low marimba
with bass boost/treble reduction is even better
Light rain on leaves
Cat’s purr
The gentle thrum of a Federation starship’s warp core.
I had MP3 tracks for my car dedicated to this sound effect (both Enterprise and Voyager). With the subs, you could really feel it. Very soothing.
Crashing waves at the beach. Seagulls are little assholes but they add to the effect for me
Even assholes have their place and used
The soothing tones of the dark souls 1 character creation menus
The sonic charges in Star Wars Episode II
Was so happy they brought those back for BoBF
Locally, indoors? Silence.
I like to be able to hear whatever is going on outside. Ideally, that would also be silence, but if something is going on outside, I like to be alert and aware of it.
I’ll also take a little rain and occasional thunder outside, as usually people aren’t acting a fool outside during rainy weather.
A babbling brook.
A fire crackling in a fireplace. I’m also quite relaxed by heavy rain.
If you get a fireplace app or channel and jack up the volume on that sucker, its awesome. You can really feel the sound. Very vestibular
Nice tip, gotta try that out.
Wind blowing though pine trees.
I have this memory from when I was a kid. I was standing in the middle of the woods at my grandparents, watching big fluffy snow flakes fall around me. The only sound I could hear was a light breeze blowing through the pine trees. I don’t know why but it almost felt magical. To this day I still love that sound.
Partner’s giggle
Probably a soft Rhodes keyboard when it comes to something more dynamic, but other than that I’d be tied for the sound of rain and the sound of waves.
thats hard but my top three is a light rain storm so just a bit of far away thunder, waves, and campfire. I have found some recordings of a compfire on a beach in a rainstorm and its just the best.
It’s a tie between the sound of heavy rain at night and that strange silentness you hear when it’s snowing heavily, the kind that you “hear” even inside the house which makes you want to go and check if it’s snowing!
The sound of rain on a tent mixed with a crackling fire, very relaxing.
