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How to use the royalty-free library
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The royalty-free library holds sixty original tracks by composer Rob Hulford, an hour each, to download and use in your own work. Filter by instrument, hear two minutes of any track, shortlist the ones you are considering, then download. Every download arrives with a licence issued in your name.
What is on each track card?
Each track has one card. The numbers on the drawing match the list beside it; the seventh appears only while a download runs.
- Piano
- Synth
- Drone
- Artifacts
- Ambient guitar
- 1
Heart and star. The heart adds a track to your Favourites. The star adds it to your Shortlist. Both sit on the artwork.
- 2
Track name and Popular tag. The tag marks the tracks practitioners download most. It appears as licences are issued, so a new library shows few or none.
- 3
Description and feel. How the track sounds, its musical key, and the instruments in it. The key matters if you play a binaural beat or other tones alongside the music.
- 4
Play. Two minutes of the track. Tap again to stop.
- 5
Download. The full hour, with your licence written into the file.
- 6
Your licence. Appears once you have downloaded the track. It saves your licence as a PDF, any time.
- 7
Progress line. A thin bar and a percentage show under the buttons while a download runs, then the licence reference when it finishes.
In summary: the artwork holds your marks, the panel tells you what the track is, and the buttons let you hear it, take it and keep its licence.
How do the instrument buttons, Hide and Only, work?
Pick instruments, then choose whether to hide them or show only them. The row of instrument names above the tracks is built from the tracks themselves, so every instrument in the library has a button.
Hide
Removes every track that contains any instrument you picked. Useful when a sound does not suit your room, such as voices or bells. Picked instruments show struck through.
Only
Keeps only tracks that contain at least one instrument you picked. Pick handpan and flute and you see every track with either.
- Tap an instrument again to un-pick it. Clear appears once anything is picked and resets the filter.
- A line under the buttons says how many tracks are showing, for example "Showing 12 of 60 tracks".
- Hide is selected when the page opens. Switching between Hide and Only keeps your picks.
In summary: Hide takes tracks away, Only narrows to what you want, and Clear brings all sixty back.
How do the two-minute previews work?
The play button plays two minutes taken from the track, once, with a gentle fade at each end. It is there so you can judge a track before you spend an hour with it.
- One at a time. Starting another preview fades out the one playing.
- It stops when you leave. Switch tab or lock the phone and the preview stops, so nothing plays on in the background.
- It does not loop. When the two minutes end, the button goes back to play.
- Headphones help. Many tracks carry low drones and soft detail that a phone speaker loses.
If a card says "Preview unavailable", that track's preview file has not loaded. The download is not affected. Tell us which track and we will fix it.
In summary: a preview is a two-minute taste, played once, one track at a time.
What do the heart, the star and the strip at the top do?
Hearts are for tracks you love, stars are for tracks you are considering. As soon as you mark anything, a strip with three tabs appears above the library.
Favourites
Every track you have hearted. Hearted tracks also move to the top of the library, in their own alphabetical group.
Shortlist
Every track you have starred. A gold star appears on its artwork, so you can spot it while scrolling.
Used
Every track you have downloaded on this device, with its licence. Nothing to tap: downloading adds it.
Tap a heart or star again to remove it. A track can be hearted and starred at the same time.
Hearts, stars and the Used list are kept in this browser on this device. They do not follow you to your phone or laptop the way orb player favourites do. Your licences are also recorded against your account, so a licence is never lost even if this list is.
In summary: heart to keep, star to consider, and the strip gathers both, plus everything you have downloaded here.
What happens when I press Download?
The full hour downloads, your licence reference is written into the file, and the file is handed to your browser to save. In order:
- The track downloads, with a progress bar, a percentage and the megabytes so far. Keep the page open until it finishes.
- A licence reference, such as MS-…-7KQ2, is written into the file's own information, so the file can always be traced to the licence issued to you.
- Your browser saves the file as "Track name - Mindspace.mp3".
- The card shows "Downloaded. Licence" and the reference, the button changes to Download again, and Your licence appears.
- The licence is recorded against your account.
The file
MP3, 320 kbps, stereo, about an hour long. Expect roughly 140 MB per track. It opens in any audio or video editor: GarageBand, Logic, Audacity, Descript, Premiere and the rest.
Before you start
Use Wi-Fi if you can: one track is a large download on mobile data. Check you have free space, particularly on a phone.
In summary: one press gives you the full-hour MP3 with your licence reference inside it, and a licence PDF one tap away.
Where does the download go on my device?
To your device's usual downloads folder. Your licence PDF goes to the same place. These are each browser's standard settings; if you have changed where yours saves, it goes there instead.
| Browser | What happens, and where to find the file |
|---|---|
| iPhone and iPad | |
| Safari | Safari asks to download it; tap Download. The file goes to the Files app, in Downloads (in iCloud Drive or On My iPhone / iPad, depending on your settings). The arrow at the edge of the address bar shows progress and lists your downloads. |
| Chrome | Tap Download on the bar that appears, then Open. Chrome keeps its downloads in the Files app, in On My iPhone / iPad › Chrome. |
| Firefox | Firefox shows a download bar; when it finishes, the file is in Firefox's menu under Downloads, and in the Files app under On My iPhone / iPad › Firefox. |
| Edge | Edge shows a download bar; the file is listed under Downloads in Edge's menu, and saved in the Files app under On My iPhone / iPad › Edge. |
| Android phones and tablets | |
| Chrome | A notification says when it finishes; tap it to open. The file is in the Download folder: open Files (or My Files on Samsung) › Downloads. Chrome's menu › Downloads lists it too. |
| Firefox | The Download folder, as above. Firefox's menu › Downloads lists it. |
| Edge | The Download folder, as above. Edge's menu › Downloads lists it. |
| Samsung Internet | The Download folder, in My Files › Downloads. The browser's menu › Downloads lists it. |
| Mac · MacBook, iMac, Mac mini | |
| Safari | The Downloads folder, which also sits in the Dock. Safari's downloads button, top right, lists it. |
| Chrome | The Downloads folder, unless Chrome is set to ask where to save each file. The downloads button at the top right lists it. |
| Firefox | The Downloads folder, unless Firefox is set to ask. The arrow button in the toolbar lists it. |
| Edge | The Downloads folder, unless Edge is set to ask. The downloads button in the toolbar lists it. |
| Windows laptops and desktops | |
| Edge | The Downloads folder (File Explorer › Downloads), unless Edge is set to ask. The downloads button in the toolbar lists it. |
| Chrome | The Downloads folder, unless Chrome is set to ask. The downloads button at the top right lists it. |
| Firefox | The Downloads folder, unless Firefox is set to ask. The arrow button in the toolbar lists it. |
- On a phone, move it somewhere permanent. Downloads folders get cleared. Save the track and its licence together in a folder of your own, or straight into the app you edit in.
- Editing on a computer? Download it there. A one-hour file is easier to handle on the machine you will edit on than to move across later.
- If the licence PDF opens on screen instead of saving, tap Share and choose Save to Files, or use your browser's save option.
In summary: look in Downloads on a computer or Android device, and in the Files app on an iPhone or iPad.
What is in my licence, and what does it let me do?
Your licence is a one-page PDF issued in your name for the track you downloaded. It shows the licence reference, your name and email, the track and the date and time it was issued. The same reference is written into the MP3 itself.
Getting it
- Tap Your licence on the track's card. It is there after any download, and it comes back when you return to the page on the same device.
- Downloading a track again issues a new licence with a new reference. Keep the licence that sits with the file you use.
What it allows, in short
You may
- Use any track as often as you like, in every session, for as long as your subscription runs.
- Play it in your practice: in session, in a treatment room or a waiting room.
- Put it under your own spoken voice, and give or sell the result as your own work: client recordings, podcasts, paid courses.
- Trim it, fade it and set its level in whatever software you use.
- Publish that work anywhere, including YouTube, Vimeo and SoundCloud.
You may not
- Make or publish a recording without your voice in it. Your voice must be at least a fifth of the finished recording.
- Share the music itself, the original file or any altered version.
- Publish the music on its own, release it as music, or resell it.
- Monetise anything containing it: no advertising, channel monetisation or paid placement.
If your subscription ends, work you have already published stays licensed. You may not make new recordings from the music, download further tracks, or keep playing it in session.
This is a summary. The licence itself, and the licensing page, are the full terms.
The main takeaway is: download as often as you need and use the music freely in your practice and under your voice, but never pass the music on, publish it bare, or monetise it.
Questions practitioners ask
Is there a limit on how many tracks I can download?
No. Download any of the sixty tracks, as many times as you need, while your subscription runs. Each download issues its own licence.
Does using a track many times cost anything extra?
No. There are no per-use, per-session or per-recording fees. That is what royalty-free means here.
I downloaded a track on my phone. Why isn't it on my laptop?
A download is a file saved on one device. Download it again on the laptop, or move the file across yourself. Downloading again issues a new licence reference, which is fine.
My hearts and stars have gone. Why?
They are kept in the browser you set them in. Another browser or device starts empty, and clearing your browsing data removes them. Your licences are still recorded against your account.
Can I play a preview to a client in session?
Previews are for choosing. For a session, play the downloaded track, or use the hour-long journey players, which keep going and loop quietly if a session runs over.
Why does the key of a track matter?
If you add a binaural beat or other tones under the music, a carrier tuned to the track's key sits more comfortably with it. The orb players can do this for you with Follow key.
The download stopped part way. What do I do?
The card shows "That did not download". Check your connection and free space, then press Download again. Nothing is issued until the download completes.
Can I use the same track in the Session Mixer?
Yes. The licence covers both routes with identical rules: build your recording in the Session Mixer, or download the track and work in your own software.
In summary: filter with Hide and Only, preview two minutes, heart or star what you like, download the full hour with your licence inside it, and find the file in Downloads or the Files app.