The spaciousness slider changes the length of a meditation's silences while it plays. It does not change the speech, so moving it never generates new audio and never uses credits.
Use the slider
The slider sits under the play controls. Moving it toward short pauses makes the meditation tighter, and toward long pauses makes it slower. The labels appear while you drag. The change applies immediately.
On a phone turned sideways, or any wide screen less than 480 pixels tall, the player hides the slider to fit the script beside the controls. Turn the phone upright to show it.
What changes
The middle of the slider leaves pauses unchanged. At either end, the slider removes or adds up to the full written length of each adjustable pause.
| Script element | Toward short pauses | Toward long pauses |
|---|---|---|
| Standard pause | Up to 100% shorter | Up to 100% longer |
| Open pause | Up to 100% shorter | Up to 200% longer |
| Exact pause | No change | No change |
| Gap between paragraphs | Shorter, never below 1 second | Longer, up to 4 times its length |
| Gap before a section | Shorter, never below 1 second | Longer, up to 4 times its length |
| Lead-in and final gap | No change | No change |
| Speech | No change | No change |
An adjusted pause never drops below 1 second. For example, at the long end a [pause 10s] plays as 20 seconds and a [pause 10s open] plays as 30 seconds.
Spaciousness and target duration
When a meditation has a target duration, Open Meadow first scales its pauses to match that duration. The slider then adjusts from that point. A meditation can therefore end up longer or shorter than its target when the slider is away from the middle.
Where the setting is saved
- Open Meadow saves the slider position separately for each of your meditations.
- Downloaded MP3 files use the saved position.
- On a meditation someone shared with you, the slider starts at the owner's saved position. It works while you listen, but your position is not saved.