Gentle Wind Sound — Soft Synthetic Airflow
Gentle Wind is a ten-minute original synthesized airflow-like background. It evokes soft wind without claiming to contain a recording made in a forest, on a coast or near moving trees.
Listen to Gentle Wind — Synthetic
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This master passed automated source checks. The site owner has approved the current 10-minute audio master. Realism varies by listener; use a comfortable volume.
Compare Gentle Wind — Synthetic with other sounds
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To read details about another recording rather than just audition it, use its dedicated page: Rain on Window · Soft White Noise · Brown Noise.
What does Gentle Wind — Synthetic sound like?
The master has a strongly downward-sloping measured spectrum, concentrating energy toward lower frequencies. It may sound smoother and darker than a bright broadband noise, depending on the listening device.
How it differs from related sounds
Real outdoor wind can contain leaves, distant birds, microphone turbulence and changing gusts. Those specific environmental details should not be assumed present in this synthetic sound.
Measured sound spectrum: Gentle Wind (synthetic)
This chart is derived from the decoded approved master, not estimated from the sound name. The bands summarize signal-amplitude density in a four-region Welch analysis of the encoded audio. Each bar is normalized against the strongest band of this track only; it is not suitable for comparing absolute playback levels across tracks.
The fitted spectral slope over 120–6,000 Hz is -57.16 dB per decade. Integrated source level is -27.3 LUFS and measured true peak is -13.6 dBTP. These are decoded-source measurements, not calibrated SPL or loudness at your ears. Analysis uses four sampled 20-second regions of the 600-second master with 16,384-point Welch windows. The slope is a regression over a subset of frequencies, not a universal physical law for the sound label.
A wind-like texture rather than an outdoor microphone capture
Natural wind recordings vary enormously: breezes moving past foliage, air over an exposed microphone and coastal weather all sound different. Our Gentle Wind is not a field recording and contains no documented trees, birds, beach or microphone gusts. It is an original DSP sound built from filtered random noise plus very gradual modulation intended to suggest changing airflow.
For this track, the underlying spectral design is strongly low-frequency weighted and filtered above approximately 1,400 Hz. Slow digital envelope components gently change the level without discrete gust impacts. These are transparent generator characteristics, not measured weather speed or physical wind conditions. A listener seeking identifiable rustling leaves may prefer a future authentic nature recording.
In the decoded master, the five analysis bands decrease progressively from bass toward treble. The measured fit is −57.16 dB per decade over 120–6,000 Hz, substantially darker than the separate Shower simulation. The 5,000–10,000 Hz band is comparatively weak; this can make the sound feel less fizzy than a conventional broad hiss. The relationship can be harder to appreciate on a speaker that has limited bass output.
Compare Rain on Window when you want a real source arrangement with recognizable environmental transients. Compare Soft White Noise for a digitally generated but more even hiss. We deliberately do not promise that this synthetic track recreates a specific forest canopy, storm, or wind against glass.
What the slow movement means
The added envelope produces soft changes in intensity rather than a fixed single-volume noise tone. It does not represent a sampled wind-speed time series, and it should not be interpreted as a model of meteorological conditions. This distinction matters when differentiating synthetic ambiance from real-world environmental recordings.
Choosing an airflow-like relaxation layer
Try this if you want a lower-treble, gently changing background while resting or reading. Unlike a recording of outdoors, there are no asserted wildlife events or location cues. Start quietly and set a Sleep Timer if that is your preferred listening routine.
Why this page remains out of search indexing
Its unique generated signal and gentle motion are useful to listeners. However, the broad term “wind sounds” often implies actual nature audio, while this library currently offers only a digital approximation under this name. We retain the page for discovery from the library without presenting it as a substitute for an authentic wind recording.
The measurements come from this site's source-generation and QA code, with track-level values preserved in the DSP manifest. The figures help compare frequency emphasis; they do not substitute for a calibrated listening experiment or actual field recording.
Choosing a listening situation
Try it as a quiet background layer when you prefer a less hiss-heavy texture. Compare with Rain on Window for real field-recorded variation or with Soft White Noise for a steadier synthetic hiss.
Audio source, quality and transparency
Created by WhiteNoiseChoir as an original, independently generated, 600-second DSP file. It is not a recording of a physical source and not a short repeated clip stretched to ten minutes.
- Source type
- Original independently generated synthetic sound
- Independent source material
- 600 seconds of independently generated material
- Published MP3 master
- 600 seconds · 44.1 kHz · 192 kbps · centered stereo
- Integrated digital loudness
- -27.3 LUFS
- Measured true peak
- -13.6 dBTP
- Measured spectral tilt
- -57.16 dB per decade (overall fitted slope)
- QA status
- Technical checks PASS · owner-approved for listening
- Playback transport
- Native multi-cycle HLS on supported Safari; looping MP3 otherwise
Questions about Gentle Wind — Synthetic
Is this actual wind recorded outdoors?
No. It is an independently created DSP sound texture labeled as synthetic.
Is it identical to White Noise?
No. The audio file and measured spectral distribution are different. Neither sound should be relabeled as an outdoor field recording.
Does the sound stop after ten minutes?
No. Ten minutes describes the MP3 master; the player uses continuous HLS or MP3 looping until stopped, the timer expires, or your device interrupts playback. HLS repeats the master rather than creating additional independent audio.
Are there trees, birds or seaside sounds in this recording?
No such events were recorded. The source is digitally synthesized airflow-like noise, not a captured landscape.
Does the volume vary during the track?
The DSP generator applies gentle, slow amplitude modulation. It is not a sequence of measured natural gusts, and the full master remains continuous.