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Re: Rain simulator for pluviophiles

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Very nice. Does anyone have a recommendation of a good rain in video game? The genre - racing, shooter, RPG, or even a demoscene - I don't mind, I just want good rains and thunderstorms!

The video game that first came to mind was the opening segment of Metal Gear Solid 2. Something about the rain in that first part of the game was done perfectly. I've placed a video of the opening scene below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukh7C9zkXGc

Re: Rain simulator for pluviophiles

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post #26

I've heard a couple of other sites like this, is there a googlable term for them? A directory? Soudscape site? The rain sound loops a bit too often in longer listening.

I've been using http://naturesoundsfor.me/ as they let you mix a bunch of sounds and control the relative volumes of each. I've settled on 40% "Creek" and 70% "Rain" for sleeping.

Re: Rain simulator for pluviophiles

#44

Oh man, as a southerner stuck in California, I cannot tell you how much I miss rain. And especially thunderstorms[1]. (if you want a few recommendations) I love how the drops wipe away the moisture on the "window"; in my experience the droplets won't fall perfectly straight: they get perturbed by the smaller droplets on the window (what they're wiping away). Subsequent drops in the "tracks" left by earlier drops will…

Ludovico Einaudi is one of my favorite modern composers. Oltremare is fantastic. I actually found him first from a hilarious youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6qSM-UYBs which lead me to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoaPhxNubL0 such a great modern composer.

Re: Rain simulator for pluviophiles

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post #24

Note for rain-fans: a 'pink noise' generator can make a sound which, while not quite like a recording, should make you feel the same rainy feelings. :)

If pinknoise will suffice, then sox[1], (free, cross-platform, opensource), lets you generate your own (amongst many other things). The following will play for 8 hours, but you can remove the time completely to run indefinitely:

      play -n synth 08:00:00 pinknoise 
[1]: http://sox.sf.net/

Re: Rain simulator for pluviophiles

#46

Oh man, as a southerner stuck in California, I cannot tell you how much I miss rain. And especially thunderstorms[1]. (if you want a few recommendations) I love how the drops wipe away the moisture on the "window"; in my experience the droplets won't fall perfectly straight: they get perturbed by the smaller droplets on the window (what they're wiping away). Subsequent drops in the "tracks" left by earlier drops will…

Boodler [1] is an open-source system for generating soundscapes. It comes with a hour long thunderstorm soundscape [2] that grows and then fades away.

The author of Boodler also has an iOS app [3] specifically for the thunderstorm.

[1]: http://boodler.org/ [2]: http://boodler.org/package/com.eblong.ow.storm/ [3]: http://zarfhome.com/pocketstorm/

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