Quiet Noise for Migraine

A quiet noise generator for migraine episodes: soft, dark, low in the spectrum, with no piercing high-frequency content. Brown noise is the default on this page; the Cathedral and Velvet worlds are even gentler. The site is dark by design, the audio is generated on your device with no streaming or buffering, and there are no ads to interrupt during a phonophobic episode. Press play and the sound fades in softly.

Why noise during a migraine

For many people, the ideal during an episode is silence and darkness. When that isn’t fully achievable (you’re not at home, the environment isn’t controllable, your apartment is on a busy street), some people prefer a soft masking layer instead. Continuous low-frequency noise covers up the unpredictable sounds that punch through silence (a slamming door, a phone ringing, traffic). Whether that trade feels better than silence during an episode is individual, and NoiseMoon makes no pain or relief claims.

The noise itself has to be quiet and dark. Pure white noise has bright high-frequency energy that some people find harsh when they’re sound-sensitive. Brown noise is softer, lower, and feels less acoustically stimulating. Two of the worlds, Cathedral (reverberant) and Velvet (extra-soft), are soft enough that they almost don’t read as “noise”: more like a quiet ambient space.

How to set this up during an episode

1. Press play. The sound fades in over a few seconds.
2. Adjust to the quietest level that still feels comfortable. The goal is presence, not loudness.
3. Slide Tone all the way to Warm if pure brown still feels too present.
4. Try the Cathedral or Velvet presets if you want even softer textures.
5. Reduce your phone’s screen brightness. Settings › Display. Use Night Shift / Dark Mode if you haven’t already.
6. Set the sleep timer if you might sleep through the episode. Tap Timer and pick 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr or 1 hr 30 min. The noise fades out smoothly over the last minute, with no abrupt cutoff.

The themed presets to try during a migraine

Plain procedural brown noise is the default. The worlds, under All sounds in the player, can be gentler:

• Cathedral: reverberant brown noise, evoking a large quiet stone space. Less acoustic punch than plain brown, more sense of envelopment.
• Velvet: an extra-soft, low-frequency hush. Heavily filtered brown. Almost subaudible at low volume.
• Submarine: deep, slow, mechanical-low-frequency texture. Some migraine listeners find the very-low-end content grounding.

What this isn’t

NoiseMoon is not a treatment for migraine. It’s a tool for the masking-and-comfort layer that some people find helpful during episodes. Migraine treatment is a clinical conversation: triggers, abortive medication, preventive medication, lifestyle factors. If your migraines are frequent or severe, talk to a neurologist or headache specialist; no sleep or sound app is a substitute.

What we can offer is a quiet, dark surface that doesn’t fight you, with no ads to interrupt and no brightness to aggravate. That’s a small thing, and it’s all we claim.