A Soft Murmur

A Soft Murmur is a tiny mixing desk for ambient sound. You get sliders for rain, thunder, waves, wind, fire and a few other sounds, and you blend them to taste. Want rain with a crackling fire and a hint of thunder? Push the right faders up and you have it. It is plain, effective and free, with no account to create and no elaborate features to learn. That simplicity is the point: it is built for focus or sleep, not for browsing. Because you design your own mix, it is a nice step up from single-sound pages, and you can find a combination that works for your room. It also works well on a phone, so you can use it as a bedside sound machine. Spend a minute adjusting the levels until it feels right, then forget about the tab. The result is a little weather system that you control.