Delta70 minHeadphones recommended

Sleep session · I11

Extended N3

A staged journey: 12 Hz → 6 Hz → 2 Hz → 0.8 Hz, over 40 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.

Extended N3 frequency journeyThe embedded pulse moves through 12 Hz → 6 Hz → 2 Hz → 0.8 Hz, creating distinct phases instead of one straight ramp. The target begins at 40 min and then holds for 30 min. This is the modulation rate embedded in the audio, not an EEG reading.DeltaThetaAlphaSMR13.86.90Target holdHzStartTarget · 40 minEnd · 70 min
Multi-stage path

The embedded pulse moves through 12 Hz → 6 Hz → 2 Hz → 0.8 Hz, creating distinct phases instead of one straight ramp. The authored target begins at 40 min and holds for 30 min.

Why this journey

Wind-down and sleep preparation

For a sleep routine, the sound is designed to become easier to leave in the background as the session develops.

How to use it

Give the transition room

Bedtime routines, quiet rest, and moving away from active listening. Start quietly and let the ramp unfold instead of judging the session in its first minute. The target then holds for 30 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
12 Hz Alpha
Beat target
0.8 Hz Delta
Ramp
40 min
Session length
70 minutes
02

Sound field

Carrier
130.1 Hz
Modulation
Isochronic
Modulation depth
0.91
Envelope
Smooth bell
Duty cycle
50% on
Noise field
Deep Brownian
Spatial orbit
0.012 Hz one turn every 83s
03

Playback

Delivery
Isochronic, Monaural or Binaural
Listening setup
Headphones — the 130.1 Hz carrier is below what most speakers reproduce
Available in the player

Choose the spatial feel

This session starts in isochronic 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.

Monaural
Two tones summed before they reach you, so the beat exists in the air rather than being built in your head. Smoother and less percussive than isochronic, and it works on speakers.
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.

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

Design character

How this one is built

Full ultradian length, sixty to ninety-five minutes, on multi-waypoint curves rather than a single slope. The beat descends in stages with waypoints in between, so the trajectory follows the shape of a sleep cycle instead of a straight line to delta.

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. This session runs on a 130.1 Hz carrier, below what a phone or laptop speaker reproduces — use headphones or it will sound almost silent. Start quietly, and never use rhythmic audio while driving. Read the full safety notes.

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