Favorite Sounds

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It's also the type of sound. Some things are intrusions, forced upon us. Some things we listen to willingly. It makes a big difference.

I like cats. I like to listen to them resting. I like to hear them fall asleep. Not many people have heard that, as cats usually don't fall asleep as such. It's all about trust.

I had a cat once that used to sleep on my chest. He could sleep sitting up, though.
He would start on my chest, then sliding closer to my throat as he went more and more limp. Yes, I sleep on my back. He was purring all the way. At some point he took a very very deep breath. Very audible. Then he breathed out, and all was dead quiet.
All that was left was his soft breath on my skin. He was sound asleep, and the house was quiet.
All that was left was me, him on my chest, and his brother at my side.

Quiet.

I think all three of us were happy then.

Good times.

the good old fashioned quitting time whistle, like what you heard on the beginning of the flintstones cartoon when fred says YABADABADOOO! short of that, the classroom bell which signals end of school day.

For me, the sound of violent weather (including thunder, wind, and heavy rain/hail are probably at the top of the list. I also will drive 200 miles to hear an air raid siren sounded, and I like the bassy sound of a fighter jet on hard ascent, and ultra-low frequency bass in music (tuba, 32-foot organ pipes, etc). The sound of a bunch of locomotives accelerating up a hill is also a great sound, but the train horn is NOT. The whine of a turbocharger is a cool sound too.

Charles

Rain - it is my favorite sound. The heavier, the better. I could listen to rain all day. I should move to Oregon.

Rivers, waterfalls.

Thunder.

Wind in the chimney or outside.

Violins and other instruments of that type.

The sound my furnace makes when it comes on.

Owls and mourning doves.

My hairdryer
And the sound of heavy rain when you're in a tent!

Train engines

Music Beats

Hate HATE the sound of a highlighter or marker on paper but love the mellow rumble of a distant K5HLA locomotive horn (c, d#, f#, a#, c), bagpipes and pipe organs, aircraft engines (but can't stand the whine of a lawn mower). The sound of chewing or drinking makes me wince, but I enjoy the determined sound of a confident walk on a hard surface. I have a particular affinity for emergency vehicle sirens of all types though find similar-sounding car alarms dreadful. I dislike nearly all modern music because I find the combinations of instruments and singing difficult to follow, but love the complex combinations of classical orchestras.

In short, there's really no rhyme or reason to what sounds I do or don't like.

Having had a look at cdlu's trainfan site, I have to include at least one from it - and there are plenty more great sounds (and sights) there.
Nice website!

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* Church bells
* Train whistles
* Foghorns in the distance
* My friend's voice
* Bm, Bm7, Bm6, Cmaj7, Cm, Cm(Maj7), Cm7, Cm6, C#maj7, C#m, C#m7, C#m6, Dmaj7, Dm, Dm7 or Dm6 when played on the piano.
* The selection of chords listed above (except Cm(Maj7)), along with Asus2 and Asus4, when played on the guitar.
* The 'doo-doo-doo' alert that you hear before announcements in Glasgow Queen Street station, especially with the trains rumbling away in the background
* Eggs boiling (too bad about the smell)
* Typing

- The sound of paper crumpling softly, like someone flicking through a newspaper, magazine or book or sorting out paper work quietly. I don't know what it is about it, it sends me in a sort of trance. I sit there focusing on the sound, wanting more. Though paper is my favourite, it can be a variety of other little similar clicky / crackly sounds.

- Guitar soundscapes

- The sound of my hamster scratching around building his nest.

- Too much music related stuff to mention