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Metal Wind

White noise through a 3 ms comb filter in four-second gusts, a metallic whistle

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About This Sound

Metal Wind is wind blowing across sheet metal or through the gaps of a corrugated shed: a hard, ringing whistle with a hollow, metallic color that plain noise never has. Gusts arrive, hold briefly and drop away, with a slower swell moving underneath them. It is deliberately unsettling, and it works best in a mix rather than on its own for hours.

The color is exactly 2, white. A comb filter with a 3 millisecond delay and 75 percent feedback at a 40 percent mix adds resonant peaks spaced about 333 Hz apart, which gives the metallic ring. The envelope rises in 0.8 seconds, holds for 2 at 90 percent and releases over 1.5, a cycle of four and a half seconds, and a triangle pulse at 0.15 Hz swells every six or seven seconds.

It is a sound-design and atmosphere preset more than a relaxation one. Hollow Tube uses a longer 8 millisecond comb for a lower, woodier tone, and Mountain Wind in the nature category is the same gusting idea without any filtering. Try it under a darker preset for a hint of metal without giving up the low end.

Best Used For

Try this: Increase the comb delay to 0.005 seconds and the ring drops to a lower, thicker pitch.

Technical Details

Noise Color
White (2)
Envelope
0.8s in, hold 2s, 1.5s out (4.5s cycle)
Modulation
0.15 Hz triangle (one cycle every 6.7 s)
Comb Filter
3 ms delay, 75% feedback