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Green Forest Whisper
Green Forest Whisper is a soft, wide bed sitting in the middle of the range, with the treble and most of the bass taken away. There are no leaves in it and no birds. What it is good for is voices: it puts its sound exactly where speech needs to be heard, and it spreads across a pair of speakers while doing it.
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.
Concentrated where speech lives
Most of what makes a voice followable sits in the middle of the range, and that is where nearly all of this file sits. It covers conversation efficiently as a result, rather than spending itself on bass a wall will pass anyway or on treble a voice barely uses.
White Snow Blanket is built the same way. The two split on image: that one stays in the centre, this one spreads across a stereo pair or headphones. If you sit between two speakers, take this one. If you run a single box in a corner, the difference disappears.
Green in name, and what that means here
Green noise is usually described as noise weighted toward the middle of the spectrum, roughly where outdoor ambience concentrates, and the green noise generator here produces it continuously with no loop point. This is a fixed 32-second recording in that spirit, and it fits the description: the middle dominates and both extremes are gone.
There is no recorded forest in it. For that, Forest Birds and River is an actual recording. Green Meadow Breeze is the other green file here and sits far higher and thinner. To put some texture over the top of this one, try the Green Forest Whisper and mellow wind blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Does it contain a forest recording?
No birds, no leaves, no water. It is a noise render weighted to the middle of the range, and the name describes its character.
How does it compare with White Snow Blanket?
The tone is almost the same. The stereo image is not: this one spreads across a pair of speakers, that one stays in the centre.
Is it good for an open-plan office?
It is well placed for covering speech, since its sound sits in the band voices use. Whether it suits the room depends on how loud you can reasonably run it.
Does it have any treble?
Essentially none. The top of the range has been taken out, which is what makes it a midrange bed rather than a hiss.