Traditional / experimental practice
The Matter of Sound · Water
The sound of water is mostly the sound of bubbles: first a stream, then the same rain falling on three surfaces: a roof, glass, leaves. The blind test is in the panel: which material? Synthesised on the device, not recorded. There is no claim of any effect.
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
- Brown noise, Stream, Rain ×3
- What do you hear?
- bright · busy
How is this sound made?
- Brown noise−36 dB
- Stream−27 dB
Stream (ambient sound generated on your device)
- Rain−27 dB
Rain · on a roof (ambient sound generated on your device)
- Rain−27 dB
Rain · on a window (ambient sound generated on your device)
- Rain−27 dB
Rain · on leaves (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 2 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.
In the middle the two sounds truly blend; loudness is matched.
8 trials, half of them the same sound; get at least 7 right and the difference is audible. The result stays on this device.
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.
- 1Working by the StreamWarm · textured · wideBoth stream · both procedural
- 2Stillness · Return to StillnessWarm · rhythmic · wideBoth stream · both procedural
- 3Chakra · Flow · Moving WaterWarm · textured · moving aroundBoth stream · both procedural · same goal: explore
- 4Darüşşifa CourtyardWarm · slowly evolving · melodicBoth stream · both procedural
- 5Stillness · Your Own Stillness · Water and windWarm · textured · sparseBoth stream · both procedural
Keep your device volume comfortable, preferably below 60%. You can also use your device's headphone-safety settings.