Stillness · Shelter

A closed, quiet room: light rain on the window, a muffled wind beyond the wall. Outside the weather picks up now and then while the inside stays the same; the rain grows a little in the middle and eases towards the end. Listen to the difference between the sound outside and the stillness inside. The nature textures are synthesised, not recorded. A piece of sound design with no claim of any effect.

18 minNo headphones neededEvidence level S: Soundscape, no claim

The same recipe with another seed: the raindrops, the order of the birds or the path of the chords change; the rules and evidence level stay the same.

Liner notes

Bed: Rain, Wind, Brown noise, Pink noise
What do you hear?: busy · hissy · wide

4 layers, 2 sound engines; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

Rain−29.7 dB
Rain · on a window (ambient sound generated on your device)
Wind−29.7 dB
Wind (ambient sound generated on your device)
Brown noise−40.7 dB
Pink noise−50.7 dB

Reverb: room, 18% mix

In the room you can listen to each layer on its own, change its settings and save it as your own recipe.

Sound is generated on this device in real time; no files are downloaded from a server. There is a 15 s fade-in at the start and a 1 min fade-out at the end.

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In the middle the two sounds truly blend; loudness is matched.

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What do we know, what don't we know?

S · Soundscape, no claim

No health or mental-effect claim at all; it is simply a soundscape.

This session isn't linked to any claim of effect.

A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.

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