Monday, 14 May 2018

Rainy Mood

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OK, I mentioned my fondness for rain videos in JWWargo's Napflix post and was asked to provide links, so here's a list.

The main link isn't bad but I prefer on-location videos - I look for actual field recordings (not loops off some sound effects CD), in stereo if possible, and I prefer percussive sounds as I find them more relaxing. YMMV. I also like to see the rain.

JWWargo's post: http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/11729

One of the first I found was this one, under an umbrella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFGS_NVsYGk

This was shot in Norway and for some reason I find both sound and picture very soothing (probably means I'm a white supremacist death metal fan at heart):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWoIljGEOQ4

I love driving in the rain, and so does this guy, who has a bunch of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WdtGcBUkb0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3B8gM0YYk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m88GfmICBQ
Parked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GhIWi_zybw
Parked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPs5hxAz_E0
Carport rather than car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WdtGcBUkb0
In a tent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSlgKZrHJg8

His YouTube channel is here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt8qFyujmbUj15bAveVhdCw

Under a poncho, good spatialization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4a9kxtvMbU

Rain on a tarp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AE_DeeW9bw

Rain on car roof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guo8CHurCpY

My current favorite, rain on a campervan roof (also in Norway, hmm...):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd2NYsuU-zs

Watch out for the ads, when I find one I like I often use a site like en.savefrom.net to download the video and save it.

I have a bit of ASMR:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response

...which I think is part of the reason why I like percussive stereo rain. If you respond to it ASMR videos can be great for falling asleep. You can search YouTube for "ASMR" to find more conventional examples (most of them involve young women pretending to brush the viewer's hair or give them a massage while speaking in a soft voice - and many of them seem to be blonde, look, there I go again.)

Here's an ASMR video with rain on an umbrella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScslgkAHJU

Here's one with talking and rain sounds (but they may be fake):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4HaS40Mnk

I also use apps sometimes to help me sleep. Some of my favorites are:
iSleep Easy and
Rain Rain (this one's very customizable)

These are on iPhone but I think are on Android as well.

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C18H27NO3 said @ 11:12am GMT on 14th May
Thanks. Very. Much.

I've been using four of five that I found on youtube, some of which are sea waves smashing against rocks or a beach. I have them all on my iphone which I play to a bluetooth speaker or my bose, but what bugs me about some of the rain vids is that it's more thunder than rain. I have to turn it up loud to hear the rain, and then all I get is booming thunder which does nothing as a sleep aid. It just disrupts whatever tranquillity I achieve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Xu6mkacg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO_IFJaWmhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_kc_VR30VI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0tXdSsnBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ak1ShDQWlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWJF9FlBqM

I also like the idea of a timer, as some are 8 hours long. I slide the scale to the mid point or so. . . Also. There is a whole section on youtube that's "live," with no time limit - which I take to be looping something for 24hrs.

And the apps are cycles of a very short period. I agree, it has to be a live recording. This whole rain thing as a sleep aid is relatively new to me.



C18H27NO3 said @ 11:19am GMT on 14th May
Thanks. Very. Much.

I've been using four of five that I found on youtube, some of which are sea waves smashing against rocks or a beach. I have them all on my iphone which I play to a bluetooth speaker or my bose, but what bugs me about some of the rain vids is that it's more thunder than rain. I have to turn it up loud to hear the rain, and then all I get is booming thunder which does nothing as a sleep aid. It just disrupts whatever tranquillity I achieve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Xu6mkacg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO_IFJaWmhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_kc_VR30VI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0tXdSsnBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ak1ShDQWlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWJF9FlBqM

I also like the idea of a timer, as some are 8 hours long. I slide the scale to the mid point or so. . . Also. There is a whole section on youtube that's "live," with no time limit - which I take to be looping something for 24hrs.

And the apps are cycles of a very short period. I agree, it has to be a live recording. This whole rain thing as a sleep aid is relatively new to me.

Also, you might consider moving to Norway. Maybe you can do some kind of exchange program for the next 3 years. If you know what I mean.




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C18H27NO3 said @ 11:12am GMT on 14th May [Score:1 Good]
Thanks. Very. Much.

I've been using four of five that I found on youtube, some of which are sea waves smashing against rocks or a beach. I have them all on my iphone which I play to a bluetooth speaker or my bose, but what bugs me about some of the rain vids is that it's more thunder than rain. I have to turn it up loud to hear the rain, and then all I get is booming thunder which does nothing as a sleep aid. It just disrupts whatever tranquillity I achieve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Xu6mkacg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO_IFJaWmhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_kc_VR30VI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0tXdSsnBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ak1ShDQWlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWJF9FlBqM

I also like the idea of a timer, as some are 8 hours long. I slide the scale to the mid point or so. . . Also. There is a whole section on youtube that's "live," with no time limit - which I take to be looping something for 24hrs.

And the apps are cycles of a very short period. I agree, it has to be a live recording. This whole rain thing as a sleep aid is relatively new to me.

Also, you might consider moving to Norway. Maybe you can do some kind of exchange program for the next 3 years. If you know what I mean.





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