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ContinuousHighWindLoop.wav

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zimbot

July 23rd, 2016

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Soundscapes > Synthetic / Artificial
backgrounds

Cinematic source layer as a seamless loop for any setting with continuous high wind (unusually strong), providing some varying "whistle" peaks in pink noise already modulated and processed for large-scale (wide-view) purposes. The effect is totally synthetic, created in Cool Edit Pro, staring with at least two layers of noise each independently filtered with morphing FFT peaks, pitch shifts, chorus, diffusive reverb, etc., and partly self-modulated with a distorted version of the low-frequency components, and finally band-passed very gently (there is still plenty of low frequency if you want to focus on that). Suggested use is to apply further filtering to match the need, and layer with other ambient sound effects as needed (including flutter or other wind-caused effects). This is not an actual recording, and in fact any real recording of such a thing would be difficult to achieve (not the least reason for which would be the need to shield the microphone from such high wind) and would probably include strong artifacts of individual items fluttering, rattling, or whistling, which this synthetic version avoids. If it were achieved, you might imagine it were done within the interior of a large structure that is holding up well under hurricane-force winds, without groaning and creaking, etc.

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ambient
atmosphere
background
gale
hurricane
loop
noise
rumble
scream
synthetic
whistle
wind

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:18.035

File size

3.0 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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aesthetic_su...

5 years, 8 months ago

This sound is super intriguing! Thank you!

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