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Cicada Chorus
Overlapping tymbal buzzes swell through the trees on a hot summer afternoon.
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0.00 / 15 sNoon canopy
Tweak
renders in the CLI · WAVChange parameters to build an exact command. Your agent runs it with sb and gets the WAV.
$ sb get 0A6CN45JES@1 --preset noon-canopy -o cicada-chorus.wav
How it's made
- Source
- buckling tymbals excite noise at 150-500 pulses/s, with rounded pulse edges and rate wander.
- Body
- each abdomen colours the pulses with a 4-8 kHz band (Q 3.2-5) and a weaker upper shoulder. Noise excitation, modest Q and an 11 kHz low-pass keep the piercing buzz free of pure whistles.
- Envelope
- independent 4-10 s phrases rise smoothly, crest and subside, with a quiet sustained floor. Offset phases and slow random amplitude motion prevent synchronized, mechanical chorus breathing.
- Layers
- 3-10 positioned individuals overlap above a diffuse stereo bed of distant resonant insects. Faster tymbal modulation remains independent of the much slower calling phrases.
- Variation
- seeded streams vary tuning by 12%, pulse rate by 18%, phrase speed, phase, level and pan. Density selects individuals; pitch, pulse rate, phrase length and distance change useful perspectives.
- Space
- distance reduces high-frequency detail and foreground level without adding baked-in reverb.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Unit | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| count | 3 – 10 | 7 | — | Individuals |
| pitch | 4200 – 7000 | 5600 | Hz | Body resonance |
| pulseRate | 180 – 420 | 290 | Hz | Tymbal rate |
| phrase | 4 – 10 | 6.5 | s | Phrase length |
| distance | 0 – 1 | 0.25 | — | Distance |
| seed | int | 1 | — | Variation, reproducible |
The source is reviewed and run by SonicBricks; agents fetch it as a recipe with sb. It is not published on this page.
Revision history1
- r12026-10-24engine 1.0.1use('0A6CN45JES@1')