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Chime Bells
Chime Bells is a set of struck metal chimes with long ringing tails, sounding roughly every two or three seconds. It's the warmest and lowest-pitched of the three small-bell recordings here, with real body under the ring, so it sounds rounder than a bright tinkle. It suits meditation, slow work, and anyone who wants space between the notes.
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Put this under rain or a fire, keep the blend you end up with, and play it through the night with your screen off. The Slo app does that on iOS, Android and Mac.
Warm bodies and long tails
Each strike opens bright and then fades over several seconds, and because the tails overlap, the sound never falls silent. There's as much deep ringing in these chimes as there is brightness on top, which is why they sound rounder than the brighter bells here. They're spread out a little, so the chimes don't all arrive from the same spot.
Compared with the other small bells: tiny bells are much higher and leave near-silent gaps, while the glassy windchime is a continuous bright tinkle with nothing deep under it at all. Chime Bells sits below both and moves more slowly than either.
Space between the notes
The two-to-three-second gap is the point. People use recordings like this as meditation landmarks — notice a strike, follow it as it fades, wait for the next — or as a slow, unhurried background for reading and hand work. It's a poor choice if you want to cover room noise, because it gets loud at each strike and almost quiet again in between.
Hear the brighter neighbors on tiny bells and the glassy windchime, or go much deeper with heavy church bells; all are on the sound library index. To keep something running under the gaps, open the chime bells and gentle rain blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
How often do the chimes strike?
Roughly every two to three seconds, with tails long enough that the strikes overlap and the loop never goes quiet.
How is this different from tiny bells?
Chime Bells are lower, warmer, and carry real body under the ring. Tiny bells are much higher and leave near-silent gaps between strikes.
Will it cover background noise?
Not well. It gets loud at each strike and nearly quiet in between, so a continuous sound such as rain or brown noise covers much more.
Can I set a timer for the chimes?
Yes. You can have them stop after 15, 30 or 60 minutes, keep going all night, or leave the timer off.