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Deep Slumber
Deep Slumber is the heaviest thing on these pages — a broad low chord you feel as much as hear, spread wide enough to sit around you rather than in front of you. The bottom is not one note but a crowd of them, packed close enough to beat gently together, so the bass seems to move even though no pitch in the file ever changes.
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.
A cluster rather than a chord
Seven separate notes sit inside a single octave at the bottom, which is unusually crowded for a pad. Held together like that they interfere slowly, and the result is a low end that swells and sinks on its own. Three quieter tones sit above the cluster and do little more than take the edge off it.
It rises and falls more than its neighbours do. Nothing in the file counts as an attack, so the movement is a slow swell rather than anything you could call an event.
Choosing this over Sleep Depth
Sleep Depth shares this file's two lowest notes and is the obvious alternative. This one is heavier and about twice as wide. Play this if your speakers or headphones can reproduce deep bass and you want to feel the pad as much as hear it; play the other if they cannot, or if you would rather the sound stayed in one place.
Bass is also what carries through floors and walls, so keep the level low in a shared building. For a broadband alternative with the same weight and no pitch in it, generated brown noise does the job, or open the Deep Slumber and gentle rain blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the bass seem to move?
Seven notes sit inside a single octave at the bottom, close enough to beat slowly against one another. No pitch in the file actually changes.
Should I use it in a flat with thin walls?
Keep it quiet. Low frequencies travel through structure better than anything else, and this loop has more of them than any other on these pages.
Is it the same as Sleep Depth?
No, though they share their lowest two notes. This one is heavier at the bottom and about twice as wide.
Does it loop cleanly?
Yes. The 32-second file repeats continuously until you stop it or the sleep timer does.