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Jungle rain

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Field recordings

Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Field recordings

Oaxaca, Mexico

Real field recordings. We name the recordist whenever we know who it was.

Noise

Made in your browser, not a recording.

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Session length

Jungle rain is a real field recording of steady rain near Uxmal, the ancient Maya city in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is in the public domain under CC0. Its source does not name the person who recorded it or say when, so we name neither; the link below goes to the original upload.

What you're hearing

Rain falling steadily, looped so it plays as long as you like. The loop is twenty to forty seconds long, chosen so that no single sound in it stands out each time it comes round. It is the heart of the Focus mix, with brown noise low underneath, and it sits well on its own or under a noise color if you'd rather build your own mix.

Where the sound comes from

Jungle rain. Recorded near Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico. Public domain (CC0). Original recording on freesound.org

Listen safely

This is a sound, played back through whatever speaker or headphones you already own. It doesn't diagnose, measure, or promise anything about how you sleep, focus, or feel — it's just noise and a handful of real recordings, mixed the way you like them.

Keep the volume low enough that you'd still notice a smoke alarm, a phone ringing, or someone at the door. If you fall asleep in headphones, choose a volume and a pair you'd be comfortable wearing all night, and a session length that ends when you'd want the sound to stop.

If you use this near a baby, keep the speaker several feet from the crib, never inside or clipped to it, and keep the volume low — the same care you'd take with any sound machine in a nursery.

If your relationship with sound, or with sleep, feels difficult rather than simply restless, a doctor or audiologist is the right person to talk to. This is a mixer, not a clinician.

Where was this rain recorded?

Near Uxmal, in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, according to its source. Uxmal is an ancient Maya city.

Who recorded it?

Its source doesn't say, and it gives no date either, so we name neither. We would rather leave a line blank than fill it with a guess. The recording is public domain (CC0), and the link on this page goes to the original upload.

Is it real rain or generated rain?

Real. Nothing in it is synthesized. What plays is a loop cut from the original, with its level matched to the other sounds.

What is the Focus mix?

One of three ready-made mixes. It plays this rain with brown noise underneath for sixty minutes, and one tap starts it. You can change the length or add sounds by hand.