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Deep Brown Noise
Deep Brown Noise sits in the middle of the brown family here. It is warm and full, with real body underneath, but not buried so deep that a laptop speaker throws it away. Suits anyone who wants brown noise that still works on whatever speaker is nearest, and who does not mind a short loop.
Ready to play
Stack this under rain or a fire, keep the blend, and play it with your screen off. Slo, on iOS, Android and Mac.
Warm without being muffled
Most of this recording sits low and low-middle, which is where warmth comes from, and there is almost nothing on top. That is why it does not turn sharp when you push the level: there is no treble up there to turn sharp. It also keeps enough middle to stay clearly audible on a laptop, which the darker files here do not.
Both channels carry near enough the same signal. Nothing is lost through a phone, a single smart speaker or one desk monitor, and headphones add no spread at all. If you want noise that opens out around you, the pink and grey recordings on this site do that and this one does not.
How it differs from the generator and the other brown files
Brown noise on this site is built live in your browser and never repeats. This is a fixed 22-second recording, the shortest of the noise files here, so the same stretch comes round again and again. Some listeners start hearing the join once they know to listen for it.
Among the recorded brown files this is the middle setting. Brown Earth Rumble is far heavier, and Slow Brown Noise sits between the two. Intense Brown Noise, despite the name, is bright and hard rather than deep. To put weather over the top, open the Deep Brown Noise and rain blend in the free sound mixer, or browse everything on the sound library index.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as the brown noise generator?
No. That page builds brown noise live in your browser and never repeats. This is a 22-second recording that loops.
Does it sound different on headphones?
Barely. Both channels carry nearly the same signal, so there is no extra spread to find. It sounds much the same through one speaker as through two.
Will it cover a neighbour's television?
Voices, yes: its weight sits right around where speech lives. Deep bass thumping through a wall, less well. Brown Earth Rumble goes much lower if that is what you are up against.
How long is the loop?
Twenty-two seconds, repeating until you stop it or the sleep timer does.