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Wooden Fountain
Wooden Fountain is water falling onto a hard surface, and it is the brightest thing in this set. All splash, no body — nothing in it has the mass to rumble, so the sound is thin in the literal sense. Most of the splashing runs too dense to pick apart, with a clearer strike coming through every so often. It reads as a small object in a defined space rather than an open scene.
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Stack this under rain or a fire, keep the blend, and play it with your screen off. Slo, on iOS, Android and Mac.
All top, no bottom
Water striking wood and stone turns nearly all of its energy into short, high splashes. There is less weight under this file than under any other water recording added here, less even than under the lightest of the rains. The level moves constantly as each stream falls, which is why it never settles into a flat wash.
About one splash every ten seconds stands out clearly enough to hear as a single event. The rest merges into a continuous bright band. Nothing in it repeats on a pattern you would start following, and the loop runs 32 seconds.
Bright water, and when it is the wrong choice
A recording this high sits where ears are most sensitive, which cuts both ways. It masks speech and typing well. It also tires faster than a darker sound at the same setting, so start it lower than you would start rain. For water with weight, Waterfall and River are on the sound library index.
The Creek recording added alongside this one keeps some body underneath, so it covers ground this file leaves empty. Brown noise under the fountain in the mixer does the same job with a flatter shape.
Frequently asked questions
Why does it sound thin?
There is almost nothing below the midrange in it, the smallest low-frequency share of the water recordings added here. Falling water on a hard surface produces splash, not weight.
Is it the brightest sound in the set?
Yes. It sits higher than Summer Rain and Rain on Grass, which are the brightest of the rains.
Can you hear individual splashes?
About one every ten seconds stands out clearly. The rest merges into a continuous band.
What volume should I use?
Lower than for rain. Its energy sits where hearing is most sensitive, so the same setting feels louder and gets tiring sooner.