Ambient sounds

[stgulik]

I want to write, but I just can't hear Their Voices.

On reddit today, writers and students shared their favorite websites for producing ambient sounds. Here are some of my favorites:

http://naturesoundsfor.me - create your own ambient sound composition

http://naturesoundsfor.me/stgulik - the composition I made. What? I like crickets.

http://www.rainymood.com/ - nice

http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=HMnrl0tmd3k - smooth jazz - hey, play the rain and the jazz at the same time. Must try that.

http://rainycafe.com/ - two in one

http://www.coffitivity.com/ speaking of cafes

And for Star Trek fanfic writers, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA 24 hours' worth of noise from the Enterprise. I might try combining this one with coffitivity, to try and recreate Ten-Forward. ETA - OMG, it works, I swear!

Comments

[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

i am listening to your crickets. it's nice. much nicer than when i had actual crickets living behind my dishwasher - that drove me insane. i think the water helps, lol.

[darklotus1211.livejournal.com]

The difference is that these came with a volume control! lol

They can be hellishly loud up close, can't they?

[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

yes, hellishly loud! i was completely unable to write a single word after a certain point. i finally had to break down and have the landlord call an exterminator, since imploring them to leave had no effect whatsoever, and it was a long, hot summer. i felt bad about it, but it was them or my sanity by that point.

[christev.livejournal.com]

What a great idea! I'm snatching some of these links, if you don't mind - thanks so much. :D

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

That's what I put them here for!

[darklotus1211.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these! Like kittylefish, I like your crickets too, as opposed to when I get an actual invasion of them - If only they came with a volume control like these did! That goes for cicadas and frogs too - love the sound from a distance, but if you're too up close and personal to them, they can be worse than tinitus.

[delphipsmith]

Is it just me, or does rain also sound like bacon frying?

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

It does, you're right. I think it's a glitch in the Matrix!