You Are Here

Music for Safety, Presence & Quiet Restoration + 6 Hz / 200 Hz Binaural Beat

AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music (Lyria 3.5), Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04)

You Are Here: An AudAI Soundscape – Full Mix (246 Tracks – 11:34:52)

Download Free Full 11:34:52 MP3 Mix (715.7 MB)

That mix title has a loving double meaning. It’s literally the grounding instruction, but it also says you exist in the present. No diagnosis. No victim identity. No promise that a frequency will fix anything.

One of my AudAI series, You Are Here is the newest member of a family of frequency/music works. Future and older pieces explore different sonic intentions without turning the catalog into a collection of “conditions + frequencies.” A few worth checking out, if you resonate with this one:

My instinct is that You Are Here has the deepest resonance. It leaves the listener with agency rather than defining them by what happened to them.

So, as always, welcome back to your true self!

But before you press play, I want to tell you a little about what you’re about to hear in this project.

This is music, but it is also an experiment in listening.

With AudAI, I’m interested in the space where human intention, music, sound design, and artificial intelligence meet. The goal isn’t to make music that tells you what to feel. It’s to create an environment in which you can simply be where you are.

You are here.

That’s the starting point.

This soundscape combines music and environmental sound with something you may not immediately notice: a carefully constructed binaural beat.

If you’re unfamiliar with binaural beats, the basic idea is wonderfully strange.

Two slightly different tones are presented separately to your ears. In this piece, your left ear receives 200 Hz, while your right ear receives 206 Hz. Your auditory system processes the difference between those two signals as a perceived rhythmic fluctuation of 6 Hz. In other words, the 6 Hz “beat” isn’t sitting inside the recording as a conventional 6 Hz tone. It is something your hearing system perceives when the two ears receive their slightly different signals. (PubMed Central (PMC))

That’s why stereo headphones are important, required actually, for this particular work. The left and right signals need to remain separate all the way to your ears.

The 200 Hz and 206 Hz carriers were chosen deliberately. They are low enough in the mix to remain relatively unobtrusive within the musical environment, while their 6 Hz difference places the perceived beat in the theta range, a frequency band that has been investigated in research involving attention, relaxation, cognition, and emotional states.

There is intriguing research in this area, including recent reviews finding potential effects on anxiety and related outcomes, but the evidence remains heterogeneous and should not be interpreted as proof that a particular frequency produces a particular psychological result. (PubMed)

So I haven’t designed this as a sonic prescription, but since 2019 I have used Binaural Beats with sleep headphones and at least for me, they work wonders in the short and long-term.

There is no magic number here.

There is no “6 Hz cures anxiety” button hiding inside your headphones.

What I’ve created is an intentional listening environment that may support qualities many of us could use more of: quiet, steadiness, attention, spaciousness, reflection, and a sense of being safely present in the moment.

The binaural layer itself is deliberately quiet.

Both carrier tones are fixed at −36 dB of track gain. That number is a production decision, not a medically established dosage. I chose it because I wanted the binaural element to live underneath the music rather than compete with it. Ideally, you experience the composition as music first. The binaural architecture is there as part of the underlying design.

You don’t need to concentrate on the tones.

In fact, I’d suggest that you don’t.

Go about your day and let it play in the background, if you wish. The music itself makes an ideal background soundtrack, so any binaural beat effects that reach you are a mental health bonus.

You can easily hear the 6 Hz frequency fade in at be start, and fade out at the end, not to mention between music tracks, but as a mix, the mix allows the binaural beat to disappear into the larger soundscape. You eventually won’t hear it at all, but your body and mind will feel it and ideally be uplifted as a result, and that is my core objective with You Are Here and all AudAI pieces.

The music carries the emotional and human dimension. The environmental sounds provide a sense of physical space. The binaural layer provides another, quieter dimension of rhythmic organization.

Three layers.

One listening experience.

A few things to know before you begin

Use GOOD stereo headphones.
This is essential if you want to experience the binaural component as designed. Ordinary speakers or cheap ear buds just can’t provide the same left/right separation or frequency response. Do yourself the favor of hearing and absorbing all, as intended.

Listen at a comfortable volume.
Louder isn’t better. The binaural carriers are intentionally subtle. There is no prize for discovering a 200 Hz tone hiding under the furniture. Sure, you will seek it, at first, but then it will fade from your ears, but never your center, which listens more than we realize.

You don’t need to “do” anything.
You can sit quietly, lie down, breathe, read, reflect, or simply listen as you go about your day or night, regardless of your activity. And yes, obviously, if you indulge, this is a perfect soundtrack. I recommend a nice pot of Earl Grey tea to complement the experience and help first ground you for what I hope becomes a lift-off, one you repeat often, as needed. Just be sure to invite me over, cool? I’ll make Thai Curry that will blow your socks off.

Don’t force relaxation.
If your mind wanders, let it wander. ADHD? Good! I have a love it for my creative process, so I hope you adore yours as well. It’s a superpower, IMHO. If you notice yourself thinking down new pathways, notice and follow them, no matter where they take you. If you become absorbed in the music, that’s fine too. The objective isn’t to achieve some special state on command.

YOU run this show. Not me or anyone else.

You.

Give yourself permission to stop.
If the sound becomes uncomfortable, irritating, disorienting, or simply isn’t working for you, take the headphones off. Your response to the music matters more than my intentions as its designer.

And please remember that this is not a medical treatment, psychotherapy, or a substitute for professional care. Yes, music and binaural beats are being explored scientifically for effects involving mood, anxiety, attention, pain, sleep, and physiological arousal, but the research is still developing, and results vary between people and between studies. (PubMed)

What I can offer you is much simpler.

A place to listen.

A little room around your thoughts.

A piece of music that doesn’t demand anything from you.

And perhaps, for a while, an opportunity to notice something wonderfully ordinary:

You are here.

That’s more than enough.

Take a deep and long breath.

Press play when you’re ready.

I’ll meet you somewhere in the sound.

Bailamos, mis amigos…

JJ
Sound Designer · AudAI™
Human + AI · Creative Collaboration

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The complete Binaural Beat generation (Audacity) recipe

The architecture I like here is music carrying the emotional narrative, environmental sound carrying physical presence, and the 6 Hz binaural layer quietly sitting underneath both. It becomes part of the composition’s infrastructure rather than announcing itself as a “frequency therapy” track.

My sincere hope is that you like it too, all ~twelve hours of it, and like me, you benefit from it all, repeatedly. But the only caveat I’d share is this is not intended for “sleeping music” due to the periodic percussion, which can be distracting for sleep. Perhaps your ears and mind are more tolerant than mine, so give that a shot, but in my experience, like vocals, drums tend to demand our attention and pull us out of the restful pockets.

Here are the specs:

PROJECT
You Are Here: An AudAI™ Soundscape

BINAURAL SYSTEM
6 Hz

CARRIER
200 Hz + 206 Hz

LEFT EAR
200 Hz sine
−36.0 dB
100% Left

RIGHT EAR
206 Hz sine
−36.0 dB
100% Right

DURATION
Full 11:34:52 soundscape

WAVEFORM
Sine Wave, a smooth, repeating oscillation defined by the trigonometric sine function. 

FINAL MASTER CEILING
−1.0 dB peak (optimal for all audio streaming platforms)

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The Google Flow Music Text to Music Prompt

Instrumental ambient organic music designed for deep calm, grounding, emotional safety, and quiet restoration.

Tonality: (in the same “key” as the 6/200 Hz Binaural Beat) warm open G major with subtle G Lydian color, centered around G, D, C, and Em, using open fifths, suspended 2nds, gentle 6ths, and slowly evolving consonant harmonies. Avoid dramatic minor-key passages. Keep the harmonic language spacious, reassuring, natural, and emotionally sophisticated.

Tempo: very slow, approximately 58–64 BPM, with an unhurried human pulse rather than a rigid metronomic feel. Minimal percussion. No strong backbeat.

Sound palette: intimate felt piano with long natural decay, extremely soft nylon-string guitar harmonics, warm bowed acoustic strings, gentle wooden mallet tones, airy analog synth pads, subtle low-volume cello warmth, occasional distant flute or breath-like woodwind tones, and very soft sustained vocal-like textures without recognizable words.

Field recordings should be organic and immersive: quiet forest air, distant leaves moving in a light breeze, soft water beside a shoreline or shallow stream, occasional very distant birds, subtle room tone, and natural environmental detail. The field recordings should feel like a safe open place rather than a wilderness adventure. Keep them understated and musical, never distracting.

Begin almost imperceptibly, with air and distant natural ambience before the musical elements slowly emerge. Allow the piece to breathe. Introduce piano and harmonic textures gradually, with long spaces between phrases. Let each musical gesture resolve naturally rather than creating suspense.

The emotional trajectory should move gently from stillness toward warmth, then toward spaciousness, reassurance, and quiet inner strength. The music should feel like being given room to breathe. No sadness-as-spectacle, no melodrama, no cinematic trauma cues.

Include extremely subtle stereo binaural-beat-compatible sustained tones around a 200 Hz carrier, with a 6 Hz difference between left and right channels, designed to sit beneath the musical texture rather than sound like an obvious tone. The binaural layer must remain subtle and organically integrated with the composition.

The 200 Hz carrier should be musically compatible with the surrounding G-centered harmonic environment and should never dominate the listening experience.

Production: exceptionally soft dynamics, warm analog character, natural acoustic space, wide but stable stereo field, no harsh high frequencies, no sudden volume changes, no startling transients, no heavy sub-bass, no distorted sounds, no dramatic crescendos. Preserve silence and negative space.

No drums, no cinematic percussion, no ominous drones, no dissonant tension, no sound effects suggesting danger, pursuit, conflict, crying, distress, footsteps, doors, voices, or traumatic memories.

Overall character: organic, intimate, deeply peaceful, spacious, warm, human, grounded, quietly hopeful, restorative without becoming sentimental.

The finished piece should feel like a safe landscape in sound: nothing demanding attention, nothing requiring interpretation, nothing threatening to arrive. Just gradually increasing space, warmth, breath, and agency.

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TRACKLIST

001 Safe Landscape

002 Quiet Restoration

003 Under the Canopy

004 Shallow Waters

005 Grounded Motion

006 The Quiet Meadow

007 Open Horizon

008 Midday Calm

009 Subtle Currents

010 Shadows in the Trees

011 Sustained Light

012 The Clearing at Dusk

013 Still Water Reflections

014 Unfolding Space

015 Safe Harbor

016 Returning to Stillness

017 Final Rest

018 Morning Sun in the Woods

019 Air and Distance

020 Quiet Refuge

021 Dusk Glow

022 Low Harmonic

023 Tranquil Morning

024 Shoreline Drift

025 Shoreline Drift (Take 2)

026 Open Horizons

027 Warm Flow

028 Sunlit Meadow

029 Sky Line

030 Quiet Stream

031 Gentle Tide

032 Ray of Sunlight

033 Glassy Lake

034 Expanded Room

035 Dusk Reflection

036 Deep Grounding

037 Shelter and Space

038 Slow Return

039 Final Haven

040 Deep Forest Canopy

041 Quiet Sanctuary

042 Gentle Canopy Light

043 Golden Clearing

044 Resonant Dawn

045 Woodland Light

046 Flowing Currents

047 Gentle Wind

048 Restorative Ground

049 Expanding Canopy

050 Stone and Water

051 Peaceful Drift

052 Deep Earth Resonance

053 Warm Sunlight

054 Forest Edge at Twilight

055 Still Pond Reflection

056 Still Pond Reflection (Take 2)

057 Open Room

058 Grounded Earth

059 Safe Space

060 Gentle Departure

061 Harmonic Swell (Take 2)

062 Quiet Haven

063 Evening Stillness

064 Final Stillness (Take 3)

065 First Sunbeam

066 Under the Pines

067 Shallow River

068 Clear Sky

069 Rising Warmth

070 Still Sanctuary

071 Meadow Path

072 Canopy View

073 Pebble Stream

074 Drifting Light

075 Deep Roots

076 Sunlit Ridge

077 Twilight Horizon

078 Reflecting Pool

079 Open Meadow

080 Evening Glow

081 Grounded Roots

082 Sanctuary Woods

083 Quiet Departure

084 Silent Horizon

085 Whispering Pines

086 Meandering Stream

087 Open Atmosphere

088 Gentle Resonance

089 Quiet Refuge (Take 2)

090 Verdant Meadow

091 Forest Canopy

092 Rippling Water

093 Slow Drift

094 Deep Soil

095 Sunlit Valley

096 Dusk Horizon

097 Still Lake

098 Breathing Space

099 Evening Light

100 Grounded Path

101 Silent Coda

102 First Morning Light

103 Forest Haven

104 Soft Departure

105 Gentle Dawn Glow

106 Gentle Dawn Glow (Take 2)

107 Whispering Forest

108 Skyline Atmosphere

109 Swelling Warmth

110 Meadow Passage

111 Canopy Horizon

112 Streambed Stones

113 Drifting Current

114 Sunlit Path

115 Twilight Canopy

116 Still Water Surface

117 Expanded Horizon

118 Sanctuary Haven (Take 2)

119 Soft Resonance

120 Silent Atmosphere

121 Streamway Passage

122 Refuge Space

123 Low Canopy Resonance

124 Evening Solitude Glow

125 Evening Solitude Glow (Take 2)

126 First Sunlit Clearing

127 Under the Cedar Trees

128 Morning Atmosphere

129 Acoustic Swell

130 Grassy Meadow Path

131 Canopy Viewpoint

132 Ripples on Water

133 Slow Current Drift

134 Rich Canopy Tone

135 Ridge Light

136 Twilight Tree Line

137 Clear Lake Surface

138 Open Field View

139 Soft Evening Warmth

140 Woodland Sanctuary

141 Fading Sunlight

142 Silent Horizon (Take 2)

143 Water Motion Passage

144 Sanctuary Space

145 Grounding Resonance

146 Sunlit Forest Pathway

147 Under the Ancient Oaks

148 Gentle Creek Flow

149 Morning Mist Above Meadow

150 Harmonic Sunrise Swell

151 Harmonic Sunrise Swell (Take 2)

152 Quiet Valley Refuge

153 Verdant Trail

154 Pebble Stream Ripples

155 Drifting Woodland Currents

156 Deep Earth Roots

157 Ridge Light Passage

158 Twilight Forest Edge

159 Still Waters Mirror

160 Open Meadow Space

161 Evening Glow Solitude

162 Grounding Earth Tones

163 Sanctuary Haven Woods

164 Quiet Departure Reflection

165 Canopy Vista

166 Silent Atmosphere End

167 Morning Sunlight Glow

168 Beneath the Canopy

169 Gentle Creek Water

170 Warm Swelling Chords

171 Quiet Refuge Haven

172 Green Meadow Path

173 Overlook Horizon View

174 Pebbles in Water

175 Drifting Forest Currents

176 Deep Earth Resonance (Take 2)

177 Ridge Sunlight

178 Twilight Forest Line

179 Still Water Mirror

180 Evening Warmth Solitude

181 Grounded Earth Resonance

182 Woodland Refuge

183 Quiet Sunset Departure

184 Silent Atmosphere Horizon

185 Wide Meadow View

186 Morning Light Valley

187 Golden Morning Air

188 Forest Light Passage

189 Shallow Streamway

190 Valley Mist

191 Sunrise Chords

192 Verdant Woodland Path

193 Overlook Viewpoint

194 Rippling Streambed

195 Deep Woodland Roots

196 Twilight Woodland Edge

197 Glassy Water Mirror

198 Open Valley Field

199 Evening Glow Quietude

200 Grounded Soil Tones

201 Woodland Refuge Haven

202 Quiet Evening Departure

203 Silent Atmosphere Coda (Take 2)

204 Quiet Meadow Haven

205 Drifting Pine Flow

206 Ridge Sunbeam Passage

207 Early Light in the Woods

208 Cedar Canopy

209 Waterway Motion

210 Waterway Motion (Take 2)

211 Morning Valley Air

212 Sunrise Resonance

213 Woodland Meadow Path

214 Overlook Vista View

215 Streambed Pebbles

216 Forest Current Drift

217 Deep Root Resonance

218 Twilight Canopy Edge

219 Still Water Reflection Pool

220 Open Meadow Horizon View

221 Evening Warmth Reflection

222 Grounded Soil Resonance

223 Woodland Sanctuary Space

224 Quiet Sunset Departure Reflection

225 Silent Horizon Coda

226 Ridge Sunbeam Light

227 Morning Forest Canopy

228 Under Pine Branches

229 Stream Water Flow

230 Clear Morning Mist

231 Warm Sunrise Swell

232 Grassy Path

233 Canopy Vista View

234 Rippling Water Stones

235 Drifting Forest Breeze

236 Deep Earth Warmth

237 Twilight Forest Canopy

238 Open Meadow Fields

239 Evening Glow Warmth

240 Grounded Earth Tones (Take 2)

241 Woodland Area

242 Quiet Sunset Glow

243 Sunlit Ridge Passage

244 Lake Reflection Pool

245 Silent Coda Space

246 Safe Landscape (Reprise)