Forest Rain

How it's made

Source

rain intercepted by foliage; distant impacts merge into independent stereo pink-noise beds at 450 Hz-6 kHz, while nearby drops excite short, filtered noise bursts rather than pitched water tones.

Body

flexible leaves give broad, damped 650 Hz-4 kHz slaps; larger leaves lower the spectral centre. Wet litter and soft soil absorb treble, leaving 110-650 Hz thuds without a ringing cavity.

Envelope

leaf strikes rise in 0.7-2 ms and decay in 12-65 ms; canopy drops have a 2-5 ms impact, a 35-100 ms splash, and a weaker scattered landing 18-65 ms later at the same stereo location.

Events

16-110 leaf strikes/s, 0.7-6.5 heavy drips/s and 2-15 earth impacts/s, with independent timing. Slow 0.07-0.21 Hz random changes move rain density, filtering and local canopy runoff independently.

Variation

per-event strength, colour, duration and pan vary deterministically; stereo beds wander independently. Presets isolate sparse runoff, broadleaf patter, dense showers or sheltered forest floor.

Layers

a continuous subdued rain bed supports distinct leaf patter, canopy splash and earth layers; all filters have broad low-Q responses, no pitched plinks or indoor reverberation is added.

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