# Ambient sound credits

The loops in this house are **generated ambient sound**, supplied by the site owner — not
third-party field recordings. No external attribution is required.

Each source was 15 seconds. For the site they were made seamless by crossfading the last 2s
back over the first 2s (giving a 13s loop with no audible seam), loudness-matched to about
-23 LUFS, limited to avoid clipping, and encoded to 96 kbps AAC.

| File | Used for |
|---|---|
| `amb-rain.m4a`         | mixer "Rain" · the Study, the Library |
| `amb-thunder.m4a`      | mixer "Thunder" |
| `amb-thunder-far.m4a`  | the Garage (muffled, underground) |
| `amb-wind.m4a`         | mixer "Wind" · outside and the Porch by day |
| `amb-forest-night.m4a` | mixer "Night forest" · outside and the Porch after dark |
| `amb-fire.m4a`         | mixer "Fire" · the Living Room |
| `amb-cafe.m4a`         | mixer "Coffee shop" · the Lounge |
| `amb-waves.m4a`        | mixer "Waves" |
| `amb-train.m4a`        | mixer "Train" |

Masters live in `Assets/Sounds/` (gitignored).

## How the two layers differ

- **Mixer tracks** — the visitor picks and blends them; the choice persists across visits.
- **Room ambience** — one quiet bed tied to the room you're standing in, crossfading as you
  move and swapping to a night version outside after dark. It layers *under* the mixer, obeys
  the same mute, and can be switched off in the picker. Rooms with no entry in `audio.ambience`
  (the Entrance Hall, the Studio, the Gym) are deliberately quiet.