Try using earbuds or headphones to help block out other sounds and avoid any external distractions when listening to white noise or any of the other sounds here. You can download these MP3 files for free!
White noise has a spectral frequency of 1 with equal proportions of all frequencies. Because our ears are sensitive to high frequencies, white noise sounds "hissy". (No, not that kind.)
White Noise 20 minutes
Pink noise noise gets its name from the pink appearance of visible light in its power spectrum. Pink noise has equal energy in all octaves of frequency. Pink noise sounds like a waterfall.
Pink Noise 20 minutes
Brown noise, a.ka. Red Noise, also known as Brownian noise, is named after Robert Brown. Random walk noise is another name for brown noise which sounds much like low roar. Think waterfall or rainfall.
Brown Noise 20 minutes
Violet noise is also called purple noise. Violet noise's power density increases 6.02 dB per octave with increasing frequency.
Violet Noise 10 minutes
There are other ways to use sound to relax and relieve stress. The sounds of nature - waves, waterfalls, rain, etc. - can also be soothing. The following files are also free MP3s you can listen to online or download for free.
Waves, Waterfalls, Wind Chimes, Rain, & Crickets too
Me-Kwa-Mooks West Seattle
Weather Park West Seattle
waves
West Seattle Waterfall
Schmitz Park Waterfall West Seattle
Fauntleroy Creek West Seattle
waterfall
Devil’s Campground Mt. Rainier
Hailstorm
wind chimes
Miranda’s chimes
crickets
Try listening to binaural beats too.
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