ToneStream is different because it is its own form of listening. It may sit near meditation apps, it may seem like a sound bath, but it is neither.

There are no voice-guided sessions. No playlists and no instructions to follow. Instead, ToneStream is a single, continuously evolving stream of harmonically-rich sound, grounded in pure tones unfolding in real time. It's designed specifically for growth and comfort. Because every moment of ToneStream is unique, and people are different, it will land differently for each person listening and will be a highly personalized experience.

It's also different in that you don’t choose a goal. You don’t work on anything. You simply join ToneStream and listen.

The sound meets you where you are—whether you are calm, overwhelmed, focused, or restless. It doesn’t ask you to try harder. It gives your nervous system space to settle on its own.

A key difference to consider: Meditation apps help you do something. ToneStream invites you only to come back, and be, your True Self.

You'll know very soon how bringing ToneStream into your days will begin to change your life. We know that over time, listeners report feeling calmer, clearer, more focused, more rested. They notice more fortuitous synchronicity in their lives. They also feel like things are more possible, that growth happens more naturally. We continue to refine ToneStream in response to those real experiences. ToneStream is the Evolution of Peace.

ToneStream is not a meditation app. It is a new frontier in functional sound.

You can expect a noticeable shift.

ToneStream was developed by the creators of the n.o.w. Tone Therapy System, a personal hand-sized meditation aid which introduced a new way of experiencing sound as a direct regulator of the nervous system. ToneStream extends that work as a continuously evolving, live stream of harmonically structured audio.

Many listeners experience a settling of mental noise within minutes and unexpected deep cleansing breaths. Others notice increased clarity, steadiness, or depth of rest. The sound does not instruct or guide you, and there are no words—it works more subtly, allowing your system to organize itself in response to harmonic sound that is inherently and naturally organized.

With ToneStream, as a listener there is nothing to perform and nothing to achieve. You enter, play, and let the sound do what it was designed to do. When one nervous system settles, something at large begins to shift. Reactions soften. Choices become clearer.

This is how peace can truly evolve—first within a person, then between people, and gradually in the world around us.

And, with 7 days free trial at the beginning, you’ll have plenty of time to know how ToneStream fits for you.

It’s very easy! There is no single right way to use ToneStream.

First, listen for a few minutes and set your device's volume to what is comfortable with the loudest "strike tones" you first hear. Perhaps adjust your volume up or down once. Then leave your volume set and allow the dynamic volume of ToneStream to unfold (and accept the intrusions of the sounds around you as part of the total ToneStream experience). There are not really many other choices to make beyond deciding to listen, setting your volume, and listening.

Use headphones, earbuds, or speakers. A wired connection offers better sound than Bluetooth. But ToneStream over Bluetooth is better than no ToneStream. Try to avoid listening to ToneStream over a mobile phone's speakers (they don't handle the rich sound of ToneStream well). Note: A 2-speaker system where speakers can be separated is a wonderful listening experience. You can play it through speakers in your home, studio, classroom, or treatment room. ToneStream is all yours.

You can listen alone; or quietly let ToneStream play in the background while you work; or listen intentionally as a moment of pause as you practice "intentional attention-giving".

When played casually in an environment it is a beautiful modulation of a space. And when listened to deeply, with focus? ToneStream can become very, very interesting. A transportive journey in fact.

ToneStream is also designed to be shared. Friends, families, or communities can choose to listen at the same time, even across distance, knowing they are hearing the same unfolding sound in that moment. Though it is simple listening, the shared experience can create a powerful sense of connection and evolution of peace.

Our users play ToneStream in yoga classes, meditation groups, massage sessions, schools, and therapeutic settings. Others use it privately for focus, mental reset, sleep, meditation, and along with exercise and chores and shopping.

Enter whenever you wish and tap to play. Stay as long as you like while the sounds unfold for you. It is supposed to be just this easy.

ToneStream IS for everyone and anyone, and YES, all (even non-humans like horses, dogs and cats) can benefit.

• It is for those with an established inner-work practice and for those who have never tried one
• For meditators and non-meditators. For yogis and non-yogis
• For those seeking focus, rest, steadiness, or better sleep
• For those feeling overwhelmed
• For those simply wanting to feel more at ease
• And for those who know that peace can evolve—beginning within, and shared quietly among listeners across the world

It requires no belief, no skill, and no prior experience.

ToneStream can be listened to through headphones or over speakers. For those who cannot hear, handheld bluetooth speakers provide coherent vibrations that can be felt. Just as peace is not limited to a type of person, ToneStream welcomes all and invites deep change and restoration of balance.

The Evolution of Peace can begin wherever it is welcomed. ToneStream powerfully and beautifully provides this environment for you, and a globally shared experience for all.

Similar to achieving the benefits of physical exercise, ToneStream works in large part because you'll listen to it. But unlike exercise, it’s easy, beautiful and designed to work on your system without you doing anything much more than just be with the sounds.

Years of pioneering work in functional sound have culminated in ToneStream. Michael Joly and Alene Sibley previously created the n.o.w. Tone Therapy System—an analog, pure-tone personal audio device that introduced a new category of functional sound. It’s being used by tens of thousands of listeners worldwide. ToneStream is built upon that foundation.

At the core of ToneStream are pure sine wave, harmonically-structured tones tuned to 432 Hz—considered by many listeners to be the most natural and accessible reference tuning standard for the mind and body. The tones, fortified by additional sounds, are continually arranged in real time. All original sounds for ToneStream are created through analog and/or hand-built instruments, each recorded with intention and precision.

And while hundreds of individual tone elements are pre-recorded, what the listener hears is never preassembled. ToneStream draws from these elements dynamically, forming new harmonic intersections and subtle beat frequencies moment by moment––making each moment unique and never-repeating. For you, this can bring a deep settling to your system, opening space for your truest self to emerge.

At times, a vocal layer enters the stream, integrated as another tonal instrument, adding depth, warmth, and human resonance to the evolving field of sound.

No sequence is fixed. The composition unfolds continuously, never repeating in the same way twice.

Note that the production of ToneStream is dynamic and unlike anything before it. Michael Joly brings decades of experience studying sound and its physiological effects, designing sonic structures that are both precise and responsive. Alene Sibley brings intuitive response and guidance, shaping the experience so it remains accessible and deeply felt.

And most important: in ToneStream, the listener is not separate from the sound—the experience forms in the meeting between the two. The listener is essential. Peace is only a concept until it is embodied.

We're glad you asked!

One of our core intentions with ToneStream is to keep access to peace and mindful presence as affordable as possible. When individuals thrive, the collective of everyone, benefits—and we've made the Stream easy to have and easy to share.

ToneStream offers two subscription options and two gift options, making it simple to have for yourself and to give as a meaningful, transformative gift. Our plan is for all people to feel the ripple that grows from this new space of calm.

ToneStream truly is The Evolution of Peace.

SUBSCRIPTIONS
Monthly: $9.99
Annual: $69.99

GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS
3 Months: $24.99
6 Months: $69.99

"Live Streaming" is the standard listening mode in ToneStream. You'll hear a live, composed-and-arranged-in-the-moment ToneStream. This is the ToneStream that thousands of listeners world wide hear at the same time.

"Legacy Tones" is a single, off-line, audio file of an earlier period of ToneStream's history. The file is stored on the listener's device and is available for off-line listening when there is no Internet connection to receive the Live Stream (in a subway or rural location, say); or if you want to hear an earlier time in ToneStream's past that is more focused on Solu's classic "strike tones" that does not have the newer, more gentle and immersive content of the live ToneStream.

So "Legacy Tones" = An older, repeating, 20 minute sound file, not streaming.

"Live ToneStream" = A composed-and-arranged-in-the-moment-of-play, always new, live stream. This is the normal, "default" mode of the ToneStream app.

Yes. Those are my recreations of extinct pneumatic fog signals. This is Michael Joly writing, I’m the sound artist who made what you hear in ToneStream.

Pneumatic fog signals were in use from approximately 1929 through the late 1980’s on the US coasts. Their characteristic deep main tone followed by after-tone “grunt” were part of the acoustic signature of coastal Maine where my earliest childhood sound memories were formed (see my blog posts at this site for more).

I recreated these now-extinct sounds with Japanese knot weed flutes I made from reeds collected from Westerly, RI to Lubec, Maine. I made them into transverse flutes, some with quite deep fundamental pitches, that were then further pitched-shifted down an octave in my audio workstation.

The fog horn sounds you hear are an essential, foundational aspect of ToneStream––for me, they anchor ToneStream in feelings of home, safety, wonder and order. They also called to me as brothers, suggesting to me that there is a large world to explore, and an even larger infinity "out there".

Fog signals launched my activities in sound and have pulled me forward since I was 5 years old. I originally paid homage to these now extinct fog signals on my 1988 CD “Reed Flute Solos”, especially in the track “Brother Fog Speaks Slowly to Me”.