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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Rain on thick canopy is nice.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The low end range of a filtered square wave from a Moog model d

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

A man of culture

[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Rain on a metal roof. Heavy is best. Drowns out the world

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 8 points 6 days ago

We just adopted a second cat to keep our first (supposedly cat hating) cat company. My new favorite sound is the pitter patter of their little paws as they play together every single morning and evening.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

My dog makes this whistle noise and also a meow noise when it's morning and it's time to start the day, when he's just happy to be awake and walking.

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago

Bird chirping is pretty high on the list! Cats purrring is also way up there, floowedd by raindrops, winds tooling and campfires!

[–] me_on_lemmy@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Wind through the poplar tree leaves.

[–] chowdertailz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Peeps have mentioned the light rain on a tent, I'll one up by adding a thunderstorm in the distance.

[–] Elaine@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My cat making what I call his “wretched meow” like he is the tiniest baby cat left out in the cold and needs cuddles right now.

Also, the sound of my neighbors’ kids playing outside is the sweetest thing.

[–] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

That ultra thin whistle

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago

Hello darkness my old friend.

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Light rain on the sides of a tent

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Yup yup. This is perfect. Sends me right to sleep.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A Cat's Mrrp (Its sound like a half Meow, half Purr)

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

I know a cat who does a sorta chirpy purr and sends himself into a coughing fit doing it sometimes, it's one of my favorite sounds

[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

For me it's not a single sound. It's a combination.

A nice breeze rustling the leaves of trees or blades of grass in a field and the sounds of birds chirping in the distance.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Things that, ironically, enhance silence.

  • Heavy raindrops on a metal roof
  • Leaves rustling in the wind
  • Campfire
[–] VirtigoMommy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Similarly, my wife mumbling in her sleep punctuating the silence of reading quietly to myself

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 15 points 1 week ago

My cat, purring.

[–] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

When my cats purr.

[–] zout@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My tinnitus, I listen to it all day.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

WHAT?? CAN YOU SPEAK UP?

The ocean waves

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Crackling fire.

My windchimes.

[–] nasteva@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago
[–] raparperi11@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Many have said things that are more immersive sounds or almost soundscapes like rain on roof, but I have a clear favourite short and snappy sound and that is the sound of when a basketball goes clean through the hoop without touching the rim, the so called swish.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothin' but net. It is a very nice sound.

[–] spiderhamster@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

If the ball doesn't make a swoosh sound when it goes in then it shouldn't count for any points.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Whale songs

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 7 points 1 week ago

The sound skis make as they carve through the snow.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Silence, rain drops, crackling fire, a certain type of bird chirping outside (I'm not sure what kind of bird it is, maybe a Robin)

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The sound of an English country garden on a Sunday in summer.

This is a composite of several sounds all of which must be quiet or distant enough to not be a distraction but which in conjunction are glorious:

  • the sound of the breeze through the trees
  • childrens’ laughter just far away enough to not be bothersome
  • bees buzzing from flower to flower
  • a propeller-driven light aircraft from a nearby aerodrome (ideally this would be a vintage plane with a Merlin engine, lazily warbling in the distance)
  • the sound of leather on willow, and the occasional call and muted cheer, from a cricket match on the village green
  • the gentle burble of a stream
  • church bells, far enough away that their individual peels almost blend into each other
  • the clink of ice as someone pours a perfect gin and tonic.
[–] raparperi11@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

I went to an isolation float tank once where you get to choose the sounds/music you hear at the beginning and end of the session. I chose "Alpine meadows" that had bees buzzing, light wind moving in trees and grass and little bells chiming and it was my favourite part of the experience, I could have listened to that the whole hour. What you described is very similar and would make a great soundscape for situations like that!

[–] mastod0n@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Rain when I go to sleep.

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

A dog sniffing, snorting, or snoring.

[–] N00b22@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago
[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The wind through a casurina tree.

(Especially whilst sitting in their shade on a 40C degree day)

[–] sbf@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Rain on the roof

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Rain falling on a glassy smooth lake.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Church bells.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

So many, but this is one is a reoccurring earworm for me. Nirvana’ Heart Shaped Box guitar solo when switching pedals/amp surge at roughly 2:58. THX wishes they got that. It’s depravation & surge is the best way.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Can't get much better then a squeaky pop from hydrogen.

[–] sbf@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Birds singing, bugs buzzing, and leaves rustling in the morning…

[–] sntx@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Apart from my heartbeat?

The wind softly breezing through the trees on a beautiful night with a full moon while taking a stroll through a forrest.

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