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Meditation

Theta-range beats as a soft anchor for sits — a consistent sound bed that gives wandering attention somewhere to return to.

Theta 4–8 HzAlpha 8–12 Hz

The setup

Meditation sessions usually sit in the theta range (4–8 Hz), sometimes starting in alpha and descending. In the studio, the Meditate preset (6 Hz) is the classic choice — 6 Hz is one of the few frequencies with dedicated EEG studies behind it. For a structured sit, the Meditation Trip journey descends from 10 Hz to 4 Hz and returns over 15 minutes, and Theta Trance holds a deeper 4.5 Hz plateau over 12.

How to use it

  1. Sit the way you'd normally sit — the audio is a bed, not a technique
  2. Brown noise under the tone softens the electronic edge; the journeys add it automatically
  3. Treat the beat like a breath anchor: something neutral to return to when the mind wanders
  4. When the journey ends, the silence itself is a nice bell

What to actually expect

A steady, featureless sound bed genuinely helps some people settle, the same way a fan or rainfall does — with the added structure of a session that has a defined arc and endpoint. Whether the 6 Hz rhythm itself deepens the state is an open research question. The sit is real either way.

Ready to try it? Open the studio and dial in the settings from this guide.

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Research worth reading

Preliminary evidencethetameditation

Brain responses to a 6-Hz binaural beat: effects on general theta rhythm and frontal midline theta activity (Jirakittayakorn & Wongsawat, 2017)

An EEG study asking the direct question: does listening to a 6 Hz binaural beat actually change theta activity? The authors reported increased theta power emerging within 10 minutes of listening, including frontal midline theta — the rhythm associated with meditative attention. It's a single lab's result with a modest sample, so treat it as encouraging rather than settled, but it's one of the few papers that measures the brain instead of just asking people how they feel.

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Mixed evidencedeltathetaalphabetagammameditationsleepwalking

Auditory beat stimulation and its effects on cognition and mood states (Chaieb et al., 2015)

A wide-angle review of auditory beat stimulation — binaural and monaural — covering memory, attention, anxiety, and mood. Its honest conclusion is the reason it's on this page: results are promising in places but inconsistent, protocols vary too much to compare cleanly, and the mechanism is not established. This is the paper to cite when someone claims the science is either 'proven' or 'debunked' — it's neither.

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