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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Light rain on the sides of a tent

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Things that, ironically, enhance silence.

  • Heavy raindrops on a metal roof
  • Leaves rustling in the wind
  • Campfire
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

My cat, purring.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

When my cats purr.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

The ocean waves

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My tinnitus, I listen to it all day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

WHAT?? CAN YOU SPEAK UP?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

Crackling fire.

My windchimes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

A man of culture

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks 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.

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Whale songs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks 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)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

The sound skis make as they carve through the snow.

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A dog sniffing, snorting, or snoring.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

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

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The wind through a casurina tree.

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Church bells.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Rain falling on a glassy smooth lake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Rain on thick canopy is nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Rain on the roof

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Wind through the poplar tree leaves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Children playing in the distance. It brings me back to happy, simpler times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks 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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I replaced the starter motor in my 22 year old Chevy Malibu (twice, actually) and the newest one is so strong it makes a little whine every time it goes. It's hard to describe but it's especially satisfying in the winter when it's -15°F and most vehicles are slow to start and this old girl fires up with zero hesitation.