Ocean Waves on Sand

How it's made

Source

breaking ocean water entrains many air bubbles; overlapping noise bands model their broad roar rather than isolated tonal drops. Independent left/right noise represents an extended breaking front.

Body

water-mass turbulence occupies 40-650 Hz; aerated breakers spread through 180 Hz-5 kHz, followed by finer foam at 800 Hz-7 kHz. Broad low-Q filtering avoids fixed whistles; no enclosed-space reverb.

Envelope

each wave builds for 20-30% of its 4.5-11 s period, breaks with a rounded 0.15-0.3 s crest, then washes back for 3-7 s. Foam peaks after the low swell and darkens while draining into the sand.

Variation

intervals jitter by 24%; each wave varies duration, strength, cutoff and stereo balance. Subsecond random turbulence roughens the washing envelope without sharp full-band clicks.

Layers

a quiet moving offshore bed joins low surge, breaking roar and delayed granular foam; a 35 Hz high-pass removes infrasonic drift. Distance reduces foam detail, bandwidth and stereo width.

Presets

sheltered cove has light slow washes; shorebreak is short and foamy; long swell has deep spaced rollers; distant beach blends darker breakers with a stronger continuous offshore bed.

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