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How bilateral audio works

Choosing an audio preset and volume — and the single tap your client needs to hear it.

Bilateral audio plays the selected sound in time with the motion. How it moves depends on what the listener is using:

  • Headphones: the sound moves ear to ear with the target — only the ear on the target's side plays it.
  • Speakers: the sound sweeps side to side with the target.

Browsers can't tell whether headphones are plugged in, so the listener says. Your client picks 🎧 Headphones or 🔈 Speakers when they turn on sound, and can switch any time from the button in the top corner of their screen; your Audio panel shows which they chose. For in-room sessions on your own screen, set This device in the Audio panel.

  • Turn on the Audio toggle in the Control Panel, choose a preset (Theta, Alpha, Delta — plus the full sound library on the paid plan or in the 21-day trial), and set the level with the Vol slider.
  • Bilateral audio and the three built-in tones are free on every plan, with no limit. The full sound library is on the paid plan and in the 21-day trial; the free plan plays 10-second previews.

One thing the client must do: browsers won't play sound until the person interacts with the page, so the client taps Headphones or Speakers once to turn on sound. This does not request microphone access — it's just the browser's rule. After that, audio plays for the rest of the session.

See it in the app: the Audio controls on the Session tab (/session)

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