloured Noise

• Brown: deep, heavy rumble, like a waterfall. Good for sleep.
• Pink: balanced, like steady rain. A good all-rounder.
• Green: centred on the middle frequencies, like a natural ambience.
• White: even static across all frequencies. Masks the most.
• Blue: crisp, brighter hiss.
• Violet: the brightest, high-pitched hiss.

Natural Soundscapes

• Soft Rain: gentle bedroom window rainfall, tranquil mist and steady patter.
• Birds: morning meadow songbirds, gentle breeze and dawn chorus.
• Storms: rolling thunder rumbles, heavy steady rainfall and distant lightning.
• Ocean Waves: rhythmic seaside surf, calming tide swell and soothing shoreline.
• Night Crickets: peaceful twilight crickets, nocturnal calm and starry skies.
• Gentle Stream: babbling mountain brook over smooth river stones.
• Campfire: warm wood embers, comforting crackling logs and hearth flame.
• Bedroom Fan: deep oscillating motor hum, rhythmic blades and soothing airflow.
• Coffeehouse: a cosy café: quiet conversations at nearby tables (never words you can make out), cups and spoons, the espresso machine and steam wand behind the counter.

Keyboard shortcuts

• Space play or pause
• 1–6 choose a noise (when noise is selected)
• 1–9 choose a soundscape (when soundscapes is selected)
• ↑ ↓ volume
• M mute or unmute
• B breathe on or off

Playing with the screen off

On Android the sound keeps playing in the background, with controls in the notification. iPhones may pause the sound when the screen locks or you switch apps: for uninterrupted sound there, keep the page open in front; it keeps the screen awake while playing.

Contact

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