Beetle Takeoff

Dry wing-case clicks open into a rough low wingbeat buzz that accelerates and fades into the distance.

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0.00 / 1.60 sMP3 preview · Heavy shell

Preset

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Tweak

renders in the CLI · WAV

Change parameters to build an exact command. Your agent runs it with sb and gets the WAV.

Command

$ sb get PPCFRRTCJ7@1 --preset heavy-shell -o beetle-takeoff.wav

Source: two hard wing cases unlatch at 4 and 58 ms, followed by a softer hinge tick near 125 ms. Filtered 1-3 ms noise excites dry shell modes at 1.2, 2.3 and 4.1 kHz; no room is baked in.
Body: wing loading produces a 65-145 Hz buzz with six phase-related, falling-strength harmonics. Low-rate frequency wander and unequal stroke lobes roughen the buzz without a harsh saw edge.
Layers: stroke-modulated air noise spans 220 Hz to 3.6 kHz, with a broad 650 Hz body band. A short papery unfolding rustle bridges the shell clicks and the first powered strokes.
Envelope: wing motion starts 110-270 ms after unlatching and accelerates over about 180 ms. Lift peaks around 400 ms, then amplitude and high-frequency content recede to silence by 1.4 s.
Variation: seed changes shell timing, modal tuning and independent air turbulence; size changes shell pitch and wing rate. Presets cover light darting, heavy lumbering, hesitant and brisk takeoff.

Parameters
Parameter	Range	Default	Unit	Controls
size	0 – 1	0.6	—	Body size
roughness	0 – 1	0.6	—	Wing roughness
launch	0.11 – 0.27	0.17	s	Launch delay
flight	1.13 – 1.5	1.4	s	Flight tail
shell	0 – 1	0.65	—	Shell presence
seed	int	1	—	Variation, reproducible

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