Rain under the stars, 3 hours
Three hours of light rain drifting down across a slow indigo starfield, with quiet sustained tones moving underneath. The rain is gentle and airy rather than heavy, and the tones shift so slowly you will hardly notice them change.
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What it is
A fine veil of rain falls over the stars from the opening frames. Between 2:00 and 5:00 the whole sky sinks to near-black, so the light won’t keep you up, and the rain and tones continue underneath. There is no thunder, no voice and nothing sudden. The sound eases out over the final minute, from 2:59:00.
How to use it for sleep
Set the volume low before you lie down, just loud enough to soften other sounds; our safe volume guide has easy ways to check. Three hours covers the first two sleep cycles, when most people do their deepest sleeping, and then the room goes quiet. If you wake when sound stops, pick an all-night video such as rain on a cabin window instead. On a big screen it works best with the room lights off.
Best for
People who like rain but find plain rain a little flat, nights when you want a soft musical bed without a melody, and anyone who prefers a starry sky to a dark window. For the night sky without the rain, try aurora from space with brown noise; for wind instead of rain, pine forest wind at night runs all night.
Sound design note
The rain, the high airy hiss and the slow tones are all generated by SleepBetter’s own sound engine, with no samples and no AI. The tones move so slowly that there is no tune to follow, which is what keeps them in the background.
How this was made
The starfield is a CGI animation by Oleg Gamulinskii on Pexels (Pexels License), slowed, re-coloured onto a deep indigo sky and looped by SleepBetter, with extra faint stars and light rain streaks drawn in code. Audio: rain, airy hiss and slow tones generated by SleepBetter’s own sound engine (no samples, no AI). No voice. No AI visuals.
Questions
Is there thunder?
No. There is no thunder, no voice and no sudden sound for the whole three hours.
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