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Heartbeat Mix • Shimmer Mix • Chill Mix • Deep Calm Mix •
℗ Surprise!
Animation Parameters
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Hard •
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Normal •
x2
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[Low
High]
set→
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Tape Speed Control
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G
# •
A
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B •
C
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D
# •
E •
F
#
℗ Speed ÷2 •
Speed x2 •
Transform •
Reset
Spatial Width
Mono •
Narrow •
Stereo •
Wide
Guided Meditation
℗ Enter the Meditation Room beta
Keyboard Shortcuts
Visualizer •
White •
PiNk •
Brown •
J↓↑K •
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Time to Slow Down
This soundscape was created as a response to a challenge: design a soundscape as calming as Weightless by Marconi Union — often cited as the most relaxing track ever. Like Weightless, Floating avoids rhythm and melody, using slowly evolving textures and warm low-frequency tones to help the mind slow down by removing musical expectations. But unlike Weightless, which plays the same way each time, Floating is built from independent sound layers that gradually come together and drift apart. This structure keeps the soundscape fresh, ideal for long listening sessions.
The default tempo is 60 BPM, close to your relaxed heart rate. Listening at this tempo can promote entrainment, where your body aligns with external rhythms. This may help slow your breathing and heart rate, leading to a deeper state of calm.
To take your listening experience to the next level, explore the Tape Speed Control feature, which is available for myNoise Patrons. This option allows you to slow down the playback, lowering both the pitch and the tempo. For example, shifting the music to the key of C will bring the tempo down to 57 BPM–this is actually the original key of the composition. If you want to relax even further, try setting it to A# at 50 BPM. This slower pace creates a very spacious feeling between the beats, encouraging both your mind and body to unwind profoundly. Personally, I love setting it to half the original speed at 30 BPM. At this pace, time seems to stretch dramatically, allowing you to enter a world in slow motion. It creates a perfect sanctuary for your mind to retreat and almost hibernate, allowing you to embrace a deep sense of stillness.
Researchers looked at different types of sounds to find out which ones can lower stress. They included the song Weightless and a 6 Hz mono/binaural beat from myNoise in their tests.
While both significantly reduced skin conductance levels — a key marker of stress — the 6 Hz beat from myNoise was more effective in lowering respiration rate, suggesting a potentially deeper physiological calming effect. That said, I’ve learned to take scientific studies with a grain of salt. Confirmation bias is real — including me, happily citing a study where myNoise did perform best! :D
Source: “The most relaxing song in the world”? A comparative study, Psychology of Music, 2022..
Whether Floating truly ranks among the most relaxing soundscapes — I’ll let you decide. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
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User Stories
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Beautiful, versatile, and useful! The texture reminds me of some old SimCity soundtracks. It's calming enough to soothe you after returning home from a crowded, noisy place, but also, due to the small movements, it's stimulating enough to be the perfect soundscape for focused work too. It's not easy to come up with one that can do two things you'd think would be the exact opposites. Well done!
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Very fun! It has a lot of movement without actually progressing a melody, and there's some good depth going on.
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This is quickly becoming one of my favorite sounds. At first, I thought it was too "strong" (I usually stay away from melodic lines and tracks that are not purely made of constant sounds), but after a few minutes the magic kicks in and projects me into a calm, focused space. Thank you for always adding new surprising things!
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I can't tell you how much I needed this right now. I've been swamped with work and responsibilities, and my stress levels have been rising, but just listening to this has helped me to slow down - slow down my breathing, slow down my heart rate, slow down the thoughts that have been zipping around my head like protons in a particle accelerator. Thanks for everything you do!
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This setting is dark, brooding, and amazingly beautiful. I found it through the "Surprise" feature. Thank you for "Surprise" because it creates some of the best settings I've found.
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I used to listen to Weightless every night as I went to sleep years ago. I forgot the name of it and couldn't find it again after my iPod stopped working, and today I discovered this on the mobile app. Had no idea that it was based on that song until I pulled it up again on my computer just now, but no wonder I instantly fell in love with it. It's better than Weightless.
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You're absolutely right about half-speed Stéphane. I love many of your generators, but this is the first one that I can use for meditation. Any hint of repetition or too much rhythm, or even too much diatonic harmony (believe it or not) and it doesn't work for me. This, however, goes some way toward capturing the vastness of my multi-dimensional experience within the Unified Field. Thank you.
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I've been visiting this site for years, and I love this new direction in soundscape. Keep them coming!
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Perfect for studying and reading!
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Thank you so much for this!! Weightless is unfortunately associated with anxiety attacks for me now, so new calming sounds are welcome, and the ever-changing aspect of Floating makes it stay interesting and soothing for my brain. Absolutely a new favorite :)
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Oh, wow! This is awesome! <3
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Instant relaxation. Perfect!
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God, the A# is amazing, perfect for an everlasting sleep.
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So sweet! This should relax anyone!
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This is so relaxing for me, just as it is. I can feel the tension "floating" away as I decompress. I cannot thank you enough! You are saving my sanity.
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Dawg, it was me who asked you to do a Weightless-based generator, lmao!
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I listened to this collection for a whole day, which turned out to be very productive! This was keeping me alive, I used 2x speed up and even then it never repeated. Wonderful! Thank you Stéphane!
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I set it to A# at half speed and immediately felt my jaw unclench. What a relief after a stressful day. Thank you for another instant classic <3
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Hauntingly pretty yet rather calming.
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Awesome soundscape! Thanks!
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This is something I have been dreaming of for a long, long time. I can't express how special this is. I got so bored of just putting Weightless on repeat forever. This is so perfect. A million thank yous.
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This is really nice, mellow, warm, and yes, floaty! (I like it better than the track you linked, actually). Going to be a nice wind-down track for the end of the day. Thank you!
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Getting some Solar Fields vibes with Mirror's Edge Catalyst imagery. Beautiful soundscape.
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My first review. I LOVE this. I can literally feel my entire body relax as it plays. The set speed is perfect for me. When I start to doomscroll, I will have to come here and play Floating so I can step away.
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Great soundtrack for working and staying calm!
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This is going to quickly become a favorite - the perfect mix of ambiance and melody, but not busy enough to be distracted by it. "Floating" really is the best way to describe it <3
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Oh my heart! What sweetness! Slowed it down at my favorite chord (A#). Thanks again, doctor!
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