Pictures, Mood & Sound files
This is a collection of user
created
Mood files,
Soundfiles, MIDI files, and MP3 recordings
for you to download
and enjoy! You will also find a variety of pleasing scenic
photos to add to SonicMood’s “Picture Window” from our
Pictures web page. These photos are
courtesy of PDPhoto.org, where you can
find even more.
Jess Driskell, one of our long-time fans, has created a
series of files that contain "binaural beat" recordings. They
are downloadable below.
If you
have created Mood files or Soundfiles, or recorded any MIDI
files, that you'd like to share with others, you may post
them on the Forum or email them to us here and we'll add them to this
page. You can save one or more Moods to a file by
selecting them in the Moods list and then clicking “Save
Selected Moods...” from the “File” menu. Give this new
Mood file a name and a place to save it and you’re done.
Or click “Save Mood File As...” from the “File” menu to
save all the Moods in the list to a new Mood file.
Adding
Moods:
To add the Moods in a Mood file to those already in SonicMood
you can just "drag & drop" the file onto the list of
Moods in the main window. To completely replace the Moods
with the ones in the file hold the "command"
(⌘)
key down while dragging.
Adding
Soundfiles:
Add soundfiles to those already in use by opening the "edit"
window and clicking the "Soundfiles" button in the toolbar to
go to the "soundfiles" page. Just "drag and drop" a
soundfile, or a whole folder of soundfiles, onto the list of
soundfiles there.
Adding
Both:
If you have a folder that contains both Mood files and
Soundfiles, you can just drop the whole folder onto either
the list of Moods or the list of Soundfiles. You can even
drop a folder that contains nested folders of Mood files and
Soundfiles. SonicMood will sort thru the files, ignoring
files of the wrong type, and copy the Mood and Soundfiles to
the appropriate places.
Mood
files (Use
these Mood files only with SonicMood v4.8.6 or later)
These
zipped
Mood files contain one or more
Moods.
(they are all very small files
and should download in a few seconds)
Moods
by Patrick:
Patrick's Moods.zip
A truly wonderful collection
of 29 completely unique Moods, very rhythmic - some fast,
some slow
Slow Waves.zip
More great Moods - 7 Moods that are tranquil and beautiful!
Sonic Out.zip
Patrick has "taken it to the next level!" He's recorded a
Mood as a soundfile and used that as background for another
Mood. To hear them together you must add the soundfile
provided. See above for directions.
Sonic Out SoundScape.zip
Here Patrick has three Moods (including the one from "Sonic
Out", above) that play along with Moods he's recorded in
soundfiles. Again, don't forget to add the soundfiles to
SonicMood as described above under "Adding Soundfiles."
Walking and Jumping.zip
Two Moods, the title Mood "Walking & Jumping" and another
Mood "Solo" that was used to create the included MP3 file
that you play as background accompaniment. This is a brisk,
jazzy, fun Mood. Very lively and enjoyable.
Celestial.zip
Patrick’s latest AMAZING Mood. It includes a soundfile he
created by using Rogue Amoeba’s Audio HiJack Pro to record a
second Mood (included). This zip file is fairly large due to
the size of the MP3 soundfile (5.2 MB)
Rhodes.zip
A slow, calming Mood, featuring three Rhodes Pianos. It is a
quiet joy to listen to.
Serenity.zip
Four moods, similar but with
subtle variations in scales, note pattern. All very
beautiful.
Tiny Wood.zip
As Patrick says: “The sound of
wood is good for everyone.” This is a relaxing Mood
featuring wood sounds.
Seashore.zip
The calming sounds of waves on
the beach and shore birds calling.
PolyMood.zip
Eight Moods using different
musical scales and timings to achieve unique results. The
last one is especially interesting, and surprising!
Celestine.zip and Cloud II.zip
More incredible sounds by
Patrick, using SonicMood.
Moods
by other contributors:
WailingWetness.zip
An unusual Mood, to say the
least! This one is by Robert Mitton, a fan of ours.
Bamboo Forest.zip
A nice Mood using xylophones
to sound like bamboo. I'm afraid I did this one...
Asian Tidepool.zip
An excellent Mood with a
Southeast Asian flavor. This one is by one of our loyal
customers, Julia Truchsess. Thanks Julia!
Soundfiles
Each .zip file is a folder which contains multiple
Soundfiles:
(the .zip file sizes vary but are
not too terribly big)
Sound Files 2005-08-27.zip
(1.5 MB) [rain,
thunder, wind/water, horse, whale sounds]
Sound Files 2006-09-01.zip
(2.8 MB) [rain,
forest/jungle, and beach sounds]
Sound Files 2008-02-14.zip
(7.5 MB) [trains,
city, water, and small animal sounds]
Sound Files 2008-05-09.zip
(1.7 MB) [a
collection of bird sounds and foghorns]
Sound Files 2008-08-19.zip
(1.7 MB)
[crickets, jays, rain & thunder, falls & river]
Maui Birds early am.zip (1.5 MB) [birds on Maui at
6:30 am]
OK, this
is really something. Jess Driskell, another long-time
SonicMood afficianado, has created a series of "binaural
beat" soundfiles that you can add to SonicMood! Included in
this download is a very well written "Read Me First" file, by
Jess, that explains what they are and how to use them. Enjoy!
:)
Sound Files Binaural Beats.zip
(10.4 MB)
[binaural beat loops files spanning Delta, Theta, Alpha,
& Beta freqs]
MIDI
files
This
is just a start. On a lark I recorded one minute's worth of
Patrick's "Taiko Rhythms" and five minutes worth of "Slow
Tempo Key Step C# Minor", both of which can be found in the
Mood file "Patrick's Moods.zip". I used SonicMood's built-in
MIDI recording capability.
The third file, "windy_day.mid" was sent to me by Holly
Daggers and is the background sound to her video "ubahn blur"
which you can see on our Creations page.
One thing about MIDI (.mid) files, they don't take up much
space! These files are so small I won't even compress them!
If you click one and it starts to play, you can download it
by right-clicking and selecting "Download Link..." You can
play a MIDI file back using the QuickTime player, or drop it
on iTunes and iTunes will play it. You can use iTunes to
convert it to MP3 by selecting "Convert Selection to MP3"
from iTunes' "Advanced" menu.
Taiko Rhythms.mid (24 KB)
Slow Tempo.mid (60 KB)
windy_day.mid (37 KB)
MP3
Audio Recordings
These are creations of Patrick’s.
He used SonicMood to create the basic MIDI instrumentals,
then “embellished” them.
Beauty Begins.MP3 (9.0 MB)
Beauty Lies.MP3 (8.4 MB)