Sail Rigging Wind

How it's made

Source

turbulent air past stays and sailcloth; independent pink-noise beds span 85 Hz to 4 kHz. Slow 5-20 s gusts increase pressure, brightness, edge-tone pitch and the rate of loose-line impacts.

Body

three noise-excited wire whistles wander around 650-2300 Hz, Q 14-23, with unequal positions. Their frequencies follow wind speed with independent drift; no fixed oscillator or harmonic chord.

Rope

3-8 ms softened strikes excite damped mast modes at 310, 827 and 1470 Hz for 45-120 ms. A weaker 35-75 ms rebound suggests a halyard slapping against the mast, not a ringing metal bell.

Canvas

irregular 0.25-0.65 s flaps end in a 2-4 ms attack and 60-140 ms snap; broad 120-700 Hz membrane colour sits beneath a 700-6500 Hz fabric crack. Flutter slows and fades after tension returns.

Envelope

a steady wind floor remains between gusts; rope and canvas events follow shared pressure. Events vary in strength, pitch, duration and pan. Output is dry, high-passed and softly band-limited.

Variation

wind controls pressure, tension scales resonances, and separate macros balance the materials. Presets cover sheltered mooring, taut cruising stays, loose halyards and squall-driven flogging canvas.

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