Sound therapy with sources cited — even when the evidence is thin.
A multi-track audio engine for clinical sessions. Binaural beats, isochronic tones, pure tones, pink and white noise, and custom uploads — each one labeled with its study status and citations, so you know exactly what you’re offering a client.
What’s inside
Binaural beats
Left ear hears the carrier; right ear hears the carrier plus the beat frequency. Theta (6 Hz), alpha (10 Hz), delta (2 Hz), or fully custom — pick the brainwave-state target or build your own.
Isochronic tones
Single-tone pulses gated at the beat frequency. Easier to perceive than binaural beats and useful for clients without headphones.
Pure tones (solfeggio)
Single-frequency continuous tones — 174, 285, 396, 417, 528, 639, 741, 852, 963 Hz and arbitrary frequencies. Use as a steady acoustic anchor.
Pink + white noise
Generated in-browser, not sampled — no audio asset to download, no loop seam. Masking for distractible environments or for ambient stillness between phases.
Custom uploads
Bring your own audio. Same per-track L/R pan that can follow the ball, same volume and playback-rate controls as every other track.
Per-track stereo pan
Each track has its own StereoPannerNode. Lock to center, pin left/right, or follow the ball position in time with the visual stimulus.
The wellness-audio market sells confidence. Clinicians need calibration.
Most binaural-beat and solfeggio products make sweeping promises about anxiety, focus, sleep, even chronic conditions. The peer- reviewed literature behind those claims is, in many cases, thin or absent. Psy180 doesn’t sell you on the sound — it labels each track with its study status (early evidence, mixed, well- supported), the relevant citations, and a one-line summary you can read to a client. The labeling is built into the data layer, not bolted on as marketing.
Common questions
Do binaural beats actually work?
The evidence is mixed. Some controlled studies show small, transient effects on subjective mood and focus; others find no reliable brainwave entrainment. Psy180 labels every track with its study status and links to the citations — including when the evidence is thin — so clinicians can decide what to use and what to disclose.
Can I play sounds and the bilateral ball at the same time?
Yes. Each soundboard track has its own stereo panner and can be set to follow the ball — so a binaural beat or a noise bed pans in time with the visual stimulus. Or you can lock the pan center and run the soundboard purely as ambient.
Does this need headphones?
Binaural beats genuinely require headphones to work — the L/R frequency difference must reach each ear separately. Isochronic tones, pure tones, and noise tracks work on speakers; the ball-following stereo pan still benefits from headphones but is audible without.
Can clients upload their own sounds?
Therapists can upload audio files (Pro tier). Clients connect to the session and hear whatever the therapist is playing — they don’t need their own account to participate.
Are the evidence labels yours or someone else’s?
Psy180 curates them by reading the published literature for each track type. Where a credentialed body has issued guidance, we cite it. Where the evidence is preliminary or contested, we say so — that honest posture is the whole point of the labeling system.
Soundboard, ball, and BAA — included on the free tier.
Sign up, attest your clinician status, sign the BAA. No card, no expiration.