Dry wind with a deep rumble under it
When the sound bothering you is low, like traffic, a boiler or a bass line through the floor, a hiss on its own rarely gets far. This pairing puts a wide desert wind over brown noise, the deep rumble that does cover that kind of thing. The wind adds movement and the open feeling of somewhere with nothing in it, and a hollow air sound sits far off to widen the scene. Voices are a different matter: no sound removes words, and brown noise does less for speech than white or pink does. If you want something just as wide but wet, open Midnight Storm and keep its thunder low.
Take the gusts down without losing the desert
Bring the desert wind down first if the gusts feel pushy. Brown noise can stay near where it starts, but keep raising it and the open landscape turns into a small closed room. The hollow air sound should be hard to point at, so mute it if you find yourself listening to the resonance. A phone speaker cannot play the rumble at all, so if this sounds like thin hiss, use earbuds you can lie on or a small speaker away from your head. Louder is not better, and this is atmosphere only, so keep it under anything you need to hear.
Explore the sounds in this mix
Listen to each layer on its own: Desert Wind, Brown Noise and Dungeon Air. Or start from scratch in the free online sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Does this weather mix contain rain?
No. It is dry: desert wind, brown noise and a quiet hollow-air sound, with no rain anywhere in it.
What is Dungeon Air doing in the mix?
At 12% it adds distance and a little echo to the scene. It is meant to sit right at the edge of what you notice.
Can I make it steadier?
Yes. Pull both wind sounds down and let the brown noise carry it, which gives you a flatter rumble with less gusting.