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Gentle Rain, Distant Thunder
10 hours of gentle rain and far-off thunder on a black screen.
Audio via Restful · watch
Turn the world down
Rain, brown noise and ocean sounds for sleep and focus
Long, hand-picked tracks from YouTube creators. Press play and leave the tab open.
Free to listen. No account.
Play right here: 8 sounds with a sleep timer, no YouTube. See the sounds
New on Night Shelf: Starry Night, about 12 hours of ambient sleep music. Listen
Sounds that play right here
Our own loops of public-domain sounds. No YouTube, no ads in the player, and a sleep timer on every page.
Find your sound
Six places to start. Pick one. Press play. Let the room get quieter.
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01
Soft Rain for Overthinking
10 hours of soft rain for when thoughts keep looping.
Audio via The Relaxed Guy · watch
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02
Brown Noise, Deep Work
10 hours of steady brown noise for deep work.
Audio via Mind Amend · watch
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03
Overnight Drift
8 hours of ocean waves for long, hard nights.
Audio via NightWave Ambient · watch
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04
Quiet Kitchen Morning
2 hours of birdsong and a crackling fire in a cottage kitchen.
Audio via Dreamscape · watch
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05
Low Piano, Lights Out
5 hours of soft piano on a black screen.
Audio via David Andrew · watch
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Gentle Rain, Distant Thunder
10 hours of gentle rain and far-off thunder on a black screen.
Audio via Restful · watch
Every sound plays from its creator’s YouTube channel and is credited on the card.
Three steps. That’s it.
1 · Pick a sound
2 · Play and leave it open
3 · Settle
No streaks. No scores. Just sound that doesn’t ask anything back.
For listening in bed
Sleep with sound on, comfortably
Soft headband headphones lie flat, so you can drift off on your side with the sound still playing.
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Why this exists
The web is loud. Stress Free Sounds is a small listening room for sleep, focus and winding down: hand-picked soundscapes, credited in full.
Every track is long enough to fall asleep to and credited to the person who made it.