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Dryer
Dryer is a running tumble dryer heard from a step away. It's mostly a low, broad roar rather than a thumping drum — the tumble is there, about once a second, but it stays soft. The machine sits in one place and doesn't move around. It suits anyone who finds laundry-room noise familiar.
Ready to play
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.
Less thump than the name suggests
What you mostly hear is a wide, low roar from the motor and the airflow, with an even layer above it in the pitch range of voices. Things tumbling in the drum come through as a gentle swell roughly once a second and as scattered soft knocks, but nothing in it lands as a bang. If you came expecting a rhythmic thud, this is calmer than that.
It stays in one spot, so unlike the ceiling fan or the airplane cabin it doesn't spread around the room. Against the washing machine it's brighter and busier; against brown noise it has far more texture in the pitch range of voices.
Household noise as a background
People use appliance recordings because the sound is already familiar and carries no information to follow — no speech, no music, nothing that resolves. A steady background of this kind may make sudden room noise less noticeable for some listeners, though evidence on continuous sound for sleep is limited and mixed. Set it low and turn it off if the tumble starts to hold your attention.
Nearby options are the washing machine, the household fan, and plain brown noise, all on the sound library index. For a fuller laundry room, open the dryer and brown noise blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Can you hear the drum tumbling?
Yes, but softly. It reads as a gentle swell about once a second rather than a repeated thud.
Does the sound move around the room?
No. It stays in one place, the way a dryer does in a laundry room.
How does it compare to the washing machine?
The dryer is brighter and busier in the mid range. The washing machine is lower and heavier.
Is it free to play?
Yes. It plays right in your browser, with no account and nothing to install.