Theta28 minSpeakers or headphones

Frontier session · G15

Open Air Drift

Moves from SMR to Theta — 14 Hz easing to 7 Hz over 9 minutes.

Choose the full transition or begin at the advertised audio target. You can scrub and extend either path in the player.

Audio movement

Frequency journey

How the rhythmic pulse embedded in the sound changes from the opening moments to its destination.

Open Air Drift frequency journeyThe embedded pulse gradually slows from 14 Hz (SMR) to 7 Hz (Theta), so its rhythmic emphasis becomes less rapid over the ramp. The target begins at 9 min and then holds for 19 min. This is the modulation rate embedded in the audio, not an EEG reading.ThetaAlphaSMR15.110.55.9Target holdHzStartTarget · 9 minEnd · 28 min
Descending path

The embedded pulse gradually slows from 14 Hz (SMR) to 7 Hz (Theta), so its rhythmic emphasis becomes less rapid over the ramp. The authored target begins at 9 min and holds for 19 min.

Why this journey

Exploratory listening

These sessions foreground the engine’s less conventional behaviors so you can hear how the signal design changes the experience.

How to use it

Give the transition room

Comparing unusual trajectories, delivery modes, envelopes, and modulation techniques. Start quietly and let the ramp unfold instead of judging the session in its first minute. The target then holds for 19 min by design. You can also start directly at the target, scrub the journey, or extend the hold in the player.

Signal, not a scan. The line shows the modulation rate generated in the audio. It is not an EEG reading and does not promise that brain activity will follow the curve. Listening responses vary.

Under the hood

Signal specification

Every audible behavior is published. The values below describe the sound engine—not a biological dose or guaranteed effect.

01

Journey

Beat start
14 Hz SMR
Beat target
7 Hz Theta
Ramp
9 min
Session length
28 minutes
02

Sound field

Carrier
360 Hz
Modulation
Monaural
Noise field
Soft Pink
Spatial orbit
0.05 Hz one turn every 20s
03

Playback

Delivery
Monaural, Binaural or Poly-rhythmic
Listening setup
Speakers or headphones
Available in the player

Choose the spatial feel

This session starts in monaural mode. You can change how the beat is delivered without changing the frequency journey, or add a Shepard-Risset carrier drift for a continuously falling timbre.

Binaural— needs stereo headphones
Two carriers a few hertz apart, one per ear. The beat is constructed in your brainstem, so it needs stereo headphones to exist at all.
Poly-rhythmic— needs stereo headphones
Each ear gets its own carrier and its own beat, related by the golden ratio rather than driven in lockstep. Needs headphones — on a speaker the two channels sum and the distinction is lost.

New to these terms? Every row above, explained in plain language.

Design character

How this one is built

The collection that exercises the parts of the engine nothing else reaches. Native binaural, monaural and poly-rhythmic sessions rather than isochronic ones with alternatives, alongside multi-waypoint beat curves and the only duty cycles in the catalog that are not 50%. Organized by technique rather than by outcome, which is why the bands range from 1.5 Hz to 22 Hz inside one collection.

Listen responsibly

Brainwavest is a wellness and relaxation tool, not a medical device. Session names and guidance describe design intent, not a promised physiological result. Binaural mode requires stereo headphones. Start quietly, and never use rhythmic audio while driving. Read the full safety notes.

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