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Slow Swell

Full brown noise rising over eight seconds and falling over six in a 21-second cycle

Preview plays right here. The generator adds a sleep timer, full controls, and WAV export.

About This Sound

Slow Swell is the slowest cycle in the collection: a deep rumble that takes eight seconds to build, eases slightly, holds for five, then falls away over six before starting again. It feels like a distant tide, or a very large machine breathing once every twenty seconds.

The color is full brown at 4 with no EQ, pulse or filtering. The envelope loop attacks over 8 seconds, decays over 2 seconds to a 60 percent sustain, holds for 5 and releases over 6, for a cycle of 21 seconds, just under three swells a minute. The long attack is what keeps it from ever feeling abrupt.

It is used for sleep and for slow breathing practice at a very relaxed pace. Distant Thunder in the nature category is the same brown color with a fast attack and a much shorter cycle, and Deep Sleep gets a similar slow motion from a pulse rather than an envelope.

Best Used For

Try this: Enable grey EQ if the swell disappears on small speakers; it brings the low end into hearing range.

Technical Details

Noise Color
Brown (4)
Envelope
8s in, hold 5s, 6s out (21.0s cycle)