Nature sounds and background noise — a mixer for focus and rest

An online tool for background sounds: 29 field recordings of rain, thunder, forest, sea, campfire, café, library and train, plus three colors of noise. Nature sounds combine in any mix and play with no seam and no repeating loop — a calm backdrop for work, study, meditation and sleep.

How to use

3 steps
1

Pick a scene or press a sound — it starts right away. Press more sounds to layer them.

2

Set each sound’s volume under “In the mix”; its settings hold the left–right place and the drift.

3

Set a timer or open full screen. Like the mix? Save it or share the link.

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Blend rain, forest and café into your own soundscape for focus

Soft rain, leaves and birds after it
Rain in the forest

Timer

Working in pomodoros? The Online Timer plays this background while you work

Place
Width
Drift

The volume slowly drifts, the way real rain or wind does

In the mix

Press a sound in the library — it will appear here with its own volume.

    Sounds

    Scenes

    My mixes

    Your mixes will be here. Build a mix and press Save.

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      Where the sounds come from

      The recordings are public domain (Public Domain Mark, CC0) and sounds from zvukipro.com. We cut stretches without stray noises and leveled their loudness.

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      Features

      Real recordings, not synthesis
      29 public-domain field recordings and sounds from zvukipro.com: rain in a forest and on a tent, a thunderstorm, a stream, a waterfall, a forest dawn, frogs, a fireplace, a café and a high-speed train. Each one was leveled and checked for stray noises.
      No seam, no loop
      A recording never plays round and round: the sound is built from 16–36-second pieces taken from different places in it, crossfaded over 2.5 seconds. You cannot hear the join, and the same bird does not sing every minute.
      Your own mix of up to ten sounds
      Every sound has its own volume, its place to the left or right and a “drift” — a slow wave of loudness, the way real rain breathes. 13 ready scenes: Rainy Café, Library, Deep Focus, Fireplace and more.
      Sleep timer and a calm full screen
      The timer runs from 15 minutes to 8 hours and fades the sound out at the end. Full screen leaves only the scene’s picture and a clock, and the Online Timer plays the same sound during your pomodoros.
      Share a mix, keep your mixes
      A link opens the same sounds and volumes for anyone. Your own mixes are saved in this browser.
      A file of any length with Premium
      Download your mix as a file from 15 minutes to 10 hours: M4A or MP3 of any length, or WAV up to two hours. The file is made by the same mixer that plays on the page.

      Why this mixer

      A “10 hours of rain” video sounds the same and repeats, while here you build your own background from real recordings and it never repeats: each sound is assembled from pieces taken from different places in the recording and never runs out. The mixer works right in the browser, the sound starts within a second, and the volume of every layer is yours to set.

      FAQ

      Why does the sound never repeat if a recording is only a minute and a half long?

      The player never loops a recording. It takes 16–36-second pieces from random places in it and joins them with a 2.5-second crossfade: one piece fades out as the next fades in, and the overall loudness stays the same. The start and end of the file never meet, so there is no click at a “seam”, and the order of the pieces is different every time. The clock is cut on its own beat — its join falls into the quiet between ticks.

      Where are the recordings from, and may I use them?

      Most are field recordings from the radio aporee archive and Wikimedia Commons that their authors released into the public domain (Public Domain Mark, CC0); the rest are from zvukipro.com. The author and source of every sound are listed under “Where the sounds come from” below the mixer. We cut stretches without voices, cars or knocks, leveled them and took out the rare bumps on the microphone.

      Which sounds are best for concentration?

      Steady sounds without meaning: rain, a waterfall, brown noise, the distant hum of a café. Speech you can make out distracts from reading and writing the most, so keep the café and the library low, under some rain. The Deep Focus scene is brown noise with light rain. For pomodoros, open the Online Timer: the same background plays there while you work and fades out during breaks.

      Will the sound keep playing in a background tab or with the screen off?

      On a computer and in Chrome on Android, yes: the mixer runs in the browser’s audio thread, not on the page’s timers, so a background tab does not interrupt it. On iPhone and iPad the sound goes through the system player and usually keeps going with the screen locked; if Safari stops it, the play button on the lock screen brings it back.

      Can I download a mix for 8 or 10 hours?

      Yes, with Premium. Press Download, choose 15 minutes to 10 hours and a format: M4A and MP3 of any length, WAV up to two hours (an hour of WAV is about 600 MB). The file is built right on your device by the same mixer that plays on the page, with a gentle fade at the start and end. M4A is the fastest — the browser encodes it itself: an hour of sound takes a few minutes, MP3 about five times longer. Firefox offers MP3 and WAV.

      How is this different from white noise?

      White Noise is synthesized by the browser — steady noises and scenes for a newborn’s sleep. Here you hear real recordings: drops on a tent, a particular stream, a café with voices. Both work for sleep; for work and study people more often choose recordings — they sound more alive and are less tiring.

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      Who is this tool for?
      🎓 Students 🧘 Wellness & Meditation 📋 Productivity
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