Dalesnale - Noise Ambient

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3 days ago | [YT] | 16

Dalesnale - Noise Ambient

Been thinking on the essence of engineering audio for a channel like this. In traditional recording studios, the goal is often about chasing status or a quick 3-minute single. Building Noise Ambient broadened my scope of ways sound and listening might be transformative to a listening audience.
Crafting functional ambient and noise audio isn't just looping a texture. There's real responsibility in creating quality sounds you rely on for hours at a time. When a track sits in the background of your life... helping you focus, manage tinnitus, or fall asleep... the details, the frequencies, the mix matters. Harsh frequencies or poor engineering choices are avoided by putting in the hours and reps in the recording studio, and review listening to come to a pleasant listen.
I take the technical side to audio nerd extremes so these sounds remain smooth, clean, and genuinely useful to your daily or nightly routine.
Thank you for spending so many hours here. It takes two wings for a bird to fly. It’s an honor to do this sonic craft work for you all.
More sounds are on the way. What's in your playlist right now?
Cheers Dale

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 19

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New collab up on the channel! Sweeping Heater Noise, made with Randall's Relaxation, one of the OGs of the ambient sound space.
Heater Sounds | Sweeping Vintage Ambience | 10 Hours :https://youtu.be/He6vCJ0bLto

He supplied the original vintage space heater footage and sound. I took the sound into the studio and added a slow sweeping frequency shift that feels meditative without being distracting. First time combining our sonic styles after years of being YouTube friends.


Thanks for listening, Dale

3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 14

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The GOAT! Pink Noise.

It's what a lot of you came to the channel for first. Full-spectrum sound with extra low-frequency energy, tuned to how human hearing actually perceives it; giving it a fuller, warmer feel than white noise.

What do you think... pink noise or white noise? And are you a high-frequency person, or more of a low-rumble listener? Let me know in the comments!
Listen: https://youtu.be/8SHf6wmX5MU

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 14

Dalesnale - Noise Ambient

Time flies. Joined YouTube in the early days; same account, same handle (my DJ name from college radio). First posted in 2009 with lifestyle content (that was regrettably deleted, in hindsight). Started posting very long videos in 2012 when the option opened up. I've always loved ambient sounds and the transformative feelings they create from listening for extended periods. Turns out many of you do too. Here we are. Let's listen, and thanks for being here.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 78

Dalesnale - Noise Ambient

A question for the tinnitus listeners.
What is your frequency?
The catalog runs from below 1000 Hz up to 20 kHz.
Comments tell me what works for one person does nothing for another.
So, what pitch is your ringing? A hiss, a tone, a whistle. High or mid range. Constant or fluctuating.
And is there a sound environment you'd like to try for masking: rain, ocean, crickets, a specific noise color?
The next tinnitus release will be shaped by what you tell me here.
Thanks for listening, Dale

3 months ago | [YT] | 27

Dalesnale - Noise Ambient

Hi everyone! I’ve just updated the 'Sweeping Noise Series' playlist with the newest 10-hour release: High Frequency Sweeping Notch Noise (8 kHz to 16 kHz).


You can also find this and all my other dynamic relief videos in the updated Sweeping Noise Series playlist here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Unlike a fixed frequency boost, this 'moving notch' creates a void that sweeps across the high-frequency range every 45 seconds.
Many of you have mentioned that this dynamic shifting helps 'distract' the brain more effectively than static masking.

Quick Tip: Try setting the volume just below your tinnitus level. Let the sound sit beneath the ringing rather than trying to drown it out.



Which frequency range should I 'sweep' next for the series?

4 kHz – 8 kHz (Mid-High Range)
12 kHz – 18 kHz (Ultra-High Range)
500 Hz – 4 kHz (Mid-Low Range)
Leave a request in the comments! Thanks for listening, Dale

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 9

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A question for Blue Noise listeners.
The original Blue Noise went up on this channel in 2012 — one of the first of its kind on YouTube. This week I released an all-new version engineered through a vintage 1970-spec Neve transformer-balanced preamp. Same noise color, completely different signal path.
If you have listened to both, how does the Neve master compare to the original? Does the analog path make a difference you can actually hear over a long listen?
Your ears have been with this sound for years. That's the feedback that matters most.
New Blue Noise Analog Neve Master:
https://youtu.be/rgsv3gLXt2I

4 months ago | [YT] | 4

Dalesnale - Noise Ambient

Fun soundscape splashing down Sunday...
I spent a couple weeks editing 10 hours of NASA Artemis II footage - humanity's first journey to the Moon in 53 years - and composing an original deep space ambient soundscape to go with it.
Deep low frequency noise, subtle binaural tones and bass elements that ebb and flow across the full 10 hours. No loops. No repeats.
Victor Glover said it well:
"You are special in all of this emptiness... You have this oasis. I'm trying to tell you, just trust me, you are special."
That's the energy of this one.
Subscribe so you don't miss it.
Cheers, Dale

4 months ago | [YT] | 21

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8,000 Years of Calm Noise

I was looking at the channel’s lifetime "Watch Time" today and the number is almost impossible to wrap my head around: 71.8 Million Hours.

To put that in perspective, that is the equivalent of 8,191 years of continuous listening.

If one person had started listening to ambient sounds at the beginning, they would have started in year 6100 BC—the Neolithic period. That is before the Great Pyramids were built and right around the time humans started forming the very first permanent settlements.

Knowing that my engineering has provided eight millennia worth of sleep, focus, and relief is the greatest motivation I could ask for. Whether you’ve contributed 10 minutes or 10,000 hours to that total, thank you for being part of this journey.

What’s your "go-to" DaleSnale track when you really need to lock in or drift off?

Gratefully — Dale

7 months ago | [YT] | 43