Most Wonderful Sound (Sugar Wiki)/Real Life
Examples of the Most Wonderful Sound in Real Life include:
Military
- The sound of serious gunfire. I'm not talking about the little fire cracks of an AR-15. I am referring to the mighty blast of a gun such as a Mosin-Nagant M44
- Or the even more mighty USN 16"/caliber 50 Mark 7.
- In a different direction, the sound of a minigun firing off thousands of rounds a minute is pretty awesome: [1] [2]
- Or the sound of a grenade being inserted in a grenade launcher
- Or the "pumhp" noise of a grenade launcher shooting a grenade.
- Pump-action shotguns being cocked.
- The four clicks of a Colt Single Action Army being cocked.
Software
- Adobe After Effects plays a very easily distinguished and very pleasing "Twingg!" sound when it reaches the end of a Render Queue, meaning the videos are finished being edited and are ready for viewing.
- The startup sound of Windows 3.1. Holy nostalgia.
- The Mac startup noise.
- PlayStation startup screens:
Sports
- The noise in a football stadium - or a packed bar - when your team scores. Less wonderful if it's the other team scoring.
- The silence in a packed bar when your team scores, if everyone else in the bar is supporting the other team.
- The sound of a golf ball falling in the hole.
- A tennis ball's little pa-thmp as it bounces off the court.
- The big pa-thmp it makes when connecting with the racket is even better.
- A nothing-but-net swish in basketball. Particularly magnificent if you have the fortune to own a natural leather basketball (i.e. the official NBA ball) that was broken in, as the already nice "frap" becomes a very crisp, juicy bite sound.
- The "thud"/"boing" of the ball (depends whether you're playing on hardwood or concrete) being dribbled.
- The sound of metal (or plastic) cleats on concrete as the team leaves the locker room. It's like a pre-game anthem for those lucky enough to hear it.
- Hockey skates make a similar noise.
- Goal Horns followed by your team's choice of celebratory song.
- Hearing your favourite player/team/etc cheer after winning is always wonderful, especially since they've worked so hard on it. A particular nod towards Formula One drivers who love screaming in their helmets.
- Speaking of Formula One and motors in general: the revving of an engine. So soothing.
- Some find racecar engines to be annoying little weedwhackers compared to real horsepower: http://youtu.be/FGMkqfhlUd4
- Hearing your favourite player/team/etc cheer after winning is always wonderful, especially since they've worked so hard on it. A particular nod towards Formula One drivers who love screaming in their helmets.
Other Examples
- A purring feline is possibly nature's most soothing white noise.
- The sound of your baby's first cry immidiately after it's born.
- The woosh-woosh sound of it's heartbeat in the womb. The first time he/she says 'mama' or 'dada' or 'I love you'.
- Heck, a baby's laughter period.
- Two from dogs: the rumbly, grumbling noise some dogs make when you scratch their ears (like the dog version of a purr) and their own personal percussion - a wagging tail as it hits your leg, the wall, nearby furniture, sometimes the floor...
- "I LOVE YOU!"
- Train whistles in the distance. Pure music.
- The K5LA train horn (the ones you hear on Amtrak trains in the USA). Especially with the Doppler Effect.
- That noise an old kettle makes when the water inside it starts to boil.
- Click your mouse...YEAH! Now do it a couple more times, best sound ever.
- The drone of a large box fan. I can't sleep without switching one on its highest speed. "Whurrrrrrrrrr....."
- The sound of a passenger jet taking off. That is, if you're inside the plane or standing sufficiently far enough from it to avoid ear damage.
- In a like vein, the sound of a jet engine spooling up.
- Or the sound of an entire group of fighter jets doing afterburner takeoffs, one after the other, each jet following right after the one before it.
- The sound of a well-maintained electric engine. For a layman, a barely audible hum. For an engineer? Basically a purring cat.
- White noise can be a very relaxing sound.
- The sound of a coffee grinder at 7 in the morning (or earlier) - any time of the day if you're a writer.
- The various sounds of water. Rain, a trickling stream, a waterfall, the sea...
- The sound of bubble wrap...bubbles popping.