How to Use Meditation Beyond

Wear headphones. The app works by sending a slightly different pitch to each ear, and that only works with headphones in. Over-ear headphones are recommended for the low, quiet presets.

Set your device volume low to start — around a quarter — and raise it slowly until the sound is comfortable. Quieter is better; these tones work gently.

The quickest start is a preset — a ready-made setting tuned for a purpose. Tap one and the sound begins. The presets are:

• Deep Sleep — slow and low, for drifting off
• Calm — a relaxed, easy pulse
• Anxiety Relief — steady and grounding
• Restore — a brighter, lifting tone
• Focus — an alert, awake pulse for work
• Silent Grounding — a near-silent low bed
• Silent Grounding + Tones — the same bed with tones on top

Tap the preset again (or the stop control) to stop the sound. Once a preset is playing you can tweak anything below and it becomes yours.

The heart of the app is four live tone generators, arranged as two pairs: Slot One (Left Ear and Right Ear) and Slot Two (Left Ear and Right Ear). Within a pair, the two ears play slightly different pitches, and your brain hears the difference as a soft, slow pulse.

Each ear has an on/off switch and its own pitch slider. The pair's controls let you set the gap between the ears — that gap is the pulse you feel.

The free version includes Slot One. Pro unlocks Slot Two as well, so both pairs play together, plus longer sessions.

Each slot can move its sound around your head instead of sitting still. Choose a motion for each slot: Still, Same Direction, Opposite, Fast Sweep, or Wave Wash. The little orbit map shows where the sound is at any moment.

The Polish section adjusts the texture of the sound rather than the pitches. Wideness, Room Hush, Air Soften, Tone Drift and Analog Warmth are gentle always-on shapers. Ring Mod and Ring Tone add a slow metallic shimmer (start around 20–30% Ring Mod). Resonance and Resonance Sweep make the drone "sing" around one slowly moving pitch.

The Effect A/B box lets you compare two polish settings instantly: set up side A, tap B to copy and change it, then flip between A and B while the sound keeps playing. Use Copy to B / Copy to A to snapshot what you're hearing.

Every polish slider starts at its gentle default, so nothing is ever harsh by accident.

Body Pulse adds a slow physical throb you can feel as much as hear — useful with the phone resting on your chest or against the body. Keep it low.

The oscilloscope shows the actual live waveforms your tones are producing — it is not a decoration. The waveforms are generated live, and what you see is the real sound. When a preset is playing, it also shows the preset's name and pitches.

Set a sleep timer to fade the sound out and stop it after a chosen time — handy for Deep Sleep. The screen stays awake while the sound plays, so nothing interrupts you.

When you've dialed in something you like, save it with a name. Saved mixes appear in your library and come back exactly as you left them — pitches, motion, polish, everything.

Recent Versions keeps the initial mix plus your last eight edits. Tap Restore to go back to any of them, or Name & Keep to save one permanently.

You can also share a mix: the share link carries the whole setting, so whoever opens it hears what you hear.

The free version gives you Slot One (two tone makers) and sessions up to ten minutes. Pro unlocks both slots — all four tone makers playing together — longer sessions, and saving your own mixes.

Pro is purchased on the website. Inside the phone apps there are no prices (app store rules); sign in with the same email on the website and in the app, and Pro unlocks everywhere.

The top of the page holds your account controls: Billing (manage or cancel a subscription, open invoices), Sign out, and this Readme. Inside Billing you can also delete your account, which removes your saved mixes and presets for good.

• Give a preset two or three minutes before judging it — the pulse settles in slowly.
• If anything ever sounds harsh, lower the volume first, then the sliders second.
• Deep Sleep, Silent Grounding and other low presets sound best on over-ear headphones.
• Everything you change while a preset plays is safe to explore — Recent Versions remembers where you were.

Meditation Beyond makes relaxation and focus sounds for wellness. It is not a medical device and makes no medical claims.