Hose Spray on Pavement

How it's made

Source

pressurised water breaks into droplets at a hose nozzle; filtered white noise spans 1.8-10 kHz, with small 0.8 Hz pressure fluctuations rather than a pitched pipe whistle.

Body

a thin water sheet hits rigid pavement: diffuse pink/white noise at 450 Hz-7 kHz. A broad 0.7-1.5 kHz impact colour replaces the deep cavity and bubbles of a water-filled basin.

Events

65-190 irregular droplet clusters/s have 0.7-1.8 ms attacks and 12-45 ms decays; heavier wet-film splats at 12-32/s have 2 ms attacks and 35-80 ms tails, with no pitched ringing.

Envelope

continuous six-second loop, joined by engine crossfade; independent 0.4-1.7 Hz drift moves impact colour and level by a few percent, preserving steady flow without pumping.

Variation

seeded timing, strength, cutoff, decay and pan vary each splat. Pressure controls hiss and density; fan spreads the spray, splatter sets impact detail, wetness adds lower splats.

Presets

fine mist is airy and light; wide fan is diffuse; concentrated jet is coarse and central; wet pavement adds heavier low-mid slaps. Dry outdoor perspective, no added reverb.

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