Binaural Beats

Birds waking up on a French morning, with a subtle tone underneath to help you wake up. This track uses a recording of birds waking up early in the morning in France, paired with a tone designed to ease your mind into a brighter, more awake state. It's built for a 28-minute session, with a gradual 8-minute rise at the start so your mind has time to come up to speed rather than being jolted into it.

A quick note on how to use it: press play when you're ready to start shaking off sleep, not partway through — the opening minutes are where the shift happens, so starting from the beginning matters. It works best with headphones, since the effect depends on each ear hearing a very slightly different tone, but for people who find headphones uncomfortable, there are a couple of variants that might help.

For the curious: this is an 18 Hz beta binaural beat on a 420 Hz carrier tone. It opens at 10 Hz and glides up to 18 Hz over the first 8 minutes, then holds there for the remainder of the 28-minute session.

A day at the beach, waves rolling in, with a subtle tone underneath to help you unwind. This track uses a recording of ocean waves crashing on the shore, paired with a tone designed to ease your mind into a calmer, more relaxed state. It's built for a 30-minute session, with a gentle glide at the start so your mind has time to settle rather than being dropped straight into it.

A quick note on how to use it: press play when you're ready to start winding down, not partway through — the opening minutes are where the shift happens, so starting from the beginning matters. It works best with headphones, since the effect depends on each ear hearing a very slightly different tone, but for people who find headphones uncomfortable, there are a couple of variants that might help.

For the curious: this is a 10 Hz alpha binaural beat on a 400 Hz carrier tone. It opens at 12 Hz and glides down to 10 Hz over the first 5 minutes, then holds there for the remainder of the 30-minute session.

Rain, a steady hum, and 10 minutes to get your head into your work. This track pairs the sound of rain with a subtle tone designed to help your brain settle into a focused, alert state — the kind you want for a deep work session. There's a short lead-in before the "work" portion starts, so you can hit play, get comfortable, and let your mind ease into focus before you dive in. When you're just getting started with binaural beats, this is the one to try first.

A quick note on how to use it: press play before you start working, not once you're already deep into the task — the ramp-up period is doing real work to shift your brain state, and starting cold partway through skips that. It works better with headphones since this works because each ear hears a very slightly different tone, but for people who experience discomfort wearing headphones, there are a couple of variants which might help.

For the curious: this is a 40 Hz gamma binaural beat on a 340 Hz carrier tone. It opens at 16 Hz and glides up to 40 Hz over the first 4 minutes, holds there for a 10-minute working block, then eases back down to 16 Hz over the final 2 minutes — so you're not left "stranded" at peak alertness the moment the track ends.