Sound Room: Mix 22 Ambient Sounds for Sleep and Focus - Sound Room

1. Why a sound room

Silence is not always focus. In a completely quiet room, a dripping tap, a car horn outside, a neighbor's keyboard become impossible to ignore. A steady layer of ambient sound masks those interruptions and gives your brain a clear cue: time to settle in.

Sound Room hands you 22 sounds to combine freely: rain, ocean waves, campfire, café, white noise, wind chimes, singing bowl and more. Every one switches on and off independently, with its own volume slider — you build the room you want to be in.

2. Your mix in three steps

Step one: tap a card. Tapping any sound card fades it in; tapping again fades it out. Active cards light up and reveal a per-sound volume slider, and layered sounds stay independent. The master volume in the bottom bar controls everything at once.

Step two: start from a preset. Six one-tap scene presets sit above the canvas: Rainy Night Reading, Forest Morning, Seaside Dusk, Campfire Under Stars, Late-Night Café, and Sleep Noise. Pick one as a base, then fine-tune — much faster than starting from zero.

Step three: save and share. Your selection is saved in this browser automatically and restored on your next visit. Press Share mix to pack every choice and volume into a single link — whoever opens it reproduces your exact setup.

3. Bedtime: the sleep timer

The bottom bar includes a sleep timer with 15, 30 or 60 minute options. When time is up, all sounds fade out smoothly over a few seconds instead of cutting off while you drift off. On mobile, keep the tab in the foreground or the timer may pause.

4. Data and privacy

Mixing happens entirely in your browser — the page sends no data to any server. Each audio file downloads once, the first time you open that sound, then loops from cache with almost no further traffic. Your selection lives only on your device, and the Clear button resets everything.

Ambient sounds come from the open-source project Moodist (MIT license), whose audio is published via Pixabay and similar sources under CC0.

FAQ

Where do the sounds come from?The audio comes from the open-source project Moodist (remvze/moodist, MIT license), whose files are distributed via Pixabay and similar sources under CC0. The page credits the source.

How do I share my mix?Press Share mix. It builds a link containing every choice and volume level and copies it to your clipboard. Whoever opens it sees exactly your selection and presses play to reproduce it.

Is my selection remembered after refresh?Yes. Choices and volumes are saved in this browser and restored next visit, but nothing auto-plays — browser policy requires one tap on play first.