was definitely an eye-opener when I was looking for sound effects for a fight scene and the comments were talking about how soothing the blood splatters were
I live in what can kindly be referred to as a desert hellscape, so I think my fondness for the sound of rain and thunder is less a relaxation thing and more a "this means I'll actually be able to take a step outside for longer than 5 minutes without having to worry about the sun being a deadly laser" thing.
One of my former coworkers would open a RUclips tab and play “1 hour of silence intermittently broken by a bass boosted fart” in addition to the usual music we had playing. I was the first person to notice and we both lost our marbles about it when I confronted her about it. It was hilarious and nobody else noticed! 😂
I love the low rumbling sound of AC vents when you’re deep inside a large building like a hospital or on a cruise ship. The sequence of rooms upon rooms next to each other create a dampening of noise from the outside world, and the low rumble of AC is all you can hear. Very soothing imo
Same here. I've lined a decent way from any trains for a while now, and watching this video made me realize how much of a shame that's been. I related to all of this way more than I expected
My undergrad college dorm was closer to a railroad than I'd ever been in my life, and at first I went insane from not being able to sleep, but after I started to get used to it, I couldn't live without it. Whenever I'd go home for visits it was just too quiet at night.
I live near a railroad and the occasional horn of the train is so calming, especially at night and during the rain. I feel happy when I hear it. I’m really sad that I’ll be moving away from it relatively soon
11:08 dude you LITERALLY hit what it's like to have trains outside my window exactly like i did after realizing that i actually appreciated the trains. seeing an amtrak go by and knowing that the world continues on with everyone living their own lives and experiencing their own stories is just so god damn comforting. it just makes you content as you fall asleep
I also feel like there’s something that feels inherently more romantic about trains compared to cars. Maybe it’s just me. Personally I’d absolutely hate to live near a busy street or highway but I like the sound of the train that goes by not all that far from where I live. I guess cause trains are a public space while cars are private. And even a cargo train means it’s carrying stuff for society to keep on chuggin, although I guess trucks do that too. And yet one could argue that a truck horn and a train horn are equally annoying, but while I find truck horns grating, I like train horns. Weird to think about
The most soothing sound I’ve ever heard was in a history lecture in college. Big class, 200-300 students. One of the few professors in the department that would let people have laptops out in class. He had a teaching cadence that involved occasional long pauses. In those moments, the room was flooded by the sound of over a hundred people typing on their laptops in every direction. It was mesmerizing. Of course very similar to rain, but man, it was incredible. What I would give to experience that soundscape whenever I pleased
I often fall asleep to story telling podcasts but at times I listen to lectures on interesting topics and they will make me feel incredibly relaxed and sleepy. I also love the sound of old talk radio. It can be incredibly soothing
One of the only that allowed laptops? What year was this? Seems easy enough to replicate using a 3d environmental rendering system. Step 1. Import a general keyboard pattern. 2. Generate, record, buy, find or otherwise acquire a set of key press sounds, unique one for every key if you want. 3. Map sounds to keyboard pattern in 3d space. 4. Place keyboard objects around a room in the approximate pattern and size, etc of the room you remember. 5. Place virtual stereo microphone system where you would have sat. 6. Have each keyboard play random sets of associated key sounds at appropriate intervals, with slight pitch variations. Sure its a lot of work but its nowhere near unattainable.
I’ve always liked the sounds of a summer forest with cicadas and birds, people find cicada’s really annoying but I find them super nostalgic and rhythmic
The call of Mourning Doves is easily one of the most soothing sounds to me. Brings me back to when I was 9, my grandma would wake me up early to watch the sunrise. It was one of those mornings when she told me she had terminal cancer, and that "the doves had been mourning for me this whole time, but when I'm gone, I'll join them, and you'll still get to hear my voice" Godspeed, Yaya
My childhood house was directly across from a train track. And when I heard the distant horn at night I would always find myself getting a little sleepy. I used to have terrible sleeping problems as a kid, but the train passing by my house, while it annoyed my brothers, always relaxed me. It's nostalgic.
Trains really are the most soothing sound. When I was little, we'd always go up to my grandparents' ranch to help them with harvesting and just having a good time. Every night we'd leave our windows open to let the cool air in and the kids would always fight for the room that faced the tracks. I had some of the best dreams in that room with the gentle horns of the trains rolling through the hills and dancing through my ears.
I listen to rain with rumbling thunder noise every night, it is my personal favorite sound of all time. Thank you for this video I’ve always loved ambient soundscapes
I've had tinnitus and insomnia for my whole life and I've found the sound of nothing to be deafening when it's 3 am and I want to sleep. I personally like thunderstorms and other nature sounds for sleeping. This one therapy office I went to had a really pleasing particular colored noise that I've never heard since. It's a good day when I'm blessed with a Solar Sands video
Ironically, as someone with Tinnitus, I couldn't resonate with any of this video at all. Any noise - motors to brownian to rain to train horns - has always driven me up the wall and made it simply impossible to be calm. The most calming sound possible to me is "nothing at all"...
Thank you yet again for posting such a lovely and grounding video essay. Your work is humbling and selfless to the public and you deserve acknowledgement for your dedication. You are a main source to my use on this platform still. I look forward to each video and every day that happens is the highlight of that day for me.
One of my favorite ambient sounds is specifically when I'm trying to go to sleep and there are people talking softly in the other room. The idea that I can sleep and other people are nearby if I need them instantly takes me back to childhood and makes me want to go to sleep.
the last part!! it makes realize one of the most soothing sound i put on before sleep is muffled people talking from another room. it really feels like a warmth emotion about living with other people (family, loved ones, community etc.) and also gives an assurance that i am not alone. there are people out there doing their own thing, out of my responsibility, and i can put myself down to slumber.
I never realized how many people loved train sounds. But when I think about it, it's actually pretty comforting to me because it reminds me of home. I've right lived by a decently active set of tracks for years (coming up on eight years) and while walking next to the tracks when a train is going by is ear-grading, laying in bed late and night and hearing that slightly softer horn really does have a calming affect
Adding onto the point you made about the train horn being a reminder there are other people out there while you go to sleep is almost exactly what comes to mind for me. From fifth grade to when I left for college I lived on the outskirts of Tampa and in a semi-rural environment so naturally all I heard at night was nature. Because of this I'd sometimes leave my radio on quietly at night just as a reminder the world still exists beyond the ink-black darkness of the woods and the train horn would only serve as another reminder of that fact.
Woah, that was crazy. The moment you flipped to Pink Noise my shoulders dropped and I couldn't help but smile. That instantly relaxed me. I didn't even know that was a thing.
I wish that was the case for me too, but thunder has always had a strange effect on me. I find it mentally calming in a sort of clarifying way - it tends to push all other concerns aside and forces me to be in the moment - so I can't fall asleep to it. In fact it wakes me right up and makes me super alert, and the more violent the storm the more alive and energized I feel. Probably a result of having had way too many close calls with very bad weather, especially tornadoes.
@@Serpent947 I wouldn't call it a super power, in fact it's kind of stressful to be stuck in that state for a couple hours at a time when there's a thunderstorm going on but no risk of things like high winds or tornadoes to watch out for. It feels great in the moment, but by the end I'm wrung out.
The clip of the train you used at 9:03 was filmed in Hughson California at the corner of Whitmore and Santa Fe Ave. I go through there on my daily commute. Seeing a place I drive past daily on a solar sands video is something I never expected. The dollar tree and the body shop across the tracks made me realize where it was 😂
Yeah to me, the horns of the local transit railroad always remind me of home. They are very distinct in sound profile and carry quite a distance. I can't recall a part of my life where I wasn't within earshot of an NJT K5LLA with its really distinct sound profile. The lack of it outdoors is as odd to my brain as not hearing birds in the summer.
At some point you can just *feel* when the train is coming, and just based on how your floor "hits" your feet, you know if it's a freight or amtrak. Even if you can't hear it, sometimes you just know
@@ajsparx4133 well hehe experience plays a part. As I do railfan it actually helps that, while Nathan horn is ubiquitous (with exceptions) every railroad seems to have their own specific air pressure and tuning which can be picked up on. Railfanning ( and living) in an area with a lot of train tracks that go in similar directions when I'm at the spot the sound plays a more important role. An NJT tuned horn? Transit tracks 2 miles north. A Canadian horn? Refinery line 2 miles South. And NS or CSX horn? Get that tripod out. So with experience, it stops being conscious. I know whats where and ifs coming or going.
There is all lot of trains where I live we even have a train as a monument. Everyday morning and night I will hear the train pass by and it is so nostalgic and comforting
For me, among the most relaxing sounds for me are, rain/thunderstorms, distant train horns, crickets (particularly summer crickets) and sometimes cicadas. Those sounds (besides train sounds) are so relaxing because of me living on the coast of the state of Georgia and even in terms of atmosphere living near the sea has always been my most safe place as I have never lived too far from the ocean as we have only moved once back in 2009. Some last things are, I myself has autism and ADHD (with my anxiety of things typically being pretty severe but I do try to manage) and those "colored noise" sounds for have never really been very relaxing (typically just an annoyance). But thank you for opening my eyes some to relaxation of those sounds and the great, comforting nostalgia that they bring... God Bless! :-) -Alankuhaa Samuelkah Fischum Eircaru
As a Railfan, personally my favorite train horns are the Holden M3H, Leslie RS3L, and the Old Cast Nathan P5 and RS5T-RRO. The chords they make are so pleasing to listen to (up close is debatable, lol) and resonate within myself. Can't deny the Wabco A200 is a classic.
@@reginaldforthright805 The Polar Express uses a Lima 5 chime whistle recording from Sierra Railway #3, which in itself has also been used in many movies, like BTTF3.
For me, I love the sound of winter wind. Or similar sounds, it reminds me of being a carefree kid, playing in the snow. And I've always enjoyed the cold weather. I know this is an old upload, but like many of your uploads. It's solid work.
For me it has always been the nights where snow is falling, school is canceled and I can just watch. There is something about the way the wind whispers through the trees while the snow drifts in a playful way that puts my heart at ease. In fact, one night such as this, I went out at later than midnight to just walk in the yard and enjoy the snow falling.
Whenever I see a new Solar Sands video dropped.....I don't watch it right away. I literally mark out time the next day, when I can devote my full attention to it. Your videos......are some of THE best content on RUclips.
I grew up well off, so I used to sleep every night with an air conditioner that vibrates slightly, shaking a bit in the wall, the cooling system makes a whirring sound, thus it became my 'ambient noise' when sleeping. Broke during college, the sound of an electric fan spinning it's blades or the power plant nearby replicates that ambient noise for me. It's the most soothing sound that is all I ever need to hear to sleep.
I agree with the air conditioner/fan bit. I used to struggle with nightmares and complete silence during the night a lot of a kid, so any time I got the chance to use my fan or air conditioner, I took it. Those were always the best ways of warding off nightmares so I could sleep soundly at night.
Growing up in the middle of the woods, I always loved the sounds of bugs chirping at night accompanied by rustling leaves and the occasional hoot from an owl. The sound of cicadas in the summertime instantly put me in a good mood.
My grandma lived in a crappy trailer park near a railroad. As a little kid i stayed there a lot. I'd always be woken up by the trains before the sun rose, it was so comforting to hear and I love train sounds now.
I find really amusing the exploration of "sleeping sounds" mainly in music, its always facinating see how music from C418 or Vangelis for example, can be so relaxing while still mantaining character and a lot of musical depth, but despite that, I also find really interesting the point where music gets to be so simple that it looses a lot of that characteristics, and it starts to be sort of an exercise of designing new sounds or ambients pleassing to the human being.
i’ve got a similar association with train sounds. both my current and my childhood home were within earshot of a train station. the sound had always felt peaceful and soothing when i was a kid, and now that it’s formed a throughline between that home and my current home, the sound itself FEELS like home. i never considered that so many other people can find comfort in that same sound
My fav ambience for relaxing is 'Skyrim OST CD4'. Litelly listening to it at least once a day since 2011. Also when I was little and randomly woke up at night I was finding the garbage collector trucks noise extremely soothing
TNG ship engine noise is a really nice ambient sound. Constant, level audio but not annoying at all. Also, I’ve noticed that you can almost pavlov response yourself into associating certain sounds with sleep, by playing them enough as you’re going to bed.
You can also do the same with music !! In fact I listened to quite a few songs before I’d sleep a long time ago, and now I kinda have it ingrained into me to almost instantly wind down after hearing em (despite the time if it’s day or something) These songs usually have ‘dream’ or ‘sleep’ in them but the funny part is, is that they’re far from calm most of the time lol
Whenever I’m at a water park, I’ve always gotta take time to sit down at the water playground. The soundscape it provides is such a calming, sublime, and even religious experience, heightened by your physical exhaustion from walking up all those water slide stairs all day…that is my favorite sound in the whole world.
Interesting video! When I think of "the most soothing sound", I think of a low-pitched, low frequency, and quiet sounds, like breezes, wind, or those low-frequency sound videos. But the sounds produced by water like rain, waterfalls, waves, and droplets are also soothing to me. Also, as a person who lives in a country were train railways literally don't exist (Brazil), I find the sound of trains to be kinda annoying while watching this video, but I find interesting this correlation between sounds and memories, which definitely helps with each individual's perception of "soothing sound". Anyway, great video as always! :D
I’m similar to some people in that distant train horns are a soothing, nostalgic sound to me. My grandparents lived 6 hours away from my family so we only visited for holidays or summer vacation. Once I was old enough, my parents would drop me off with them and I would get to spend two weeks out at their home, nestled in the countryside of Wyoming near the train tracks. I can picture the sound as well as the smell of a summer night breeze coming in through the window of the room that was designated as mine whenever I was there. Those were some of the most carefree times of my life, so I will always love the sound of distant train horns. Just writing this is making me tear up, as my grandma has now passed away, and my grandfather no longer lives at that house. I wish I could revisit one of those summers.
I love the sound of negly flowing water - like the ones in those small garden fountains your neighbors might have? Or the ones flowing out of bamboo sticks? Yeah, I love those
I live directly next to a busy train station, and the train horns go off very frequently, every 45 minutes or so during the day into the late night. I always found the sound relaxing, but when I see the train pass, I always think of what it might be like to hop on and go on an adventure, away from the business of life, and fade away into the sound of the horn.
If you've ever been hiking in the woods, and you are starting to get a bit uncertain about being on the right track, hearing a distant train (I'm thinking more of a local 'toot' than a huge wailing horn) is VERY comforting.
My love for this video doubled when you mentioned Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, very good choices for relaxing music. Also, that little ending monologue beginning at 10:48 , pure poetry, well done; Mr. Solar Sands.
Train horns are one of if not my most favorite sound (I know, how could you guess lol). You would be surprised how big of a community there is out there of just train horn collectors. It's pretty hard to choose a favorite for me but my top 2 are either the Leslie RS3L or the WABCO E2B1. Earlier Nathan horns such as the M3s hit hard too.
10:45 you described my exact feelings perfectly. sometimes I get really wrapped up in my own head and it can be easy to forget how big and complex the world really is. when I hear the sound of a train horn off in the distance, it just reminds me that I'm not alone and that there are so many other people out there with their own lives and troubles.
The most soothing song I heard is Subwoofer Lullaby, especially at 1:12, it makes me feel inner peace and nostalgia at the same time, reminding me of times where I was still discovering the world and everything seemed so new and fascinating because I was just living life, not thinking about it.
A weird one for me is the sound of a distant dog barking. I grew up with dogs and around them so I know that it can be annoying when they’re nearby and barking when you’re trying to sleep. However, when its distant, its very nostalgic. I realized this after I listened to Mac Millers- So It Goes, a dog is barking in the very beginning of the song and it actually sounds very pleasant to me. Odd choice but it got me interested into the idea/ question of what exactly makes a sound pleasant for different people. I also figured it has to do with what you grew up with and what was around you.
This might not make it to you, but I'll say it anyway. I listened to the few ambient music tracks you listed in the video, and they really calmed me down. I'm kind of in a low point in my life right now, as I'm depressed at the moment. Taking a listen gave me some hope, so this video was just what I needed. Thank you.
I personally love brown noise and industrial air vent sounds. A soothing, deep, cool rumble makes me feel calm immediately. Funnily enough, I used to leave by trains as well, but being a little kid they just scared the hell out of me, so I’ve always found train sounds unnerving lol. As for music, I love the artist Windows96. Deep Swim and Yujia Forest (two of my favorite songs by them) are indescribably beautiful and calming to me for some reason.
Same. We used to have coal trains run through our town, and the blaring of the horn and rumbles from the rails would echo all through the valley. It had a calming sound to it during the daytime, but damn I hated trying to sleep hearing it all night when I had to be up for school. Got to where I started having nightmares of trains somehow coming through my house without even being on a track lol. I still vividly remember that dream, and that was 29 years ago. Was so happy when we finally moved and was away from it (most I’ll hear now is a horn in the far away distance if you intentionally listen for it since they closed all the rails down in most places after the coal companies shut down) As for brown noise, it’s my fave. “Deep Analog Sound Machine” by crysknife007 right now is my go to for sleep and BG noise when things are too quiet in my house (living in a rural area far out from a city, nights can be eerily quiet, especially in winter). I think my RUclips downloads is mostly a collection of 12hr+ brown noises for that purpose lol. Listened to them so much for 4 years straight that I’ve gotten my husband hooked on them, needing them to fall asleep to, as well. The low rumble is very relaxing.
It has taken me this long to fully realise one of the probable reasons I find Toby Foxes “it’s raining somewhere else” so very soothing. Outside of it being a fantastically well composed piece, that not only is one of my favourite undertale songs but one of my favourite OGST songs ever, it also incorporates some of these sounds. The composition and instrumentals a well made keeping a calming and relaxing vibe, but the intro and outro of the song fades out from- and into rain sounds (I’d almost say city like rain). While that is something I have always loved with the song, this is the first time I’ve really thought about it and properly noticing it’s usage. The song starts of with this mix of rain sounds, with what I would almost describe as the distant beeps and boops of one of those old cash registers or something (I call it almost city like sounds cause idk what else to call it), this mixed in with a few piano strings and it sets a relaxed vibe that flows through the rest of the song. But the song also fades back into this rain mix sound (minus the piano) in the outdo. This start and end combo is probably one of the reasons I’ve always found the song so wonderful and relaxing. Sometimes when I’m having troubles sleeping (which is often, like rn lol) I can listen to that song a few times over and I’ll be ready to sleep. This start and end combo creates a sort of wholeness or completeness, almost loop like, that I find so very soothing. Thank you Solar Sans undertale for helping me realise this observation. Although a bit aimless in goal and written while sleep deprived, it was enjoyable. And so was the video, very enjoyable.
Solar Sands is a BoC fan! Echus is quite a deep-cut so he’s got to know their stuff. Echus is a brilliant song, I would recommend 5.9.78 too. So good, probably one of my favourite BoC songs.
4:41 or, considering New York was mentioned, loud neighbors and traffic being something you really want to diminish. Especially, for example, way too loud music booming through the walls, usually rap.
Here in Russia the trains don't usually horn. However for me on of the most soothing sounds and experiences is sleeping at night in a moving train, lullabied by the gentle rocking of the wagon. I live in Saint-Petersburg and travel a lot to Moscow, and it is a 10 hours train ride, just for the night. And to visit Sochi from here it is 2.5 days - I traveled there a few times in my life. The longest trip is from here to Vladivostok, it takes about 7 days in a train and is great for train lovers :) Don't know if it is allowed to put links, so you can hear how that russian experience sounds in the video which is called "Moscow-Adler 11 hours under the sound of wheels" - it is a real trip video.
Good take on the ASMR. ASMR is a sensation akin to hearing or sight. It leads to relaxation, it is not equivalent to it. Additionally, sound is not the only trigger of ASMR. Visuals and touch are large components for many people, and I myself have had my ASMR triggered by reading text.
Your videos in this style are amazing. The deviantart fetish art videos made me die of laughter, and these ones open my brain, which i think is even better
reading the title and discovering he immediately goes into how a train horn works I know I'm in for a classic Solar Sands video. One of the few channels to keep me extremely interested with every video
I can’t express how incredibly happy this video makes me… I also live close to train tracks, and everybody looks at me like I’m crazy when I say that I love the sound of the train and the tornado siren, so hearing that I’m not the only one is so nice!
As someone who grew up in a town with tons of trains Hearing dozens of them nightly I'm definitely one who finds the sound of the horns soothing Takes me back to my childhood Those warm summer nights Trying to fall asleep And hearing nothing but the sound of a train coming through town
@@WuchtaArt maybe u have better insulation than me or something, cause I could not sleep in that apartment. Trains would come blasting their horns at any time of day or night multiple times a day. It would literally shake the windows it was rough.
Brown noise is really helpful as an active noise canceling when traveling because it blocks the low rumble of a vehicle while also subdues the high pitch noises of people talking while also alleviating mild tinnitus
I love the turn this channel took, it's so vastly different from what it was years ago. Considering the content and viewerbase from back then it must've been a difficult choice, if not, who knows if you'd still be here. You and this channel has and always will be a part of my life that I cherish, from the beginning of critiquing cringy art on dA to the philosophical videos that remind me of the smaller things in life who make me understand the context for the bigger things. Thanks for always being here, and remember to make the changes you want to make
The most soothing sound to me is when I go to the coffee shop in the library center I live by. It's so quiet, but the occasional typing on a laptop, turning of a book page, and clanking of mugs on tables mixed with the smells of books and coffee makes sitting there so enjoyable. Some other honorable mentions... The sound a paintbrush makes on a canvas. Wind blowing through trees and long grass on a spring day Flipping a page in a giant schoolbook and it makes that slicing sound When you're sitting in the passenger seat in a car at night (muted white noise mixed with silence and driving sounds) Morning rain hitting your tent in the asscrack of dawn met with that crisp air and nature doing its thing A clock ticking Sitting in your 3rd grade gymnasium with the rest of the school waiting for the assembly to start (echoing kid voices talking and laughing, bleacher sounds, sneakers skidding the floors). Maybe this ones just me 😐
Randomly thought about this channel when thinking of old channels I used to watch religiously when I was a preteen- had no clue that it was still active, past a million subs, and the content has changed this drastically- Good on you, Solar Sands, because I cannot say the same about many their channels I used to watch when I was a kid.
I grew up in a rural Ohio home that used to be a farmstead, and it happened to be located about mile away from a major highway, maybe less. Far into its backyard, past fields and rolling hils, through a thick forest, droned the ever-present noise of tires on asphalt and semi-trucks carving through the wind. The noise was constant, yet subtle, blending into the wind and the sounds of nature, and seemed to rise from the very earth of the distant horizon. I'd often forget it was there in its ever-presence, then find myself renoticing it. You could hear it nearly everywhere on the property, including in many of the rooms lining the rear of the house, with varying degrees of volume. It, however, always seemed louder and more present at night. Lying in bed, I could hear it quietly passing through the wall, and it always filled me with a sense of peace. Just knowing that, even in the odd empty hours of the night, life was still going on out there far into the deep black... it gave me a sense of precence. Like I could hear the world breathing, soft and gentle in its sleep. It's almost melancholic, the dichotomy between rural serenity and mechanical droning should be incompatible; an unfortunate tragedy of location. But it felt more alive with it there than without. More in touch. Full. Real. Maybe it was just because I was a kid, and things seemed more special back then. But I do miss it all the same, much as I do many nostalgic things of the past. Perhaps I just miss that feeling of connection to the world, or what "the world" was and meant to me back then.
Some of my favorite sleep videos lately have been highway driving in the rain. I grew up in FL and I loved taking my dad's car everywhere. Most of the time I would turn the music up and roll the windows down, but on rainy days, I'd keep the music down and the windows up. Some of my favorite memories/experiences have been on a highway in rain, and those sleep videos feel like I've been driving for hours, then swapping seats and taking a break from the mental and visual strain of driving, so someone I trust deeply can drive. It is far from natural, but it feels like home.
Something about your videos is so amazing, idk how but I can both do work and listen to your videos without getting distracted while still retaining information from both. That’s literally never happened before, this is amazing.
Nick barber - Holding space Philip Wilkerson - Dreaming geneva Hierna - Afterglow and Beyond Arboreal Oceans Thats it, after trying many ambient songs, these are the ones who where the most soothing without being to intrusive to get me sleeping.
Train horns sound like the most obnoxious, stressful sound I could think of. In theory. In reality this video took me back to nearly 10 years ago when I lived in a little white house in some podunk town. Unremarkable except for the trainyard that ran through what would've been our backyard. The first couple weeks were HELL. Those trains seemed to run ONLY when you were trying to sleep and there were HUNDREDS of them!! Every. Time. one went past it was at a deafening roar and the little white house would shake and rattle like it was literally going to fall to pieces. It felt like each train had veered wildly off course and was ripping directly through the house. I thought after the first week of it that I was never going to be able to sleep again. Fast foward about a year later life took me someplace else and I left my rickety little white house behind for "greener" pastures. Ha. My FIRST night in the new place I was shocked to find that, not only did I miss those fucking trains, I COULD NOT fall asleep without them. My insomnia lasted for months post-train. I have never fully recovered lmao my heart yearns for the tracks 💔
Why are you asking me
That’s what I’m saying
Kinda sus ngl
You make a fine point
@@samscrib8719 it’s sus but it’s whassup
Its likely a rhetorical question?
was definitely an eye-opener when I was looking for sound effects for a fight scene and the comments were talking about how soothing the blood splatters were
Woah! Neat seeing 2 polar opposite RUclipsrs I love in the same place.
I live in what can kindly be referred to as a desert hellscape, so I think my fondness for the sound of rain and thunder is less a relaxation thing and more a "this means I'll actually be able to take a step outside for longer than 5 minutes without having to worry about the sun being a deadly laser" thing.
lemme guess... arizona?
Is this a Bill Wurtz reference????
@@jaleesarietdijk7659 no, it's a jojo reference
@@creativecarrot1996 The Sun?
as someone on a similar situation, I agree
My favourite of these 1 hour with sound videos has got to be “1hour of silence randomly broken by a metal pipe falling” truly soothing
Those are the best
Lmao these types really exist? Would you mind linking one for me? I'm curious now and maybe you have a favorite?
@@hellosunshine2826they aren't intended to be soothing but they do exist. Just search it up on youtube
For me it's the "CONSTRUCTION SITE SOUND EFFECT/ AMBIENCE DRILLING JACKHAMMER METAL HAMMERING NOISE SOUNDSCAPE ASMR"
One of my former coworkers would open a RUclips tab and play “1 hour of silence intermittently broken by a bass boosted fart” in addition to the usual music we had playing. I was the first person to notice and we both lost our marbles about it when I confronted her about it. It was hilarious and nobody else noticed! 😂
Every Solar Sands video either makes me question my life choices or makes me smile and I love it
He's a good egg.
Perfect description
Seems legit
Personally, I'm partial to the lamentation of my enemies' women
And sometimes they make me feel both at the same time
I love the low rumbling sound of AC vents when you’re deep inside a large building like a hospital or on a cruise ship. The sequence of rooms upon rooms next to each other create a dampening of noise from the outside world, and the low rumble of AC is all you can hear. Very soothing imo
As a Midwest American I never realized how much train horn sounds were just part of my life growing up but yeah, the nostalgia is real.
...lol I just learned that's not normal everywhere, I get daily trains going by
Same here. I've lined a decent way from any trains for a while now, and watching this video made me realize how much of a shame that's been. I related to all of this way more than I expected
For me it's more about the sound of the very train rumbling across the neighborhood, but it's definitely ingrained in my brain now.
My undergrad college dorm was closer to a railroad than I'd ever been in my life, and at first I went insane from not being able to sleep, but after I started to get used to it, I couldn't live without it. Whenever I'd go home for visits it was just too quiet at night.
I live near a railroad and the occasional horn of the train is so calming, especially at night and during the rain. I feel happy when I hear it. I’m really sad that I’ll be moving away from it relatively soon
11:08 dude you LITERALLY hit what it's like to have trains outside my window exactly like i did after realizing that i actually appreciated the trains. seeing an amtrak go by and knowing that the world continues on with everyone living their own lives and experiencing their own stories is just so god damn comforting. it just makes you content as you fall asleep
The thought of others far off, going about their lives, especially in the middle of the night, is very comforting. I grew up by an industrial track.
One word: Sonder.
@@fureversalty bingo! All those lives…each as deep and special as yours
I also feel like there’s something that feels inherently more romantic about trains compared to cars. Maybe it’s just me. Personally I’d absolutely hate to live near a busy street or highway but I like the sound of the train that goes by not all that far from where I live. I guess cause trains are a public space while cars are private. And even a cargo train means it’s carrying stuff for society to keep on chuggin, although I guess trucks do that too. And yet one could argue that a truck horn and a train horn are equally annoying, but while I find truck horns grating, I like train horns. Weird to think about
@@fureversaltyequally relevant is ameneurosis. Defined as “the half forlorn, half escapist sound of a train whistle in the dark”
The most soothing sound I’ve ever heard was in a history lecture in college. Big class, 200-300 students. One of the few professors in the department that would let people have laptops out in class. He had a teaching cadence that involved occasional long pauses. In those moments, the room was flooded by the sound of over a hundred people typing on their laptops in every direction. It was mesmerizing. Of course very similar to rain, but man, it was incredible. What I would give to experience that soundscape whenever I pleased
I often fall asleep to story telling podcasts but at times I listen to lectures on interesting topics and they will make me feel incredibly relaxed and sleepy. I also love the sound of old talk radio. It can be incredibly soothing
MyNoise - Calm Office
One of the only that allowed laptops? What year was this?
Seems easy enough to replicate using a 3d environmental rendering system.
Step 1. Import a general keyboard pattern.
2. Generate, record, buy, find or otherwise acquire a set of key press sounds, unique one for every key if you want.
3. Map sounds to keyboard pattern in 3d space.
4. Place keyboard objects around a room in the approximate pattern and size, etc of the room you remember.
5. Place virtual stereo microphone system where you would have sat.
6. Have each keyboard play random sets of associated key sounds at appropriate intervals, with slight pitch variations.
Sure its a lot of work but its nowhere near unattainable.
@@PseudoEmpathy can you make one
there's no way they don't have a video of that kinda sound on youtube, maybe i'll experience something like that in college
I’ve always liked the sounds of a summer forest with cicadas and birds, people find cicada’s really annoying but I find them super nostalgic and rhythmic
The call of Mourning Doves is easily one of the most soothing sounds to me. Brings me back to when I was 9, my grandma would wake me up early to watch the sunrise. It was one of those mornings when she told me she had terminal cancer, and that "the doves had been mourning for me this whole time, but when I'm gone, I'll join them, and you'll still get to hear my voice"
Godspeed, Yaya
Way to make me cry
Oh Dionaea, that's so beautiful. 💜 I love mourning doves. Now whenever I hear them, I'll think of your Yaya.
I second morning doves. I forget about them until I randomly hear them and floods of memories come flooding back.
Beautiful story I hope it's true and you have that comfort
I was just about to comment about mourning doves. It's surprising how common this is...
My childhood house was directly across from a train track. And when I heard the distant horn at night I would always find myself getting a little sleepy. I used to have terrible sleeping problems as a kid, but the train passing by my house, while it annoyed my brothers, always relaxed me.
It's nostalgic.
Trains really are the most soothing sound.
When I was little, we'd always go up to my grandparents' ranch to help them with harvesting and just having a good time.
Every night we'd leave our windows open to let the cool air in and the kids would always fight for the room that faced the tracks.
I had some of the best dreams in that room with the gentle horns of the trains rolling through the hills and dancing through my ears.
You paint a beautiful picture with words
@@shaunhullcoop9878That sounds like the best way to end the say.
I live near a train station, and I love the distant sound of the tracks with the horn in the late night.
Train horns fill me with dread, has ever since I was a toddler. I've no idea why.
Unless you live right next to tracks lol
I listen to rain with rumbling thunder noise every night, it is my personal favorite sound of all time. Thank you for this video I’ve always loved ambient soundscapes
Strange but somehow also not seeing you here. Greetings !!
I've had tinnitus and insomnia for my whole life and I've found the sound of nothing to be deafening when it's 3 am and I want to sleep. I personally like thunderstorms and other nature sounds for sleeping. This one therapy office I went to had a really pleasing particular colored noise that I've never heard since. It's a good day when I'm blessed with a Solar Sands video
EXACTLY. I have the same as you, plus PTSD and ADHD. The absolute worst thing for me is to be in silence, left alone with my own thoughts.
Tinnitus bros.... When will we finally get a W?
what helps me personally is pink noise. it’s just the right idk what to call it tone? idk. but it masks the ringing perfectly. u should check it out
i’m thai and monsoon (VERY heavy rainstorm) sounds are very soothing
Ironically, as someone with Tinnitus, I couldn't resonate with any of this video at all. Any noise - motors to brownian to rain to train horns - has always driven me up the wall and made it simply impossible to be calm. The most calming sound possible to me is "nothing at all"...
Thank you yet again for posting such a lovely and grounding video essay. Your work is humbling and selfless to the public and you deserve acknowledgement for your dedication. You are a main source to my use on this platform still. I look forward to each video and every day that happens is the highlight of that day for me.
Dude kills it with every one of these video essays. Well researched, original, alarming and calming in an existential way...
One of my favorite ambient sounds is specifically when I'm trying to go to sleep and there are people talking softly in the other room. The idea that I can sleep and other people are nearby if I need them instantly takes me back to childhood and makes me want to go to sleep.
I have that too!! Just people having conversations and I can just fall asleep to the thoughts that everything is okay and safe
I swear this man, can talk about anything and its going to sound interesting
the last part!! it makes realize one of the most soothing sound i put on before sleep is muffled people talking from another room. it really feels like a warmth emotion about living with other people (family, loved ones, community etc.) and also gives an assurance that i am not alone. there are people out there doing their own thing, out of my responsibility, and i can put myself down to slumber.
I also find it soothing to wake up to this sound, especially after a midday nap
I never realized how many people loved train sounds. But when I think about it, it's actually pretty comforting to me because it reminds me of home. I've right lived by a decently active set of tracks for years (coming up on eight years) and while walking next to the tracks when a train is going by is ear-grading, laying in bed late and night and hearing that slightly softer horn really does have a calming affect
C418 - sweden
Adding onto the point you made about the train horn being a reminder there are other people out there while you go to sleep is almost exactly what comes to mind for me. From fifth grade to when I left for college I lived on the outskirts of Tampa and in a semi-rural environment so naturally all I heard at night was nature. Because of this I'd sometimes leave my radio on quietly at night just as a reminder the world still exists beyond the ink-black darkness of the woods and the train horn would only serve as another reminder of that fact.
also find this very soothing. waking up in the middle of the night becomes a lot less stressful when there’s something to tie back to the “real world”
Woah, that was crazy. The moment you flipped to Pink Noise my shoulders dropped and I couldn't help but smile. That instantly relaxed me. I didn't even know that was a thing.
Nothing soothes me like thunder. I don’t know what it is about it but it fills me with a deep sense of wonder and peace.
I wish that was the case for me too, but thunder has always had a strange effect on me. I find it mentally calming in a sort of clarifying way - it tends to push all other concerns aside and forces me to be in the moment - so I can't fall asleep to it. In fact it wakes me right up and makes me super alert, and the more violent the storm the more alive and energized I feel. Probably a result of having had way too many close calls with very bad weather, especially tornadoes.
@@stevepittman3770 whoa I never met anyone who reacts to thunder that way. The way you explained it sounds like you have superpowers almost
@@Serpent947 I wouldn't call it a super power, in fact it's kind of stressful to be stuck in that state for a couple hours at a time when there's a thunderstorm going on but no risk of things like high winds or tornadoes to watch out for. It feels great in the moment, but by the end I'm wrung out.
Except for when it's extremely close, and shakes the whole house. That is fucking terrifying
The clip of the train you used at 9:03 was filmed in Hughson California at the corner of Whitmore and Santa Fe Ave. I go through there on my daily commute. Seeing a place I drive past daily on a solar sands video is something I never expected. The dollar tree and the body shop across the tracks made me realize where it was 😂
Yeah to me, the horns of the local transit railroad always remind me of home. They are very distinct in sound profile and carry quite a distance. I can't recall a part of my life where I wasn't within earshot of an NJT K5LLA with its really distinct sound profile. The lack of it outdoors is as odd to my brain as not hearing birds in the summer.
At some point you can just *feel* when the train is coming, and just based on how your floor "hits" your feet, you know if it's a freight or amtrak. Even if you can't hear it, sometimes you just know
@@ajsparx4133 well hehe experience plays a part. As I do railfan it actually helps that, while Nathan horn is ubiquitous (with exceptions) every railroad seems to have their own specific air pressure and tuning which can be picked up on. Railfanning ( and living) in an area with a lot of train tracks that go in similar directions when I'm at the spot the sound plays a more important role. An NJT tuned horn? Transit tracks 2 miles north. A Canadian horn? Refinery line 2 miles South. And NS or CSX horn? Get that tripod out.
So with experience, it stops being conscious. I know whats where and ifs coming or going.
There is all lot of trains where I live we even have a train as a monument. Everyday morning and night I will hear the train pass by and it is so nostalgic and comforting
The most soothing sound is, of course, your beautiful, handsome, and charming voice Mr. Solar Sands.
For me, among the most relaxing sounds for me are, rain/thunderstorms, distant train horns, crickets (particularly summer crickets) and sometimes cicadas. Those sounds (besides train sounds) are so relaxing because of me living on the coast of the state of Georgia and even in terms of atmosphere living near the sea has always been my most safe place as I have never lived too far from the ocean as we have only moved once back in 2009. Some last things are, I myself has autism and ADHD (with my anxiety of things typically being pretty severe but I do try to manage) and those "colored noise" sounds for have never really been very relaxing (typically just an annoyance). But thank you for opening my eyes some to relaxation of those sounds and the great, comforting nostalgia that they bring... God Bless! :-) -Alankuhaa Samuelkah Fischum Eircaru
Everything you've said except for that thing you said about train horns is true for me as well.
As a Railfan, personally my favorite train horns are the Holden M3H, Leslie RS3L, and the Old Cast Nathan P5 and RS5T-RRO. The chords they make are so pleasing to listen to (up close is debatable, lol) and resonate within myself.
Can't deny the Wabco A200 is a classic.
What horn does the polar express have
@@reginaldforthright805 The Polar Express uses a Lima 5 chime whistle recording from Sierra Railway #3, which in itself has also been used in many movies, like BTTF3.
I love these longer vidoes from you.
Solar Sands could literally talk about anything and I would watch it. When talking about soothing sounds, his voice is definitely up there.
Trains never sound the same after I played Choo Choo Charles
👀 I relate 😅
For me, I love the sound of winter wind. Or similar sounds, it reminds me of being a carefree kid, playing in the snow. And I've always enjoyed the cold weather. I know this is an old upload, but like many of your uploads. It's solid work.
For me it has always been the nights where snow is falling, school is canceled and I can just watch. There is something about the way the wind whispers through the trees while the snow drifts in a playful way that puts my heart at ease. In fact, one night such as this, I went out at later than midnight to just walk in the yard and enjoy the snow falling.
Whenever I see a new Solar Sands video dropped.....I don't watch it right away.
I literally mark out time the next day, when I can devote my full attention to it.
Your videos......are some of THE best content on RUclips.
I grew up well off, so I used to sleep every night with an air conditioner that vibrates slightly, shaking a bit in the wall, the cooling system makes a whirring sound, thus it became my 'ambient noise' when sleeping. Broke during college, the sound of an electric fan spinning it's blades or the power plant nearby replicates that ambient noise for me. It's the most soothing sound that is all I ever need to hear to sleep.
I agree with the air conditioner/fan bit. I used to struggle with nightmares and complete silence during the night a lot of a kid, so any time I got the chance to use my fan or air conditioner, I took it. Those were always the best ways of warding off nightmares so I could sleep soundly at night.
I like the sound fans make, i think its so soothing because i had to be in a hospital almost all my childhood (since birth)
Growing up in the middle of the woods, I always loved the sounds of bugs chirping at night accompanied by rustling leaves and the occasional hoot from an owl. The sound of cicadas in the summertime instantly put me in a good mood.
My grandma lived in a crappy trailer park near a railroad. As a little kid i stayed there a lot. I'd always be woken up by the trains before the sun rose, it was so comforting to hear and I love train sounds now.
I find really amusing the exploration of "sleeping sounds" mainly in music, its always facinating see how music from C418 or Vangelis for example, can be so relaxing while still mantaining character and a lot of musical depth, but despite that, I also find really interesting the point where music gets to be so simple that it looses a lot of that characteristics, and it starts to be sort of an exercise of designing new sounds or ambients pleassing to the human being.
Solar Sands giving me my VSauce fix since 2020
i’ve got a similar association with train sounds. both my current and my childhood home were within earshot of a train station. the sound had always felt peaceful and soothing when i was a kid, and now that it’s formed a throughline between that home and my current home, the sound itself FEELS like home. i never considered that so many other people can find comfort in that same sound
My fav ambience for relaxing is 'Skyrim OST CD4'. Litelly listening to it at least once a day since 2011.
Also when I was little and randomly woke up at night I was finding the garbage collector trucks noise extremely soothing
Solar sands upload = instant happiness
TNG ship engine noise is a really nice ambient sound. Constant, level audio but not annoying at all.
Also, I’ve noticed that you can almost pavlov response yourself into associating certain sounds with sleep, by playing them enough as you’re going to bed.
You can also do the same with music !!
In fact I listened to quite a few songs before I’d sleep a long time ago, and now I kinda have it ingrained into me to almost instantly wind down after hearing em (despite the time if it’s day or something)
These songs usually have ‘dream’ or ‘sleep’ in them but the funny part is, is that they’re far from calm most of the time lol
Whenever I’m at a water park, I’ve always gotta take time to sit down at the water playground. The soundscape it provides is such a calming, sublime, and even religious experience, heightened by your physical exhaustion from walking up all those water slide stairs all day…that is my favorite sound in the whole world.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate Solar Sands for showing off his dog? I hope he and his dog are having a good day!
The last 20 seconds of the video gave me goosebumps. Very Peaceful yet sad words..
it gave me goosebumps too but, somehow, because the words felt opposite of sad to me
Interesting video! When I think of "the most soothing sound", I think of a low-pitched, low frequency, and quiet sounds, like breezes, wind, or those low-frequency sound videos. But the sounds produced by water like rain, waterfalls, waves, and droplets are also soothing to me.
Also, as a person who lives in a country were train railways literally don't exist (Brazil), I find the sound of trains to be kinda annoying while watching this video, but I find interesting this correlation between sounds and memories, which definitely helps with each individual's perception of "soothing sound".
Anyway, great video as always! :D
I am surprised no one mentioned the sound of wood burning and cracking in a fireplace.
I’m similar to some people in that distant train horns are a soothing, nostalgic sound to me. My grandparents lived 6 hours away from my family so we only visited for holidays or summer vacation. Once I was old enough, my parents would drop me off with them and I would get to spend two weeks out at their home, nestled in the countryside of Wyoming near the train tracks. I can picture the sound as well as the smell of a summer night breeze coming in through the window of the room that was designated as mine whenever I was there.
Those were some of the most carefree times of my life, so I will always love the sound of distant train horns. Just writing this is making me tear up, as my grandma has now passed away, and my grandfather no longer lives at that house. I wish I could revisit one of those summers.
Yaaay a Solar Sands video that doesn't give me a profound existential crisis!
I love the sound of negly flowing water - like the ones in those small garden fountains your neighbors might have? Or the ones flowing out of bamboo sticks? Yeah, I love those
Or something similar to this
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I live directly next to a busy train station, and the train horns go off very frequently, every 45 minutes or so during the day into the late night. I always found the sound relaxing, but when I see the train pass, I always think of what it might be like to hop on and go on an adventure, away from the business of life, and fade away into the sound of the horn.
If you've ever been hiking in the woods, and you are starting to get a bit uncertain about being on the right track, hearing a distant train (I'm thinking more of a local 'toot' than a huge wailing horn) is VERY comforting.
Just look for moss on the north side of trees my dude
This was definitely the video of all time
My love for this video doubled when you mentioned Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, very good choices for relaxing music. Also, that little ending monologue beginning at 10:48 , pure poetry, well done; Mr. Solar Sands.
Train horns are one of if not my most favorite sound (I know, how could you guess lol). You would be surprised how big of a community there is out there of just train horn collectors. It's pretty hard to choose a favorite for me but my top 2 are either the Leslie RS3L or the WABCO E2B1. Earlier Nathan horns such as the M3s hit hard too.
10:45 you described my exact feelings perfectly. sometimes I get really wrapped up in my own head and it can be easy to forget how big and complex the world really is. when I hear the sound of a train horn off in the distance, it just reminds me that I'm not alone and that there are so many other people out there with their own lives and troubles.
I sleep with rain sounds nightly for my PTSD, It's so interesting seeing many of the ones I like being references here. Good stuff!
A clock sounds nice too. It's very familiar and relaxing. (:
The most soothing song I heard is Subwoofer Lullaby, especially at 1:12, it makes me feel inner peace and nostalgia at the same time, reminding me of times where I was still discovering the world and everything seemed so new and fascinating because I was just living life, not thinking about it.
Your videos are so soothing to me. Even when they get melancholic and existential
A weird one for me is the sound of a distant dog barking. I grew up with dogs and around them so I know that it can be annoying when they’re nearby and barking when you’re trying to sleep. However, when its distant, its very nostalgic. I realized this after I listened to Mac Millers- So It Goes, a dog is barking in the very beginning of the song and it actually sounds very pleasant to me. Odd choice but it got me interested into the idea/ question of what exactly makes a sound pleasant for different people. I also figured it has to do with what you grew up with and what was around you.
This might not make it to you, but I'll say it anyway. I listened to the few ambient music tracks you listed in the video, and they really calmed me down. I'm kind of in a low point in my life right now, as I'm depressed at the moment. Taking a listen gave me some hope, so this video was just what I needed. Thank you.
Love your videos! They are always unique and well made! ❤
Your voice was soothing i almost fell asleep
I personally love brown noise and industrial air vent sounds. A soothing, deep, cool rumble makes me feel calm immediately. Funnily enough, I used to leave by trains as well, but being a little kid they just scared the hell out of me, so I’ve always found train sounds unnerving lol.
As for music, I love the artist Windows96. Deep Swim and Yujia Forest (two of my favorite songs by them) are indescribably beautiful and calming to me for some reason.
Same. We used to have coal trains run through our town, and the blaring of the horn and rumbles from the rails would echo all through the valley. It had a calming sound to it during the daytime, but damn I hated trying to sleep hearing it all night when I had to be up for school. Got to where I started having nightmares of trains somehow coming through my house without even being on a track lol. I still vividly remember that dream, and that was 29 years ago. Was so happy when we finally moved and was away from it (most I’ll hear now is a horn in the far away distance if you intentionally listen for it since they closed all the rails down in most places after the coal companies shut down)
As for brown noise, it’s my fave.
“Deep Analog Sound Machine” by crysknife007 right now is my go to for sleep and BG noise when things are too quiet in my house (living in a rural area far out from a city, nights can be eerily quiet, especially in winter). I think my RUclips downloads is mostly a collection of 12hr+ brown noises for that purpose lol. Listened to them so much for 4 years straight that I’ve gotten my husband hooked on them, needing them to fall asleep to, as well. The low rumble is very relaxing.
It has taken me this long to fully realise one of the probable reasons I find Toby Foxes “it’s raining somewhere else” so very soothing.
Outside of it being a fantastically well composed piece, that not only is one of my favourite undertale songs but one of my favourite OGST songs ever, it also incorporates some of these sounds. The composition and instrumentals a well made keeping a calming and relaxing vibe, but the intro and outro of the song fades out from- and into rain sounds (I’d almost say city like rain). While that is something I have always loved with the song, this is the first time I’ve really thought about it and properly noticing it’s usage.
The song starts of with this mix of rain sounds, with what I would almost describe as the distant beeps and boops of one of those old cash registers or something (I call it almost city like sounds cause idk what else to call it), this mixed in with a few piano strings and it sets a relaxed vibe that flows through the rest of the song. But the song also fades back into this rain mix sound (minus the piano) in the outdo. This start and end combo is probably one of the reasons I’ve always found the song so wonderful and relaxing. Sometimes when I’m having troubles sleeping (which is often, like rn lol) I can listen to that song a few times over and I’ll be ready to sleep. This start and end combo creates a sort of wholeness or completeness, almost loop like, that I find so very soothing.
Thank you Solar Sans undertale for helping me realise this observation.
Although a bit aimless in goal and written while sleep deprived, it was enjoyable. And so was the video, very enjoyable.
Why do I always go on wired rants on YT when I’m tired and sleep deprived?
This isn't a rant. It's a beautiful analysis.
Another soothing sound is called the brown note, search it up and listen to it in bed
Solar Sands is a BoC fan! Echus is quite a deep-cut so he’s got to know their stuff. Echus is a brilliant song, I would recommend 5.9.78 too. So good, probably one of my favourite BoC songs.
It’s the Kingassripper “farting on my roommate’s door” video. That is the most soothing sound.
4:41 or, considering New York was mentioned, loud neighbors and traffic being something you really want to diminish. Especially, for example, way too loud music booming through the walls, usually rap.
vsauce crawled so you could fucking fly
Here in Russia the trains don't usually horn. However for me on of the most soothing sounds and experiences is sleeping at night in a moving train, lullabied by the gentle rocking of the wagon. I live in Saint-Petersburg and travel a lot to Moscow, and it is a 10 hours train ride, just for the night. And to visit Sochi from here it is 2.5 days - I traveled there a few times in my life. The longest trip is from here to Vladivostok, it takes about 7 days in a train and is great for train lovers :)
Don't know if it is allowed to put links, so you can hear how that russian experience sounds in the video which is called "Moscow-Adler 11 hours under the sound of wheels" - it is a real trip video.
Good take on the ASMR. ASMR is a sensation akin to hearing or sight. It leads to relaxation, it is not equivalent to it. Additionally, sound is not the only trigger of ASMR. Visuals and touch are large components for many people, and I myself have had my ASMR triggered by reading text.
Your videos in this style are amazing. The deviantart fetish art videos made me die of laughter, and these ones open my brain, which i think is even better
Rhubarb or #3 is one of the most relaxing songs I've ever heard as well. Every time I'm reading or relaxing I put it on and it really helps.
reading the title and discovering he immediately goes into how a train horn works I know I'm in for a classic Solar Sands video. One of the few channels to keep me extremely interested with every video
I can’t express how incredibly happy this video makes me… I also live close to train tracks, and everybody looks at me like I’m crazy when I say that I love the sound of the train and the tornado siren, so hearing that I’m not the only one is so nice!
Yours is one of the only channels that gets me excited every upload. Thanks.
The notification for this video apparently
this video had no right being as deep and having such a poetic ending as it did
"Colored Noises"? Come on, get woke. "Noises of Color".
As someone who grew up in a town with tons of trains
Hearing dozens of them nightly
I'm definitely one who finds the sound of the horns soothing
Takes me back to my childhood
Those warm summer nights
Trying to fall asleep
And hearing nothing but the sound of a train coming through town
listen man, that's cool and all, but try living two blocks from a train track. Trust me, you will not find the sound soothing.
I'm literally living one block away from a train track. I find the sound soothing.
@@WuchtaArt maybe u have better insulation than me or something, cause I could not sleep in that apartment. Trains would come blasting their horns at any time of day or night multiple times a day. It would literally shake the windows it was rough.
@@TheDilla sorry to hear that, hope you find some way to make it more bearable
Brown noise is really helpful as an active noise canceling when traveling because it blocks the low rumble of a vehicle while also subdues the high pitch noises of people talking while also alleviating mild tinnitus
I love the turn this channel took, it's so vastly different from what it was years ago. Considering the content and viewerbase from back then it must've been a difficult choice, if not, who knows if you'd still be here. You and this channel has and always will be a part of my life that I cherish, from the beginning of critiquing cringy art on dA to the philosophical videos that remind me of the smaller things in life who make me understand the context for the bigger things.
Thanks for always being here, and remember to make the changes you want to make
Wow. That conclusion was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your videos man
The most soothing sound to me is when I go to the coffee shop in the library center I live by. It's so quiet, but the occasional typing on a laptop, turning of a book page, and clanking of mugs on tables mixed with the smells of books and coffee makes sitting there so enjoyable.
Some other honorable mentions...
The sound a paintbrush makes on a canvas.
Wind blowing through trees and long grass on a spring day
Flipping a page in a giant schoolbook and it makes that slicing sound
When you're sitting in the passenger seat in a car at night (muted white noise mixed with silence and driving sounds)
Morning rain hitting your tent in the asscrack of dawn met with that crisp air and nature doing its thing
A clock ticking
Sitting in your 3rd grade gymnasium with the rest of the school waiting for the assembly to start (echoing kid voices talking and laughing, bleacher sounds, sneakers skidding the floors). Maybe this ones just me 😐
Randomly thought about this channel when thinking of old channels I used to watch religiously when I was a preteen- had no clue that it was still active, past a million subs, and the content has changed this drastically- Good on you, Solar Sands, because I cannot say the same about many their channels I used to watch when I was a kid.
Mr Sands, you're awesome. Every video you make is perfectly crafted, and the time and effort you make and do for them is nothing to sneeze at
The last few paragraphs were sublime. Excellent work, as usual
One of my favourite sounds is the sound of Solar Sands video
I grew up in a rural Ohio home that used to be a farmstead, and it happened to be located about mile away from a major highway, maybe less. Far into its backyard, past fields and rolling hils, through a thick forest, droned the ever-present noise of tires on asphalt and semi-trucks carving through the wind. The noise was constant, yet subtle, blending into the wind and the sounds of nature, and seemed to rise from the very earth of the distant horizon. I'd often forget it was there in its ever-presence, then find myself renoticing it. You could hear it nearly everywhere on the property, including in many of the rooms lining the rear of the house, with varying degrees of volume. It, however, always seemed louder and more present at night. Lying in bed, I could hear it quietly passing through the wall, and it always filled me with a sense of peace. Just knowing that, even in the odd empty hours of the night, life was still going on out there far into the deep black... it gave me a sense of precence. Like I could hear the world breathing, soft and gentle in its sleep. It's almost melancholic, the dichotomy between rural serenity and mechanical droning should be incompatible; an unfortunate tragedy of location. But it felt more alive with it there than without. More in touch. Full. Real. Maybe it was just because I was a kid, and things seemed more special back then. But I do miss it all the same, much as I do many nostalgic things of the past. Perhaps I just miss that feeling of connection to the world, or what "the world" was and meant to me back then.
Some of my favorite sleep videos lately have been highway driving in the rain. I grew up in FL and I loved taking my dad's car everywhere. Most of the time I would turn the music up and roll the windows down, but on rainy days, I'd keep the music down and the windows up. Some of my favorite memories/experiences have been on a highway in rain, and those sleep videos feel like I've been driving for hours, then swapping seats and taking a break from the mental and visual strain of driving, so someone I trust deeply can drive. It is far from natural, but it feels like home.
Something about your videos is so amazing, idk how but I can both do work and listen to your videos without getting distracted while still retaining information from both.
That’s literally never happened before, this is amazing.
Nick barber - Holding space
Philip Wilkerson - Dreaming geneva
Hierna - Afterglow and Beyond Arboreal Oceans
Thats it, after trying many ambient songs, these are the ones who where the most soothing without being to intrusive to get me sleeping.
Train horns sound like the most obnoxious, stressful sound I could think of. In theory. In reality this video took me back to nearly 10 years ago when I lived in a little white house in some podunk town. Unremarkable except for the trainyard that ran through what would've been our backyard. The first couple weeks were HELL. Those trains seemed to run ONLY when you were trying to sleep and there were HUNDREDS of them!! Every. Time. one went past it was at a deafening roar and the little white house would shake and rattle like it was literally going to fall to pieces. It felt like each train had veered wildly off course and was ripping directly through the house. I thought after the first week of it that I was never going to be able to sleep again. Fast foward about a year later life took me someplace else and I left my rickety little white house behind for "greener" pastures. Ha. My FIRST night in the new place I was shocked to find that, not only did I miss those fucking trains, I COULD NOT fall asleep without them. My insomnia lasted for months post-train. I have never fully recovered lmao my heart yearns for the tracks 💔