Looking for ideas for "environment" sounds.

[Oryan77]

The thread about background music got me into thinking about perfecting my own D&D playlist. I like using background music and each time these threads popup, I start itching to get more music

I just recently got the idea to use both background music, and nature sounds at the same time. It is actually really amazing to do! I can't wait to try it at our next game and see what the players think.

I have playlists for things like "forest music", "cavern music", & "battle music". Since I run a Planescape campaign, I've gone as far as to make playlists for each outer & inner plane. I just got a cd with nature sounds, like birds in a forest, birds in a jungle, insects in a swamp, rainfall, thunderstorm, ect ect. I play my background music playlist with Winamp, and then I play a looped nature mp3 in Media Player. So when my mellow forest songs are going, I now hear birds chirping. Or my exotic Outlands playlist plays with the swamp insects buzzing. I was amazed at how much more it draws me into the scenario.

So now I'm craving more nature sounds. Does anyone know of any tracks that I could download that would be good for D&D? What are some ideas for other environments? Maybe fire crackling for a volcano environment? Got any suggestions?

Also, I'd like a marketplace track, something with a crowd of people that sounds like a farmers market or something. I found very little of that on amazon and most of it had modern day noises mixed in (cars, ect).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, you seem to have covered most of the bases...

You might want to look for one that is something like..."Island breeze" or the like. I have one like that (currently in a box somewhere) that starts off with gentle surf, progresses to wind through trees and bamboo stands- including insect, bird and monkey sounds- and eventually back to the beach.

 

[Mr. Wilson]

My girlfriend has trouble sleeping occasionaly and uses this series to help get her to sleep.

Each CD is an hour long:

Bjorn Lynne's Nature Sound Series: Relaxing nature soundscapes with ambient music

I can only vouch for the rain CD, the mountain stream CD, and the ocean surf CD, but they are all high quality. Also note, you can choose a version without the ambient music, which she did.