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Waking from a fitful sleep I know all is well.
Waking from a fitful sleep I know all is well.
An Octave Lower •
At the junction of the D♮ below B♮, the individual sounds have fallen away and leave a melange in their wake. There is a croaking drone, but surely no frogs could live in black holes? Individual tones seem to last an eon, and the regular marimba-like tones are deeper and darker, as though mallets struck against a txalaparta's wooden slabs. Will you fall forever?
Two Semitones Earlier, in B♮ • Two steps further into the black hole, and C♯ falls away to B♮. The time distortion of the black hole is in effect, but still music can be discerned in the deep, rumbling chaos. No longer are those sounds hopeful, though. Instead, they merely just are. Companion to "Interstellar Glass".
Interstellar Glass • Music to fall into a black hole to: stray radio signals warble around you and interference buzzes loudly. There is a distant horn, or is it the screams of a long-dead star? Suddenly! -- something is struck. Xylophone? Marimba? Orbital moon? Hunk of space junk? It overpowers the organ-like hum, but you can't shake the funerary mood. Your funeral.
Black Canyon Bells • From the window of the Black Lodge you see out over the Canyon; hanging high in the sky and signalling the eventual doom of everything you hold dear is the Black Hole, meanwhile Bells sing slowly and breathy, ringing in your doom. Best experienced when tuned to B natural.
Wolves In The Rain • Taking shelter in a long forgotten cabin, you build a fire, warm yourself, and listen to the ethereal songs of the wolves, waiting for the storm to pass.
Castlemania • You have entered Dracula's Castle. What a horrible night to have a curse.
Dustbowl • Dirty thirties, with some liberties taken with instruments: The farm's dried up. Ma's bad sick and Pa left to look for work. The blowing dust forever hisses in your ears and eyes and nose and mouth. Two lazy brothers of yours fool around on the porch with a guitar and harmonica, but it doesn't sound like they're making music so much as keeping sorrow at bay. What else is there to do?
New Tokyo-iii • Perpetual summer has made the shrilling of cicadas incessant. People around you gossip as you hurry to catch the bullet train. A distant steel mill presses rhythmically on, creating parts for the military organization protecting this city. And when you board, you sit beside a young boy who's listening to a walkman, turned up just a bit too loud. (Soundscape inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Tornado Season • The wind whips across fields of golden wheat. On the horizon there's an anvil cloud centered in a grey-green sky. Thunder rumbles ominously, floorboards on the porch groan in protest. You call for the children, herding all of them toward the cellar doors.
Gothic Soundscape • You are in the upper tower of a lonely castle -- perhaps you are a prisoner, perhaps a guest. A storm is gathering on the horizon and you can hear the ticking of the tower clock all about you and the distant rattling and creak of the stone structure all about you, eternally settling. In spite of the distant thunder, however, you feel a strange peace. You are not alone.
Love After The Storm • True touching love story of two lovable friends.
Armenian Dream • A dream of high Armenian mountains, pure lakes and tranquility of the nature. Duduk, piano and some vocal shall help to see that dream.
Unnatural Bells • Illogical, mesmerizing, haunting, easing, disturbing, rolling, unnatural soundscape.
Calm • You walk through a vast coastal prairie, watching the grass sway and listening to birds. The ocean's waves grow closer and closer as you wander, and you have never felt so at peace. Inspired by Lonesome Traveler, but with more nature.
My Haunted Piano • My piano is haunted: whenever I play a note, I hear a ghost. Some are from this world, and some are from another. Some come from beyond the stars, and some from another time. Every note is a different ghost, and every ghost is a different voice, and every voice says a different thing that I can't quite understand. It terrifies me, but still I play... every day.
Viking Journey • A viking ship returning to the Scandinavian homeland, waves lapping against the side of the boat as it sails further into the fjord. Birds, wind and the sound of home after a long, long journey.
Purr, Conch, Frog • These three sounds seem timeless to me. It made sense to put them together.
Ophelia • "She chanted snatches of old tunes; As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element: but long it could not be Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death." ~ Hamlet: Act IV, Scene VII
Galactic Storm • A trip through nebulous storm. Rest assured that your ship is safe on it's passage through the rough patch of space.
Rainy Cafe Blues • Rain patters on the window as you wait for your friend at the cafe. Out the window you can see the blurred shapes of car lights passing by, casting a warm glow through the shimmering rain. It's warm and cozy in your booth. The soft leather seating, the gentle hush of the rain outside, and the happy murmur of the patrons around you could lull you off to sleep if your friend isn't here soon.
Rhythmic Progression • There is no build up, or relief of tension. There's only stability, focus, and rhythmic progression.
Trippin' In The Rain • Various calm, low drones and hums, thunder, and a trippy guitar. You're compelled by an unknown force to take a midnight stroll through the forest, knowing full well the weather is about to turn. Your seeking brings you to a curious mushroom. It joins you, and soon enough, the journey turns inward.
Distance • The distance between where you are and where you want to be is only in your mind here. Travel to a stormy coast and get lost in the haunting song carried on the wind.
Selkie Song • She slips between the wave-worn rocks and seafoam, singing her solemn solo. A fisherman in his storm-battered boat, the gulls, and the fish, are her only audience.
Pirates Of The Carabbean [ Rowing Through A Pirate Battle ] • Pirates of the Caribbean - Like the ride, you are rowing your boat through a pirate battle. Boats on either side as cannons and bullets fly over head. Look out for pirates as they swing from the mast with swords out. Try and keep your head.
Open The Parlor Window • She's lazily hitting keys and chords, wandering through stacks of composition paper to find the right notes. A white breeze through gauzy curtains feels indolent somehow, and the slow activity in the hall does nothing to speed her progress.
Underground Ceremony • Peeking through the opening into the largest cave, you observe robed figures engaged in a strange ceremony: some sing a haunting song, one seemingly at odds with itself; others stroke the inside of bowls to make a haunting sound; others still sit silent. Behind you, endless water trickles from somewhere into nowhere, and the winds pick up and die down. You're not ready to leave... yet.
Exiled • For your crimes, you have been exiled to the forsaken continent...
In The Plane Of Magic • Your party did not mean to come here and yet here you are--the long expanse of the plane stretches before you and then suddenly contracts closer. Reality seems to shift and the power of the plane thrums around you with life. This is where all magic emerges from and in the roil unimaginable power you can feel the very patterns that make up the fabrics of existence itself...
Monks • The sound of monks, echoed steps in their spaces. Reverent bells and the sounds of music either here or distant. Placed either in the forest or somewhere high in the mountains. Feel the connection to spirituality.
A Bottomless Curse • Within a dream long forgotten, a woman guards the secrets among the running waters behind the clocktower, trying to silence the constant dripping with the tune of her voice. But the sea will always be a reminder... Insired by Bloodborne and Lady Maria.
Tuning To A • Dress rehearsal has always been a dramatically charged atmosphere. The string section is still learning the dynamics in the second movement, the trombones are fighting off the flu, and the director is desperately trying to tie the piece together. Every week, warming up feels louder and louder. But that wash of instruments always brings you back to the music.
Winter Wastes • You walk a lonely road, through a devastated and dead land, not a soul in sight. No cities, no people. Barely an animal crosses your path. You are part of all that is left after the destruction. Snow has fallen on your path now, giving just a little bit of light to the dark, unknown road before you.
Call Of Cthulu • You find an abandoned tanker washed ashore on a deserted island, said to have sunk decades ago under mysterious circumstances. You wander in to explore, perhaps to plunder. Metal groans in protest. Your footsteps echo into darkness. What was that? An old rusted pipe somewhere? Did you hear whispering? A deep rumble from the depths? Tread carefully, friend.
HimalAfraTrance • If Africa were to connect with India once again, stirring up the Himalaya mountains once more - and if you can wait long enough it will - this is what the music will be in the collision zone.
Curbside • You've walked almost twenty city blocks in morning sun and dust, but now it's high noon—time to rest under the awning of an outdoor cafe. The blend of traffic, construction, and people shouting to one another across the street eventually becomes a busy, loud comfort.
Feel The Rumble • You thought you were safe. You were wrong.
Hiding In A Bunker • Is it safe outside? How long have I been hiding? I don't think I'm alone down here.
Hawaii • I am Hawaii. I am your island.
Whispering Pines • When we walk in the pine woods, the smells and the sounds of the forest still my mind. The pines rustle and whisper, "Shhhhhhhhhhh."
Shack In A Storm • The wind is howling outside and the rain is battering at the roof, but inside is toasty and warm. You hope the storm will blow itself out by the morning, so for now, you huddle closer and fall asleep to the sounds of the wild weather outside, and the fire crackling in the hearth.
Fimbulwinter • Fimbulwinter is the harsh winter that precedes the end of the world. Wolves are howling. Dark spirits are whispering from the shadows. Humans gather around the fire to shield themselves from the biting cold, waiting for an end that has been spoken of for centuries.
The Last Tea • When you sit hidden from the rain while the last golden sunrays beam through the dark clouds by the faraway horizont, listening to the burying raindrops and the inevitable change of everybody's fate that hangs upon the world, drinking your last cup of tea and hoping for the rightness of your decision, wishing for it, when it's too late for doubt anyway.
Sunken Chapel • Lying on your back in shallow water with your ears underwater and your eyes to a metaphorical ceiling, the world sounds quite different. Amongst the muffled cradling of waves, the oscillation gradually transforms into elusive music: It's an ebb and flow of regularity and anticipation.
Song Of The Harvest • A quiet day in feudal Japan during the time of the harvest, the sounds of nature accompanied by soothing strings which both celebrate the bounty and remind all of the coming winter.
Sunken Cathedral • Captain's Log: The patterns we sighted at the bottom of the trench are not there by accident. The ship's archaeologist is certain that they are part of a sacred site, but she is deeply troubled by questions of who built them and how they wound up at this depth. Two submersible pilots report that they heard faint singing -- I'll have to have the mate run a few surprise drug inspections...
Dune • The desert winds themselves merge into the harmonium: are they the air that give it voice? The same wind shakes bells, inspires rhythmic drumming and, above the bustle of the sietch, a lone Fremen voice longs for the ocean. Inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune.
Floating • See me floating. See me moving without moving. See me running orbits round my star. See me spinning round my axis. See me floating. See me. Hear me.
WL Nights • An atmosphere and white noise generator for sleeping at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. The summer cicadas and crickets, the gentle lapping of Bay Lake, the crackle of a dying campfire, and a distant waterfall.
Thought In Downtown • When you're living in a big city and you are in the subway or walking home after a busy workday, you think a lot about things during the travel. you're environnement is noisy but you are in your mind.
Minimal • Sometimes less is more.
Tournament Of Kings! • My family loves the Tournament of Kings--a medieval-themed show with jousting, sword fights, food, and (most importantly) no silverware! This combination takes you there. Have fun!
Summer Morning • The morning is the coolest part of the day in midsummer. The world springs to life before heat crashes the party. That's why you wake up early. It really is the perfect time to read.
Hangin' In The Wind • Selected hang drums, duduk drones, and a Native American flute piercing the dissonance. Lend a log to the fire, lay your burdened back in mother earth's arms, and watch the moon-lit clouds traverse an infinite sea of stars.
Padding • You bought the last two tickets available. You went to the toilet to ensure a comfortable sit. And now the movie is about to start. The soundtrack is highly anticipating...
Traditional Modern • Traditional sound with a modern touch.
Psycho • Be prepared for a mind-blowing experience! Not for the lighthearted.
Improvisation • Halting at a swiftstreaming creek the three friends and musicians set up their tents, sat by the fire, grabbed their instruments - which appeared to be a bit difficult for the pianist - and started improvising.
Tribal Unity • While on your trek through the mountains of southwest Asia come across a very strange occurrence, you can hear both the Himalayan monks and the Tibetian tribes singing and chanting simultaneously, creating a hauntingly beautiful theme to your adventures...
X • Set Aninmation to deep and fast to get really dynamic evolving soundscapes out of X.
Cave Dust Saved • A 2001 A Space Oddity inspired soundscape. The apes are sleeping in their cave. Tomorrow, the monolith will arrive, but they don't know this.
Deep Space Lullaby • "I set a course just east of Lyra, northwest of Pegasus," as a song like a beacon draws me far, far away from home.
Highland Call • You awaken one early morning to the sound of thunder. The humidity makes you want to shed your night clothes but there is work to be done. You throw a dress over your shift and tighten it with an apron. The cows have to be brought in before the rain begins. You shove your feet into worn, leather shoes that barely fit you any more, and rush outside.
Enclosure • An inner courtyard closed against intrusive sounds, glass walls open to a stormy sky.
Laundromat In The Rain • I love both the laundromat and various rain generators. I couldn't decide which to listen to tonight, and the supergen doesn't have a timer, so... I'm writing a story that takes place in a laundromat. And one night, it's rainy. So.
Unexpected Company • Unexpected company! What do you do? Act as usually? Or start a new story? A new way to look at things? A new perspective? It's up to you.
Mystical Forest • I fell asleep in an enchanted wood. When I woke, the fairies were fluttering all around.
City Noir • I visit this cafe often to think. The murmur of the clientele, the sound of the rain on the scaffolding, the gentle rush of traffic; they drown out my other thoughts and let me focus on the case. But I've hit another dead end: my coffee has gone cold. I pull my hat low and step out into the alley, the streetlamp above making patterns in the rain. Maybe I missed a clue at the demolition site.
Meditative Mind • A selection of my favorite sounds for meditation. I use it as is, or drop out the humming and pump up the rain and either focus on the the lovely, full bell from Baetae Memoriae or the om from chapel voices.
Raining Psyfi • The sounds of rain, while a duduk plays in the back with hints of psyfi.
Sunless Sea • Your boat has just left the dock and you hear a bell ringing somewhere in the fallen London. As a deep humming sound rises from the crates, the captain starts to sing an old melody to soothe the spirits...
Secrets In A Storm • A distant storm brings rain. He growles. She whispers.
Industrial Water • Soft factory noise with underwater sounds and drips. I find it super relaxing.
Voices By A River • At dawn sweet voices clear the air.
The Storm's Call • The storm has been raging for days. But it calls to you. Pulls you in. What could possibly be awaiting your arrival among the eye of the storm?
Shamamic Reverie • Waking from a fitful sleep I know all is well.
Onsen • Relax at a Japanese hot spring.
Evening Meditation • You are seated on the porch of an old monastery, wearing a thick shawl to ward off the chill. It is autumn, and the trees that sprawl down the mountainside are mostly bare. A heavy rain falls and bells distantly chime as the monks come and go without speaking. You have nothing that you need to attend to, and you feel welcomed and safe in this sacred space.
Still • Imagine a motionless state where a second is an eternity.
Distancing • This is a suspenseful, disturbing track. It is perfect for an INTENSE chase scene in a film.
Surrealist Relaxation • Sometimes you can't relax, sometimes you can when you hear this.
Marine Monster • Sounds evocating a tender Marine Monster.
Computer Dream • In the digital world, a dream is music...
Lydia Stargazing • Your friends are asleep in the cave behind you, warmed by the fire you lit earlier. You're on watch, but there's no danger. The bells of Ravenshead still chime distantly in the valley, lifted on the wind. The ground is dusted in snow, but as the clouds clear, the sky shows you its lights. The constellations seem like family to you, but one star seems out of place, almost as though it sees you...
Vocal Atmosphere • A collection of varied vocals from various generators, plus a few instruments, that combine into a soothing, vaguely musical atmosphere.
Dreams In Time Out Of Mind • Exhausted you fall. Half asleep. Half awake. Your journey ends.
Medieval Church Service • It's time for Vespers. You find peace among the burning torches and whispered prayers, as you ask God to bless the spouse and young children kneeling at your side.
The Rainslick Starship • You thrust into the Everstorm Quadrant aboard your trusty starship. This place is a mysterious land of lights and anticipation, with its impossible unyielding galactic rainstorms being just a small reflection of what secrets lie within this dangerous domain. Are you sure you want to go further?
Girl In The Shower • You can hear the deep rumbles and swishes of the tub filling from your room. She flicks the water playfully and starts to sing a lovely haunting tune that reverberates beyond the bathroom walls. She turns on the shower and it patters against the shower curtain. The water drips on the floor and you don't even care.
The Planetarium • A visit to the planetarium. Gentle, spacey music, a speaker, and a hushed audience. Tune in and space out.
Exploring In The Rain • You're being chased in a storm. Someone has you in their sights. Will you escape their clutches? Or will they catch you?
Sunday Night, Third Floor Laundry Room • I'm staying in the dorms during summer break. There aren't many students around; definitely not at night. I walk through the labyrinth of hallways to the very last room. The scent of cheap detergent makes my head feel fuzzy. The fluorescent lights cast a hazy glow. I'm alone, but as I feel goosebumps form on my skin (how can it be so cold in the summer?), I swear I can hear someone else.
("Game/Reality") • The cruelest revelation: a life forever trapped in the confines of a game, cognizant of the truth, fighting to change an already scripted fate. A place where non-existence may be better than the nightmarish truth. Inspired by Dan's Salvato's graphic novel, Doki Doki Literature Club.
Encounter At The Blacksmith • A wandering pilgrim hears the furious hammering and forging of a nearby blacksmith. He decides to take a closer look and walks the path down to the old watermill. Will this encounter intertwine the fates of these two?
Cold Outside, Warm Inside • Wet snow beats on the roof, and snow drifts down from the eaves of your cabin. But it's warm inside by the fire.
Angels And Demons • Battle on a cosmic scale. The end times have come. Who will prevail? The forces of light fight for life. The forces of darkness fight for destruction. In this generator, an eternal stalemate trancsends all.
Generational Travel • This ship has been flying in one direction for 300 years. You're perched on a carefully cultivated oak tree above the main transport deck, trying to take a brief nap before your break ends. You can hear shuttles landing and taking off in the main expanse, which intermittently drowns almost everything out—except for the constant deep bloodflow of the massive engines working tirelessly below it all.
Hang Meditation • Beautiful hang drum melody with a couple of odd piano tones and two female vocals gently merging together, while soft wind from the sea carries your stress away...
Rainy Lake Campsite • Last year, I went camping with a friend up near a frog-filled lake. When the weather threatened to turn inclement, we strung a tarp over much of our campsite. I still remember sitting in the growing dark, the rain splattering on our covering above us while a small campfire crackled away.
The Captain's Widow • A storm is rolling into the village soon, but we can still here her up on the cliffs, singing mournfully for her Tatania. Everything warns to go inside: the distant church bell, the panicking gulls, the threatening roil of thunder itself, but still she sings.
Hold Your Breath • You are eight years old. Even though it is against the rules, you are running the bathtub faucet and shower at the same time so you can suspend yourself underwater and hear the drops falling from the inside. Your mother's voice on the phone in the distance is muffled by the ringing thunk of waves against porcelain.
A Mattress Of Pine Needles • You've finally settled down for the night, spooning the small campfire at a safe distance. Dry, crackling pine wood nearly masks the gentle clap of waves against the shore. Your tent is set up and ready to go, canvas gently buffeting against the lake breeze, but it feels peaceful to lay here just a moment longer, suspended in time by fireglow and loon-song.
Maximum Cozy • You are in a cozy cabin in front of a cheerfully crackling fire, listening to the rain drum gently on the roof. On your lap is a sleeping cat. (Mostly low tones other than some fire crackles, for a gentle meditative drone.)
Focus, naturally • It's raining again... In the distance I can hear the thunder, and every now and then the wind is howling around my house. The combination of wind, rain and thunder makes me grateful for the roof over my head... I feel safe and warm, cosy in my own cocoon. The noises from outside are calming and soothing... perfect for sipping a hot drink, reading, writing, drawing and studying...
This Train • You're on this train. You're in this car. As you ride in this train you watch. You watch the stars. You watch the rolling hills. You huddle into the corner of this car on this train. The wind whips your hair across your face and you feel the night chill. You're in this car. You're on this train.
Arrival At Attledale Inn • You've been following the road for days. Your feet are beginning to ache when you see a sign painted with the words "Attledale Inn." You follow it until you come to a majestic old house. Inside, you are awed by the bookshelves lining the walls. The innkeeper invites you to sit by the fire. You pick a thick volume and settle in. There are many wonders here. You are sure you will find them all.
Forbidden Forest • You raise your torch higher. You can't shake the feeling that someone - or something - is watching you. Gargantuan trees surround you. A small stream runs to your left. It should feel magical - but that strange feeling of not being alone won't go away. You turn around - and what you see sends chills down your spine.
Magical Battle • Magical spells, exploding fireballs, splashing potions and ominiouos invocations. Can mere humans win in a battle against the ancient and arcane powers?
Viking's Voyage • Join Vikings on their long voyage across the sea, humming folk songs to keep time with every stroke.
Realm of Madness • Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. Gaze into the hideous, interminable abyss between dimensions - that terrible black infinity from which the Old Ones hail.
All You Bass Are Belong To Us • My hearing is far too sensitive to higher pitched sounds, so I set out to make the ultimate bass drone. This is what happened.
Riven • You find a strange and old-looking book, opening the cover to see a moving picture of an unfamiliar world. You touch the image in awe, being transported to the alien land contained within the book's many pages. (Inspired by its namesake, Riven. Am I making too many of these? Maybe. Am I going to use them all? Definitely.)
Vampire Sanctuary • You have stolen into the sanctuary below the city to evade the Serafan, your weary nerves calmed by the sounds of a distant organ and fire. Their leader seems to have drank his fill; and offering you respite... For now. (Inspired by Legacy of Kain.)
Silent Hill • Not for relaxation, unless you're a crazy person like me. This is a fairly unsettling Silent Hill inspired soundscape. Contains dungchen, steel mill, sweep noise and audio jammer.
Dark • Just a little soundscape to capture the show's ambiance while we wait for season 2 of Dark :)
Ancient Ritual • You are walking through the woods when everything goes quiet. A soft, continuous ringing fills the air, followed by haunting flutes. Someone is whispering while others chant quietly. The sound of spinning fire and strange birds floats among the trees. You creep away softly. Best not to disturb those who summon the dark.
Redwall Gatekeeper's House • You sit in the gatekeeper and recorder's quarters at Redwall Abbey. The kindly mouse has offered you tea. As you sit listening to the spring storm brewing outside, the turning of pages relaxes you. It complements the crackling fire he's built. It's cosy in here. As the first of the rain rolls over the roof, you sip your tea and smile. This is home.
Megillot: Passover - Song of Songs • As spring unfolds, the Shulamite and her beloved shepherd find in each other's love a return to Eden. "To love as they do is to enter a garden and be satiated with its abundant fruit and fragrant perfumes. It is to taste again the unalloyed goodness of the gift once given." - Five Festal Garments by Barry G Webb
Finding Nemo • This generator feels a lot like the background noise in Finding Nemo. The sound of water beneath the surface, gentle waves rhythmically lapping the shore, dolphins chatting in the distance, and a drone humming simple tones that tie everything together.
Sekundene Før Du Dør • You want to die. You are centuries old: breaths and movement taking the energy of a thousand, all creaking joints and crying muscles. Senses die as nerves collapse under the weight of living, following the path higher thought took long ago into your mother tongue — og du er døende, døende! Stillhet, fredelig stillhet svelger alt. |With love from Norway.|
Fading Echoes • You wander amongst clusters of oddly-twisted tombstones sprouting from the ground in clusters, broken sections of iron fencing jutting up from seemingly random gaps between. The entire area is cloaked in a dim pall from the stormy sky above, and shrouded by the sounds of rolling thunder, the calls of ominous birds, and the fading echoes of a bell from some tower unseen.
Quiet Study • The fire roars in the hearth as you read a book by the window, the first hints of a storm rolling across the horizon outside.
Summer Camping Jam And Chill • Your group of friends have come down to chill next to the lakeside for the summer night. A couple of them pull out guitars to just strum together as the rest of you chat among yourselves. A cold beer in your hand, a good friend by your side. All is good.
IceDrone • Glaciers sending out messages to the world.
Abandoned Space Station • A station floats in the farthest reaches of the Solar System. Communications went dark months ago. Now your crew has arrived to investigate. What will you find?
Voices • Voices and duduk. Enjoy!
Feel Like Dancing • If you like dancing.... with a little additional magic.
Monks In Space • A group of questing Buddhist astronauts set forth to find a new planet of peace...
Rhythmnosis • You are not the traveler, you are the journey.
The Magic-Touched Wood • The chimes hanging in the trees are what drew you, and the spot's deal location was what made you stay for the night. Your party has fun while you relax by the stream, just at the fire's edge. The full moon's glow illuminates the pastel forest, and the girls' songs almost makes you feel dozy until you remember that the more chaotic of them is practicing her fire magic not ten feet away.
Nightly • A quiet night. The crickets are singing, you can also hear an owl just behind the window. It's raining but don't worry, you're inside the house and the fireplace is on. There are other people with you there. Some are chatting quietly, almost whispering. Someone is eating a late dinner. Someone is walking around, deep in thoughts. You are safe. The enchanting humming voices cast warding spells.
Find Peace Here • Singing bowls, crickets, a soft piano and gentle tones. This will take you to a peaceful mindscape where you can collect yourself after a rough day. No harsh noises.
Sea Zen • Being an Aquarius I love the water, be it rain, streams, the waves rolling in or even the shower. For me it's the ultimate combination of clearing my mind, regaining focus and blocking noise. Nothing like a stroll on the beach, listening to the waves, feeling the water and sand beneath my feet, smelling the salty air, watching the water coming and going... SeaZen!
Empty Mind • This is the emptiness of the mind, full of confusion, hypnotics and horrors
The House in Autumn • The house has been abandoned for a hundred years or more. Autumn leaves swirl around as crows peer inward at you. You have your trusty pocket watch to keep you company. Thunder mumbles in the distance. The broken window panes crunch underfoot as you make your way to the library. You find some tomes, sealed in crates and boxes, that have survived. You wander around, reading the forgotten lore.
Campcore • A weekend get-together with friends and family in the forest; a busy day turns into a night by the campfire, exchanging stories and basking in each others' presence.
Elsewhere • You find a bright courtyard in the center of a nightmare. This place feels safe, but you cannot help the feeling that you are being watched...
2049 • Flying over the city, the ashen smog and the distant neon glow of the cities below peeking through the heavy rain. The edges of the world soften, and a sense of melancholy washes over you.
Enchanted Woman • A strange, ethereal woman sits at the edge of a peaceful lake. When she sings the birds and insects listen, as does any human that comes across her.
Isla Nublar • The remote, but well known Island from Jurassic Park. InGen and Hammond are already here, but it sems like they didnt breed or release anything yet. Or have they? Wait - what's that deep rumble?! Perfect for the Audiobook - almost. I'd love to interchange the deep Bass-sliders with some big Reptile steps or far away deep roaring sounds. Thank you Stéphane for another layer of customisation!
The Year Of The Android • The sound of a cyberpunk future where androids dream of electric sheep.
Ambient Shore • Calmly sitting in my cabin on the loch's edge with the French windows open, I idly tinkle the keys of the piano as a ghostly melody wafts through the crisp spring air. Am I alone?
The Princess Garden • There's a party going on in the house, but you have little interest in such things. You'd rather relax out in the garden and listen to the sounds of plants and animals. Music box notes come in off the wind.
Land Of Rain • A world of neverending rainfall where amphibians are the rulers.
The Meditation Temple • You find yourself sitting among a group of people atop a mountain, inside a temple, surrounded by small fires and incense. The longer you sit, the farther you fall into a deep hole of calm. The humming of the people around you, the light strumming of the water drums, and the warmth of calm.
A Viking Winter • It's the Viking Era. You have just come back from a hunt and you carry a small boar on your back. The town is bustling with trade and life. You will never get tired of coming into the village.
Study Room • Studying in a cozy room.
Dark Rain • A dark, calming rain accompanied by an evening bell and a lonely call.
The Great Library • Rows and rows of shelves upon the marble floors, deeply laden with heavy tomes of obscure knowledge and insights. With the dim light coming from the central fireplace, you and your fellow scholars roam the shelves into the twilight in search of the answers lost to time and dust.
Renaissance Festival • It's a cool, breezy fall afternoon at your local Ren Fest. Visit the blacksmith, watch some jousting, and don't forget a nice big Turkey Leg and a deep fried twinkie.
Lunarpunk • A little futuristic, a little natural, a little crowded, all peaceful.
A Horse With No Name • A Horse with No Name gallop on the prairie.
A Rest In The Canyon • It started as a lucky hunt, and by now you've made it far outside your usual hunting ground. A few of your packmates, not yet willing to return to the dens with with the rest, joined you in this flight of curiosity... and they join you still, laying by the tiny spring, relaxing in the warm sand before you decide to leave the shade of the canyon to face the desert sun again.
Melodic Zen • A syncretic mix of forest echoes and subtle ancient melodies.
They Are Here • Time has stopped. The end is near. Their global plan will be unveiled. All minds are cleared.
Melancholic Rainy Gas Station • I tried to combine all of my favourite noise elements together, and simulate that certain cousy and sleepy feeling, while sitting in a warm car, listening rain splattering on windows, heavy diesel gas tanker delivering more gas to the station at 4am, and falling asleep while waiting dad to get back in car and continue driving home. Distant traffic noises and also boring silent radioshow.
Dusk On The Bayou • Camping by a brook falling gently into the bayou.
Jungle In Your Head • Wander through the rainforest that is your mind.
Ethereal Ocean • Distant voices echo the swells of the waves as you drift out to sea.
Female Voices • A multifarious choir transcends the predawn light.
Planet X Rover • We knew it had to be there for centuries and there it was, Planet X; hidden deep in the Kuiper belt. Earth's first scout probe has just landed on it! The Human race listens in limbo as it starts its surveillance mission and for these first sounds its sensors send back. We soon realize we may not be the only ones... there's no turning back now.
Song Of Ice • An eerie chant of ice and water, like a temple to a god long since drowned.
Waiting for the Ride • One day during a visit to Animal Kingdom, I started getting anxious and worked up. My mom decided to stop for some food at a small food stand right next to Expedition Everest. While I stood to the side waiting, I realized how the drone of people walking by and the soft music with occasional bell rings was incredibly soothing.
Temporary Respite • Once out wandering the unknown, you've now been caught by surprise as the sky darkened and dropped its once heavy burden. You've hastily constructed a small camp in order to keep from catching cold, and it seems a creature of the wild has adopted your shelter.
Temple Courtyard • As she rests in the peaceful courtyard after a long summer's day, a gentle wind carries the music of the evening ceremony from the temple. With the setting sun to her back, she decides to meditate on the sound of water flowing through a bamboo fountain and buried suikinkutsu.
Journey To Nowhere • Sip your tea. Listen to the rumble of the rails, the mutter of the rain, the babble of the dining car. Your destination is unimportant. What you have left behind is unimportant. Right now there is only the scent of your tea, the train, and you.
The Expanse • You are travelling through the deep expanse of the stars, the elemental beauty of the universe surrounds you. And yet, humans are no different, still filled with vast emotions that dictate what they do. Listen to gentle vocalising with the gentle hum of your starship, and the occasional explosive reminder of human nature in the distance. Inspired heavily by the book series "The Expanse".
Tristesse • When I was younger, I created an imaginary forest where I could go to be as sad as I needed to be, free from those who would prefer for me to be cheery and carefree. I called it Tristesse, a French word for sadness or melancholy. I invite you to sit and relish your sorrows, and remember this place should you ever need it in the future.
Entrance To Hades • With the coin placed under your tongue, you pay Charon to take you across the river to the entrance of Hades. He does not speak during this journey, but you can hear the whispers of the unburied souls who cannot yet be taken, and the mournful cries of Cerberus, who guards the gates you approach. Soon you will learn where your soul is destined.
Curious Wanderer • A subtle, positive atmosphere to tune your mood and senses into another dimension for a little while.
Gravity's Lodge • You are falling into the darkness. The weight of your memories surrounds you, comforting and provoking regret by turns. There's no escape from this well, but you belong here anyway.
Sparkling Hu water • While the monk chants his quiet song on the bank of the river, the universe shimmers and sparkles in quiet beauty. All will be well.
Quiet Living Room • After a long day, in the evening, you sit in front of the piano in your living room. The fire is crackling in your fireplace, steadily burning the last log you have put in it. You feel the warmth on your skin. Rethinking about the gone day, you play a somewhat melancholic melody, while nobody's listening...
Hephaestus • You are in a forge. It would be more appropriate, even, to say you are in The Forge. Work in here is continuous, but there is a warmth to the place. You watch the presses, sitting next to the fire, and you wait.
The Basement • The heroes journey into the basement, their last stop scouring the Lord's manor for clues. What they find there will shake them to the core... for the goings on were far more ghastly and sinister than anyone could have imagined...
Winter With You • A cozy winter night with your head on someone's chest.
Consciousness Technician • The soldering of Dendrites, sorting of the senses, filing & disposal of memories & the repairing of cells; all while preparing your nights dreams... While you sleep the technician works feverishly as time ticks away to ensure a full days reconciliation until the morning chord strikes...
Dusty Streets • You walk through the empty, dusty streets of a forgotten city. The gleaming structures that surround you stand lonely against the pale sky. This place was full once. Light catches the particles of dust hanging in the air, surrounding you as you feel at once lost and found.
Nerves • Electric pulses, is it anxiety or excitment ? Are those stomach butterflies or just noisy interferences ? Relax, try to take deep synthetic respirations...
Witch Study • When the night falls and rain plays its tone against the window, the Witch submits herself to study the old magic books, fireplace keeping her warm and cozy during her studies.
Wind Meditation • The wind is the best tool to meditate with. Hold your breath for several seconds and then exhale over the course of another five count. When you think you can't exhale any more, keep blowing from the deepest depths of your lungs....
Rainy Voyage • You wanted to escape the land and sail to your own haven when while you were sailing, a storm strikes! Waves crash, thoughts race through your head. You try to sail back to shore, but the currents are too strong! You make one decision. You wait it all out.
Village Hidden In The Clouds • Clouds. Thunders. Rain. Falling on the tin roofs of kampongs still commonly found in certain parts of Southeast Asia today. A sound that many SEAsians living since before the 80's may find familiar. A sound like home.
The Scots March To War • The Highlands are alive with the sounds of Scottish warriors on the march. Droning bagpipes and thundering drums drive the morale as high as the sunlight sky.
Homeworld • Angular, gleaming buildings tower all around you, set against a strange pink sky. This strange, towering world is home to Gems, an inorganic species made of minerals and light. This is the seat of The Great Diamond Authority and the heart of their tyrannical intergalactic empire.
Mellow Yellow • The vibes of the credits music after a fantasy movie.
Christmas Ambience • The magical feeling of spending Christmas in front of your fireplace, listening to the snowstorm outside. [Recommend using any animation on 'slowest' for this one]
Introverti • Your heart rushes, your sense of romanesque overwhelms you. You need to go out and hear what nature has to say about the situation.
Zen Canyon • Wooden flutes, the trickle of a nearby fountain, and the gentle ring of a windchime.
In The Sky With Rhodes • Ethereal voices meet calming instruments for zen experience.
The Time To Fight • Stop running and pick up your sword. Turn yourself around and make fate your design.
Peaceful Night In The Suburbs • The crickets are running a noisy concert while you're out on the porch tonight. You can see the city skyline just barely before the sun calls it a day. Only the bright and vibrant neons remain, hanged high on the proud skyscrapers. The cars going by remind you to get your favourite mix of soothing tunes. I recommend using this with Telecaster Licks or any other calming songs or tracks you have.
Fear Is Coming • Something is wrong and you're not sure what. The air is off, and with every passing moment your heart seems to twinge in anticipation. A general, low-intensity, and scary background noise.
Taniere • A den, a shelter from the rain. A calming breath. The sound of a heart growing towards calm, confidence to go back oustide for new adventures, after a peaceful rest.
LoFi Christmas Time • Lo Fi Christmas Time radio-transmitted from Georgia.
Steampunk Workshop • Using the raw elements of water and fire to power your workshop, you tinker away at components of what is sure to be the next greatest invention of all time. Clockworks, steam, and fire set the mood, and give your mind something natural and something repetitive which allows you to find 'the zone'.
Mr Rhodes In Space • Mr Rhodes wakes on an interstellar ship, his keyboard floats in front of him.
Recess • A little rain won't stop anybody from playing. Your jacket is zipped up tight, and you and your friend are huddled underneath a tree to stay dry before you run back out to join the others... You can hear distant voices across the field, the rattling of the chains on the playground as your peers run back and forth across the bridge and, most of all, the warm rain that is only a mild inconvenience.
Around The Fire • It's time to tell YOUR story.
Hidden Meadow • The rustling in the bushes attracts your attention, and as you slowly and softly draw forwards, you find an otherworldly entrance. The chiming of soft bells and whispers old as time seem to follow you through this new place. A still but calm meadow, hidden away from everyone's reach. Although, something tells you it has been hidden for a reason... But why?
Sad Story • I retraced the path I had left behind.
Abyss Beacon • Drifting through darkness towards a point of bright light on the horizon, the shadows guide your path.
Dis • The sounds of an otherworldly machine, discovered on the edge of space by weary travelers.
Subnautica • A soundscape based on the experiences of a lonely astronaut stranded on an ocean planet.
In Meditation • Sit down. Breathe. Let the sounds of peace clear your mind.
Walk With We • Just footsteps from ten different generators. Especially fun when animated, deep mode gives the impression of taking a stroll through worlds.
War Is Coming • Don't try to sleep with it :)
Stormcaller • A woman stands on the shore, watching the clouds roil around her as her voice echoes out, stirring the storm and sea. She is unfazed, peaceful, and unmoving even as the wind whips around her.
Clarity • I just wanted something for my meditation and this picture came to mind. You are in the country house, it is raining. You are sitting on the top of the stairs near the house's entrance, looking at the deep gray-blue sky, feeling the water running down your hair and face. You feel every second of your presence. There is nothing to do, nowhere to go. Welcome to the moment.
Male Voices Only • Just a collection of soothing, yet motivating hums and a cappella melodies, harmoniously ever-changing - perfect for those who enjoy their deep voices.
Old North Sea • Ply the ancient Celtic, Norse, and Frisian trade routes over endlessly rolling waves, accompanied by the sounds of gulls, drums, and droning pipes.
The Last Train • Railroad Drone Cabin Ambient
Tavern And Rain • It's a rainy evening in the Thirsty Bowman, a common haunt for weary adventurers or locals in search of a hot meal. The fire in the corner crackles, where beside it sits an instrumentalist lazily picking his guitar. There is no reason not to prop your cold feet up beside the hearth and stay awhile. If you stay long enough, you might catch a story or two from the people around.
Illusion • Some things we see are not real, and some sounds... (But this is real)
Etherial Flux • Allow the ambience of pure sound direct you to a landscape created by free thought. Breathe deeply, set controls for a deep and slow experience... and drift away...
Soothing Storm By The Fireside • As a soothing fireplace surrounds you with warmth and shelter from the gathering storm, you can lose yourself in the complexity of the soundscape, slowly drifting off to sleep as nature cleanses Earth and soul.
Little Movements • Steps in a steppe ambience.
Suspiria • Volk. The dance of the people. Sighs, tears and darkness. Famous dance academy in divided Berlin. Ancient witch coven. Twisted love.
Lantern Tower • The sun is at its highest meridian on a warm summer day, breaking overhead as you look out over miles of landscape, breathing in the living silence.
The Busy Bakery • Close your eyes and you can smell the cookies!!! Well, almost. I run a bakery and this is very close to what it would sound like day to day. Listen close and you can hear the turning of the mixers, packing and vacuum machines, the clang of the trays, staff talking, orders coming in and going out, oven timers ticking and ringing and lastly, the boiling water. Animate subtly for authenticity.
Charmer • You find yourself in the middle of a ritual. A vague distant figure chants on the language you don't know. Grey shapes dance around you, fire licks your feet and you do not feel any pain. The Will incarnated in words of the magician swipes back and forth. Ancient power infiltrates you.
Dinner Party • The fancy outfit your mother bought you has a scratchy collar, and the new shoes are so hard that you're stubbing your toe with each step, but it's all a small price to pay as you leave your heavy coat at the door and take in a house bathed in warm golden light and tempting smells.
Ethereal Flight • Feel as if you were a white angel, flapping your wings high above the clouds, so feather-light and free... close your eyes, take to the skies, and enjoy an Ethereal Flight!
Beyond The Veil • A place of restless spirits.
Stormy Sea • The weather on the ocean is a strange thing. One moment you can be under full sun, and not one hour later the worst storm you've ever witnessed swirls above you with clapping thunder, crackling lightning and an absolute downpour of blinding rain. Maybe you are on deck, bracing yourself and your boat against the waves, or perhaps you are seeking shelter in the cabin, hoping for it to blow over...
Keicoe Grove • The fae live in those woods, they said. And night fell, and lost you still were, when the sounds began. Were it not for tracks of upright creatures on paws, you might think the cries were from animals. The fire was there when you awoke. You are not alone... The colorful lights fill the forest, twinkling like fireflies, and something flits around your campsite, eyeshines just as big and bright.
The Big Black Engine • The black engine never stopped and will never have enough... it needs no sleep. We all are part of a big unknown machine - society is a factory of truth - where is the core? The institutions are the hardware of a nation, the ideology is the software, and the law is the glue between. Who will change the hardware? Who will care for the software? Get out of this machine or change it...
Analogic Landscape • Analogic Landscape where Rain mixes itself with Vintage Sounds
Dawn By The Streams • Rubbing your eyes as you awaken high up in the clouds where the magic streams congregate. Mesmerized by the sounds of mother earth as the nocturnal animals of the mountains slowly fade away for another spin around the sun.
Forest Rain • Inspired by the sound of the rain falling in the New Zealand bush.
A Cargo Full Of Emptiness • A Cargo Full of Emptiness to travel around the seas of Rest.
LoadMaster • Onboard a C-130 Hercules packed with cargo... you signed for it and you're in charge. The chilly air seeps through the flight suit as you walk around the pallets making sure all is safe and secure fore and aft. The aircrew just brewed a pot of coffee and it time for a hot cup or two... Make sure to start the animation and after a minute your ears will feel like they're going to pop.
Wet Stagger Down The Eightfold Path • A Metaphorical Journey to enlightenment, representing the stormy, calm, repetitive, unexpected, disappointed, inspired, tiring and exciting pieces of life that make up each of our stories and paths we take to get there. This one is a wet, bewildered stormy path that you can here familiarity and calm in the distance as you arrive in the arms of sleep. Tomorrow your journey continues!!!
Mystical Forest • Surround yourself in a surreal, magical environment that will immediately transport you away from the stresses of life. The generator contains deep male choir hums, airy female vocals, and a variety of pleasant ambient nature sounds to solidify a strong, mystical feeling place.
Christmas Air • The chimes, chants, and gentle bonfire of Christmas. Soft falling snow meets a sparkling white blanket covering treetops and houses. Kids laugh and play, ice skating and snowmen building. Magic is in the air~
Jungle Strike • You're far, far away from home in a very dangerous place. But you're not here for holidays, you're here to infiltrate the enemy's line from behind. Close your eyes and listen to the rain, the bugs and the gunshots. Perfect for setting a fictional ambient for writing bellic novels or playing wargames.
Drops • Drops are falling into a strange situation.
Babble Birds • Chirping people and talking birds in a relax surrounding. Great to fill the quiet space while working at home!
Star Dust • Imagine you are a cloud of space dust travelling through the infinite cosmos. What weird and wonderful discoveries lie in wait as you travel between galaxies?
Piano Onboard • It's four in the morning on the cruise ship, passing through the shoals on way back to port. Seems like you're the only one awake onboard. On the top deck bar you sit down at the piano and let the rhythm of the waves guide your fingers over the keys. To fully appreciate this version, animate but leave the mode and speed in default then set the key to F# and lower the speed with one click.
Chrysalism • You are indoors during a thunderstorm, working quietly on a project as rain patters on the windows and music plays softly in the background. For all the chaos outside, you are safe here - warm, dry, and lost in your own little world.
Maddening Whispers • The voices--what are they saying? If you concentrate you think you can make out individual words, but as your understanding of the hidden message sharpens, your understanding of petty things like morality begins to fall away...
The Storm of Apollyon • It was the last storm on earth to be named--not because it was so bad, but because there's no one left to name anything.
Sound of Snow • All other sounds are dampened by the snow, and the silence sinks. In that silence, the sounds of you and your friends polding thru the snow, feels quite loud in comparison.
RPG Forest Ritual • I love the spooky feeling this combo gives me! Creepy voices, footsteps, fire, and thunder!
Living On A Dirt Road • Sitting on the porch of the old farmhouse on a warm summer evening. You brought out a couple of cold ones from the fridge and the radio, but while you were fiddling with the dial you stopped and listened to the sounds around you that make this place your quiet and peaceful home... Keep the volume low and let your ears relax to the soundscape.
Gloria Dei • You pause outside the monastery chapel, listening to the monks perform the evening office.
Melodious • Humming, chanting, and singing you gently to sleep.
Flight Of A Crying Dragon • Flight of a Crying Dragon over his ancient family's valley.
Rainy Car Trip • You're the passenger on a long car trip. It starts to rain. There's a rumble of thunder in the distance. Good thing you're not driving. You can just close your eyes and listen.
RPG Duel • Two armies clash in the valley, while their generals face each other for a final time upon the mountain. A lone musician is witness and soundtrack to their battle.
Victorian Cemetery • It's autumn. It's night. It's foggy. Over the wall of the cemetery there are carriages going back and forth, but here, you are alone with the dead and your own thoughts.
T • Tinnitus blocker. Hope it helps.
Embrace The Night • Close your eyes and be transported to a tranquil night walk. A light breeze brushes your face while the many sounds of night rise in symphony to the starry sky. Who knew night in the country could be so immersive? (Play around with the sliders to choose a spot closer to the loon lake, or in a quiet garden)
Ceremony Facing The Sea • A ritual ceremony in front of the sea, at the sunset, on a distant island...
Desert Longing • A long walk to the tents of your people. Their voices are carried to you on the wind, the same wind that brings sand to your face. It has been a long journey. You wish for the comfort of your tent and the laughter of your family. And yet, almost home, the desert solitude calls you again, knowing that the songs of your people are in your blood and bone.
Aquatic Laboratory • Deep in the ocean, or near the stormy surface the low hum of your ship purrs along with the sounds of water.
Hurricane Party • Despite all warnings you and your friends decided to stay at the beach house and ride out the storm...foolish people. Make sure to animate... deep mode works great.
The Shire • Close your eyes and be transported to the Shire; you sit on the garden bench outside your hobbit hole. You see hobbit homes dotting the landscape, large fields of wildflowers, hobbit children playing beneath a tree, bees gathering honey. It all blends into a calming lull... (Turn up the plum slider for music or play around with sliders to create the Shire at dusk)
Noise Blocker • A mix of water, rain, and forest ambiance to block out unwanted noise.
Nightime Tribal Ritual • Close your eyes and be transported to a tribal village in the African plains. Flames leap into the night sky from the massive bonfire surrounded by drums being beaten by native villagers. You have never heard anything like it...
Sunset In Burjai • Close your eyes and be transported to a rooftop parapet looking out over a small desert city. Peddlers are packing up to go home in the street below you as the sun begins to set over the desert dunes. (Play around with the diverse range of sliders and tune the city to your liking)
Lovecraft • A space between India and dark storytelling.
Japanese Festival • Wandering around a festival. Listening to the sounds of pilgrims, fireworks and the shrine.
Fatal Error • This is like as if an Android has been damaged or corrupted.
Rainy Voyage • You escape to finally have your time alone, when you see dark clouds rolling. You frantically try to head back to shore but you can't because the waves are pushing you away from land. You make one decision. You wait the storm out and try to get rescued.
Explorer's Camp • You are exploring a tropical rainforest at dusk; you have just lit your campfire and now you lay back, absorbing the incredible atmosphere you could never find back at home.
Radio Alternative Zen • Shortwaves Radio Transmission for a distant-from-self Zen Meditation
Nunc Stans • Another endless journey among the skerries in a little boat. Seagulls hovering above.
Rainy Car Ride • Lying in the back seat, you stare out the window. The rain hits, then smears along the glass. It's only another fourty-five minutes until you get home. As you close your eyes, you feel as if this car ride could last an eternity; there would be nothing wrong with that at all.
Prometeus • Prometeus is a titan friend of humanity and progress: he steals fire from the gods to give it to men and suffers the punishment of Zeus who chains him to a cliff on the edge of the world.
Chillin' with Weasley • Mr. P. Tone chillin' with his cat by the fire during a rainstorm.
Fog of War • Ominous echoes in the darkness reveal what the eye cannot see: the war of the ages has come, and light has fled from the earth. Even the dead have scattered from their graves in search of the warmth of the earth, but only cold wasteland remains. There is nothing that comes after this. Nothing.
Starshine • Drifting between black holes and dark matter lies the place starlight goes to die.
Winter Forest • You retreat from the chaotic world and escape into a frosty forest, where your busy mind is soothed by the crackling of ice, the soft sounds of hail and snow, the flowing of frosty rivers and the twittering of the few birds brave enough to brave the frost...
An Evening on Storm Lake • Imagine camping by a calm mountain lake one summer evening and a soft storm rolls in one evening. Cozy inside your tent you let the sound of the rain on your tent, accompanied by the soft crooning of the frogs and the mournful call of a loon lull you into a state of relaxation.
Cozy Company • It's raining, you're curled up by the fire with your cat, a friend snoozes next to you, and something good is cooking in the other room...
Infinite Cavern • Waiting for rebirth.
Houston To Venice • A hypothetical journey from Texas to Italy, getting lost in self-forgetfulness.
Arabian Shift • An Arabic Shift over an Unparallel Mind.
Night Is Coming • A collection of some of the relaxing sounds I've turned to time and again. :) Rain, thunder, cicadas, and frogs...
Fight On The Shore • A confrontation on the stony shore; a storm draws in, but neither combatant minds.
Forest Temple • The wind rushes through the trees. Windchimes dance and clank. In the distance, someone plays the flute.
Darkest Dungeon • As scary as it gets. (Turn off the lights)
The Last Chance • Two Kings in the battle. The defending King lost a last mans squad. Everything is on fire. Nothing is left. It's over. Suddenly the allies will arrive to help. And Now, We have The last Chance.
Medraun • If you make your own, have the noise you select at a curtain volume first.
Menacing Forest • You've crashed in a forest on another planet. You're scrambling to repair your ship, swatting the obnoxious insects and hoping the rain doesn't get any harder. But as you work, you gradually become aware of eerie sounds around you. Some of them are getting closer...
Cramond Island • You're on Eilean Chathair Amain. It's night, and you can't get off, as you were surprised by the quickly rising tide that flooded the walkway that would otherwise have led you over the Drum Sands, back to land. There is no reason at all to be afraid, and the only thing you need to do is enjoy the salty winds from the Firth of Forth and explore the bunkers that testify of its turbulent past...
Moonbeam Bay • You find yourself gazing upon the secluded beach of Moonbeam Bay. A warm midnight breeze nudges the make-shift windchimes hanging from the roof of your beach shack into a relaxing melody. As your hammock rocks effortlessly in the breeze, you drift deeper and deeper into this relaxing and peaceful place. After a short time, you fall into a deep and restful slumber.
Delightfully Out There • I imagine a tribal space colony of bursting with extra-terrestrial life. Odd shaped denizens going about their day. Unusual beasts and perplexing plants on an off colored landscape. Multiple moons are in view and there are two suns. Maybe we will discover something like it one day. ~Novi
Something In The Deep • You have gone overboard in the dark of night, and fallen into the ocean. Your eyes are hardly of use but you can reach out with your ears... and there is something in the deep.
In The Galaxy Outside • At each breath you realize the journey began. Where it will lead you? Your imagination will tell...
Tavern by the Sea • The gentle lull of the sea rolls beneath your feet and becomes a dim percussion to the constant chatter of people in the tavern. The bards in the corner play a quiet and sad song that meanders through the patrons and out into the ocean-swept shores beyond. Occasionally, your feet feel the creak of the old, re-purposed wooden planks and the squeak of retired masts that now act as support beams...
Something Else • A spiritual battle takes place. They sing their song to protect your body from harm as you go to another plane to protect your home from a greater threat.
Rain in the City • After a warm and humid day you are sitting on the porch. While the first raindrops fall on the roof you listen to the thunder rolling in. Everyone is hurrying home to stay dry except that one crazy neighbour that is still mowing the lawn.
Rainy Restaurant • You sit in a corner of a restaurant near the outside. A storm's on the way, but no one seems to mind. A man idly fiddles with the keys of a piano. The wind of the storm blows the chimes outside. People still go about their day, heading in and out. This is the peace of every day life.
Crazed • You're sitting in your room, crying. Suddenly, you see your best friend, Tom, asking if you could play a game. You shake your head, saying that your computer broke down, and to stop asking. Tom says alright, then walks out of your room. You try and follow him, but he disappeared. You try to remember why this happens so much, but all you respond with is "Sc...nia." You can't remember what it means.
Ryswyck • You're standing sentinel at the top of a tower on a lonely island coast. It's deep night and the spring rains have come; you keep the lights up and the lines open, waiting for the change of watch.
Now Floating... • You've just completed a tough mission, losing most of what you had but saving the future of your squad. Now, you grab a shuteye in the cot of your spaceship as it hurtles towards your next destination through the vastness of space at faster-than-light speed. Your eyes are closed, but your mind is hardly quiet...
Racing Game • You're excited to finally boot up the newest GT Racing game in your favourite franchise. You open the game and are greeted with this title screen.
Deep Space • Drifting deep in space, listening to the background noise of the universe.
Alpine Meadow • You're on an Alpine Meadow somewhere on a mountain in Austria, lying in the grass near a mountain spring while the cows wander around you munching on some grass.
Undersea Voyager • Exploring the sea, uncovering its mysteries.
Interstellar Spacecraft • Picture yourself under the stars, lying in the clear-domed meditation room aboard an interstellar spacecraft.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech volleyball team (4-13, 2-4 OVC) saw its two-match winning streak snapped by the Murray State Racers by the score of 3-2. Tech lost by the scores of 22-25, 25-21, 29-27, 16-25 and 15-9.
"It was a well-played match," head coach John Blair said.
Tech controlled the first set early on and was able to build a 23-17 lead. The Racers managed to pull within two at 24-22 but the Golden Eagles recovered and took the first set 25-22. Sophomore middle blocker Kelsey Grey paced the Tech offense with five kills.
Both teams stayed close together in the second set as neither team led by more than four points. The Racers held a 19-18 lead late in the second set and were able to hold on as they took the set 25-21. Senior middle blocker Marie Peddicord led the Golden Eagles with five kills while hitting .714.
The Golden Eagles played the Racers into extra points in the third set, marking just the sixth time this season Tech has gone to extra points. The Golden Eagles had two opportunities to take the set but Murray State was able to hold on to take the set 29-27.
Tennessee Tech came out firing on all cylinders in the fourth set as it built a 17-10 lead and would go on to win the set 25-16. Grey led the Golden Eagle offense with six kills.
The Racers started the fifth set on a 6-0 run, only to see the Golden Eagles pull within two a 7-5. Murray State was able to withstand Tech's comeback and managed to take the set 15-9 and the match.
"We controlled the fourth set well," Blair said. "But in the fifth set we didn't execute and Murray was able to take advantage of it."
Senior outside hitter Leah Meffert led Tech in kills with a season-high 21 kills and 20 digs, while Grey and Peddicord added 17 and 15 kills, respectively. Senior setter Melanie Culp chipped in with a season-high 57 assists.
Tech continues its road trip as it takes on Southeast Missouri State Friday, at 7p.m.

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UConn women seem to be building, getting better
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The regular season is rapidly coming to an end for the UConn women's basketball team. The third-ranked Huskies seem to be getting better and better by the day.
Sophomore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 17 points and seven rebounds to lead UConn to a 105-49 victory over Providence Tuesday before 1,265 at Alumni Hall. The Huskies have won their last three games by a combined 160 points (53.3 average).
Senior Kelly Faris added 16 points, six rebounds and five assists in 27 minutes for UConn (23-1 overall, 10-1 Big East) in making her 100th straight start. She joined Renee Montgomery, Jennifer Rizzotti and Jamelle Elliott as the only players in team history to accomplish the feat.
The Huskies made seven of their first eight shots during a game-opening 21-5 run. They led by 20 with 13:21 left in the half (28-8) and by 27 at halftime (56-29).
Stefanie Dolson finished with 14 points (4-of-5 FG), four rebounds and two steals for UConn. Breanna Stewart had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Moriah Jefferson contributed a career-high 13 points and five steals, while Bria Hartley had 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals.
The Huskies shot 58.1 percent from the field, including 66.7 percent in the first half.
Brianna Edwards had 17 points and five rebounds to lead Providence (7-17, 2-9).
STAR OF THE GAME: Kelly Faris.
KEYS TO THE WIN: The Huskies opened the game with a 21-5 run, making seven of their first eight shots (four 3-pointers). ¦ The Huskies assisted on 12 of their first 13 field goals. ¦ The Huskies scored 21 points off of 10 turnovers by the Friars in the first half.
WORTH NOTING: Dolson is 18-of-19 from the free-throw line over the last three games. ¦ The Huskies have won 28 straight games against the Friars dating back to an 87-73 loss in the Big East tournament semifinals March 7, 1993. The last 11 games in the series have been decided by an average of 40.7 points. ... Kiah Stokes has played at least 15 minutes in a season-high four straight games, which equals her career-high. ¦ The Friars had an average attendance of 501 through their first 11 games.
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Although the office may have a tumultuous recent history, both candidates for the Town of Hempstead clerk post said they are looking to the future and hope to have the chance to serve residents with integrity.
The incumbent, Republican Nasrin Ahmad, is seeking election to her position for the first time. The Salisbury resident and former administrative supervisor in the clerk's office was appointed to the post by the town board on Sept. 3.
Ahmad succeeded First Deputy Town Clerk Phil Guarnieri, who assumed office when the position became vacant after former clerk Mark Bonilla's criminal conviction. Bonilla was dropped from the Republican ticket for November's race several months after he was charged with official misconduct, coercion and petit larceny. Prosecutors said the charges stemmed from incidents associated with sexual harassment allegations made by town employees. He was convicted on one count of official misconduct.
Ahmad, who was born in Uganda and raised in the United Kingdom, said she was pleased to take on the job last month and hopes to continue assisting town residents. Democrat Jasmine Garcia-Vieux, a lawyer originally from Queens who now lives in Levittown, said she is challenging her for the spot because she wants to help grow the relationship between the community and elected officials.
Nasrin Ahmad
Republican, Incumbent
Age: 56
Lives in: Salisbury
Career: Loans officer at Barclays Bank Regent Street in London, United Kingdom, 1976-83; Filing at the Town Of Hempstead Clerk's office, 1998-2000; Marriage officer and passport Agent at the Town Of Hempstead Clerk's office, 2000-09; Administrative Aupervisor at the Town Of Hempstead Clerk's office, 2009-13
Political Experience: Town of Hempstead Clerk since September
Family: Husband, Naeem; children, Vainab, Humza and Jaffer
Other organizations: Founded the East Meadow School District's Multi-Cultural Committee in 1992; Chairwoman of the East Meadow School District's Human Dignity Committee, 1994-97; Vice President of the W. Tresper Clarke Middle School PTA, 1997-99; Member of the South Asian Political Action Committee; independently assists South Asian domestic violence victims with other women in her community


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Graham Motion shrugs his shoulders when asked, then offers, as usual, a dirt-honest appraisal of his horse, Went the Day Well.
"He's a good horse, deserves to be here," the trainer of last year's Kentucky Derby winner, Animal Kingdom, said about his entrant in the 138th running of the Triple Crown's first leg. "We'll find out if he's good enough to win it."
It takes a few seconds, but Motion then realizes it: he didn't feel much differently about Animal Kingdom, who was 20-1, prior to last year's race. Animal Kingdom surprised even Motion with his late speed and competitiveness, and Went the Day Well — along with about 12 other horses — could blossom the same way Saturday.
Motion, who lives and trains in Fair Hill, is clearly enjoying his return to Churchill Downs. He tweeted a picture of the track upon his arrival Wednesday morning, and has been sought out by reporters and fans.
What has changed most for him is just how many people stop to ask him what has changed. But he admits that winning the Derby seems less improbable but no less daunting now, equating it to a climber who has surmounted Mt. Everest. He knows he can do it. And he knows exactly how hard it will be to do again.
"It doesn't seem quite so lofty," he said. "I think I was quoted last year as saying I didn't even think it was reasonable to make it a goal. … But now we've done it. Certainly in that respect it makes it a little more realistic, if you like. But I also realize that the challenge of doing it again, so many things have to go right."
Went the Day Well followed a similar path to Animal Kingdom, breaking his maiden just a few weeks before winning the Turfway Spiral and proving to Motion and the ownership group, Team Valor International, that he was worthy of a Derby trip. His development was slowed earlier this year when, upon being shipped to Florida after being purchased in Europe, Went the Day Well was quarantined for two weeks. That put Motion's training behind, and he's taking the unusual step of having the colt race with blinkers on for the first time Saturday.
"He's still a little immature," he said. "He's been so green in his last couple of races. It goes against what I would normally do, to put blinkers on a horse for the first time in the biggest race of his life. I really believe we're going to do it down the road. It'd be a shame — we'd kick ourselves — if we hadn't done it Saturday."
John Velazquez will have the ride, as he did with Animal Kingdom, and the trio of jockey, trainer and ownership group is trying to become the first to win the Derby in consecutive years since 1972-73, when Ron Turcotte, Lucien Laurin and Meadow Farm did it with Riva Ridge and Secretariat.
Napravnik out
A year after finishing ninth aboard Pants on Fire, the best finish ever by a female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik does not have a ride. She was supposed to ride Mark Valeski, but the colt was pulled from the race because trainer Larry Jones did not think he could compete.
"This is a very deep field," he said. "We feel like we belong with them, but there's going to be a horse that runs 15th that's a very good horse. It's not like you just go out there and hope that if Union Rags gets a bad trip, then we win."
It does not appear that Mark Valeski will be a candidate for the Preakness at Pimlico. He's being pointed to Grade II Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont on May 12, setting him up for a possible run at the Belmont.
Napravnik, who went to high school at Hereford and began her career in Maryland, is scheduled to ride a Jones-trained filly, Believe You Can, in the Oaks on Friday. She finished second in that race last year.
Galloping out
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Preakness winner, is a mother. Her yet-to-be-named colt — he goes by "Taco" at Stonestreet Farm in Lexington — was sired by Curlin, the two-time horse of the year. He'd be eligible to chase the 2015 Triple Crown. … Optimizer took the spot vacated by Mark Valeski, giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas a chance for his fifth Kentucky Derby win. … Churchill Downs has, for the first time, an also-eligible list for the Kentucky Derby. My Adonis has officially entered, but would only run if another horse was scratched.
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Last we heard, Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning had inked a deal with Hollywood to bring his vision, sci-fi actioner Citizen Seige, to life in a CG flick.
What happened? Lanning tells Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield: "We've got the Citizen Siege film in development. And we now have an even better idea of why they call it 'development hell.'" So, sounds like not much has moved forward with that — but, in the same breath, Lanning adds:
e've still got secrecy around another "Hollywood meets gaming" project that we're very excited about, and while it's taken us a while, we're also working on something new for Oddworld.
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Atlanta, GA – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is tired of the violence in American society –
in the streets, in the home, and in "health clinics." Today she is speaking out.
"A pastor in Illinois is gunned down. Music stars make the news with their fists
instead of their voices. Violence more and more intrudes where love and beauty
should prevail," said Dr. King, "and I can't help but wonder if this would be
the case if we hadn't let legalized violence brutalize people in what should be
a haven of nurturing, the womb."
"Maybe I'm a bit like a real life Madea, packing a Bible instead of a gun, but
the outrages appear everywhere. From television to music to the movies, our
lovely young people are being bombarded with life cheapening messages, messages
that when taken to heart lead to more violence. We seem to glorify the ugly and
allow beauty to suffer.
"Many young people who hear me speak have taken to calling me 'Mama King'" added
Dr. King. "Well, Mama King has a message of her own – while we're trying to
stimulate the economy, let's stimulate compassion for the born and the unborn.
America, let's stop all the bloody pain!"
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state representative who sponsored the bill that became Florida's "stand your ground" law said Monday that schools would be safer if principals and teachers were allowed to take guns to school.
Baxley, R-Ocala, was reacting to the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and seven adults dead, including the gunman. Declaring schools as gun-free zones makes them more dangerous, Baxley said.
"We need to be more realistic at looking at this policy. In our zealousness to protect people from harm we've created all these gun-free zones and what we've inadvertently done is we've made them a target," he said. "A helpless target is exactly what a deranged person is looking for where they cannot be stopped."
Baxley's idea wasn't welcomed by the Florida Education Association, the state's largest teachers union.
"I don't think it's really a good idea to introduce guns into the classrooms or into schools," FEA spokesman Mark Pudlow said. "The idea doesn't seem to make sense to us."
Baxley said he understood some people would respond to the Connecticut shootings with a call for more gun control laws, but it doesn't work.
"If you prepare ordinary people to take responsibility for stopping violence, they do. Otherwise we're just creating more vulnerability," he said. "I know that it's very foreign to people that live in a more left and urbanized culture to see how that works, but in fact it does work."
Baxley was the sponsor of the bill that became known as the "stand your ground" law, which allows deadly force to be used if necessary to prevent death or serious injury. The 2005 law came under scrutiny this year after neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old.
Baxley said he doesn't plan to file legislation allowing school officials or teachers to carry guns, because he is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and he doesn't want to preside over a meeting that hears one of his own bills.
Also Monday, Gov. Rick Scott asked school officials to review and enhance their security procedures.
"School should be a sanctuary for learning and creativity where students, teachers and parents feel safe — and a review of these procedures will enhance safety for Florida schools," Scott said in a press release.
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The arrival of Poppy Den marks something of a watershed moment for the local food scene. It's not uncommon for a prominent chef to escape to the 'burbs from a marquee Strip restaurant—evacuees include Fat Choy's Sheridan Su, Bratalian's Carla Pellegrino and Michael Jordan of the late but never forgotten Rosemary's. But it's a rarity to find one off the Strip without first having spent time under its neon lights.
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- Tivoli Village, 802-2480.
- Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Top Chef alum Angelo Sosa opened his first Poppy Den not in Alphabet City, Soho or Williamsburg, but right here at Tivoli Village. It will soon be joined by a NYC counterpart, and though that rare Vegas export won't exactly be homegrown, we can lay claim to it anyway. Where Sosa opened would be immaterial if the restaurant wasn't any good, but for the most part, it is—better than most nearby Summerlin choices, which, even with the recent opening of Honey Salt, are still dominated by corporate chains. In that light, Poppy Den is a welcome addition.
So, what to order? People are raving about Amma's homemade tomato soup ($7), but I find it overly sweet (no offense to Amma). I prefer the Caesar salad with yuzu dressing ($8), which features smoked whitefish in place of anchovies.
The general's chicken wing ($9) is Sosa's take on classic General Tso's chicken, with gochujang (Korean chili paste) to add heat and sweetness to the heavily breaded poultry. Better are the tuna deviled eggs ($12), deviled in the loosest sense of the word. The dish can be a bit salty in spots, but it's well conceived and playful, with chopped eggs balancing, not overwhelming, the tuna tartare. And I can't wait till summer to reorder the watermelon salad with goat cheese ($9), which tastes great during watermelon season.
An eclectic menu served on mismatched plates mimics the shabby-chic décor, as if you were doing Sunday dinner with your hipster Asian grandma. The actual poppy garden patio awaits warmer weather and should be a highlight, where the see-and-be-seen crowd can descend upon that watermelon salad. Sosa has a short window to enjoy his sole Tivoli celeb chef status, with Bradley Ogden due to arrive across the cobblestone street. Quite an interesting turn of events for the sleepy suburban dining scene—and one for which I'm grateful.


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Between winter and spring
This past week, Mammoth residents may have startled a squirrel or two at the bird feeders, chattering away in raucous irritation. The dogs went nuts, of course, and up the tree the squirrels shot, tails flaming in indignation.
Seeing a squirrel in a tree in Mammoth isn't strange. It's not a guaranteed thing of wonder (although to the dogs it always is), but when was the last time you saw a squirrel this winter?
Saturday, Feb. 2, popularly called, Groundhog Day, is the day that marks the halfway point between the first day of winter and the first day of spring.
The following day we will be closer to spring than to winter—closer to warmth than cold—for the first time since last June.
Long ago, long before Punxsutawney Phil Sowerby marked the day, the Celts and other ancient European cultures knew this day as something else: Imbolc; Candlemas; day of a thousand candles; the day the sun returns.
The squirrels know this, too. That's why this week, they finally broke though the deep freeze that has immobilized them, along with juncos and chickadees and other critters—not to mention the humans of Mammoth—and came to the bird feeders to eat.
At least the humans know this hint of spring will not last. Long-range forecast models from the National Weather Service show a possibility of snow in the latter part of next week. Historically, February and March are notorious winter months here.
Last year, June opened with a snowstorm that closed the mountain passes.
Even so, on a short ski along Sherwin Creek this past week, tiny, black, dragon-faced insects scuttled across the snow and then disappeared over a small rise, the first insects of the winter.
Overhead, birds we haven't heard since last fall were chirruping in the trees under the rising sun—and it is rising an hour earlier than it did on Winter Solstice, Dec. 21.
Dan Ruby, director of Reno's Fleischman Planetarium, said that every morning since the Winter Solstice, the sunrise has come one minute, 10-seconds earlier than the day before. Every night, the sunset has come one minute, 10-seconds later.
Spring officially arrives this year on March 20.
"When we are tilted toward the sun, we get more direct sunlight," said Ruby. "There is simply not as much atmosphere to filter the sunlight through."
By the Summer Solstice, the day will be roughly six hours longer than it was on the Winter Solstice, or, about 4.5 hours longer than it is today.
It all comes down to the fact that this bright blue and green planet we call home is tilted on its axis ("23.5 degrees perpendicular to our orbit around the sun," according to Ruby) spinning around our own star.
The tilt of the Earth on its axis combined with the Earth's orbit around the sun gives us the seasons.
Thus Groundhog Day, Imbolc, Candlemas—whatever you call it—is the point in the Earth's orbit when we are balanced right between the first day of winter and the first day of spring.
Just don't ask the squirrels to explain it.


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