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Traditional / experimental practice

A Day of the World · Dawn

The end of the night: crickets, an owl, a light breeze in the pines and the sea in the distance. As the light grows the birds wake one by one and the dawn chorus builds; the crickets fall silent. Procedurally synthesised, not recorded. There is no claim of any effect.

6 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
Crickets, Birds ×2, Wind, Ocean
What do you hear?
bright · busy

5 layers, one sound engine; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

  1. Crickets−46 dB

    Crickets (ambient sound generated on your device)

  2. Birds−40 dB

    Birds · night birds (ambient sound generated on your device)

  3. Wind−40 dB

    Wind · pine forest (ambient sound generated on your device)

  4. Ocean−40 dB

    Ocean · distant shore (ambient sound generated on your device)

  5. Birds−31 dB

    Birds · dawn chorus (ambient sound generated on your device)

  • Reverb: room, 12% 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 4 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.

Compare with another sound

Hear both at the same loudness; drag the slider to the middle and they blend.

These two sounds can't share one recipe (different tuning or effects): listen to the samples one after the other.

B: neighbours on the map

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.

Its neighbours on the map

The five sounds closest to this one by measured sound features.

Keep your device volume comfortable, preferably below 60%. You can also use your device's headphone-safety settings.