Rain, a small falling drop
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A small falling drop.
Press any key, or tap the keys below, to hear Rain. These are the same samples the app plays.
- Category
- Night
- Brightness (centroid)
- 1,088 Hz
- Key press length
- 70 ms
What it imitates
Rain is not a keyboard. Each key plays one small drop falling, and Teclo varies each one, so a paragraph sounds like a light shower. It sits in Teclo’s Night category with Marimba.
Teclo’s sounds are synthesized, not recorded. Its sound engine builds each pack from a model of the parts that make the sound, then plays the same files in the app that you hear on this page.
How it measures
Every pack is measured when it is rendered. The table puts Rain next to Marimba and Bubble, the packs closest to it in feel.
| Pack | Category | Brightness (Hz) | Press (ms) | 90% of energy in (ms) | Low/high (dB) | 1–3 kHz share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain | Night | 1,088 | 70 | 7.9 | -3.0 | 66% |
| Marimba | Night | 713 | 120 | 17.3 | +15.0 | 3% |
| Bubble | Arcade | 576 | 60 | 8.7 | +14.5 | 3% |
Brightness is the energy-weighted mean frequency of a key press, so a higher number sounds brighter. Low/high is the energy below 1 kHz against the energy above it: the higher, the deeper. Nobody has tuned these packs by ear yet; the figures are what the files measure.
Who it suits
Evening work, or anyone who wants feedback that does not sound like a keyboard at all (a suggestion).
Use it in Teclo
- Click the keycap icon in the menu bar to open Teclo’s window.
- Pick Rain in the list of packs, under Night.
- Type anywhere. Teclo plays a different sound for a key going down and coming up, and separate sounds for Space, Return and Delete.
Every pack also has its own pair of mouse click sounds, made from the same model. Try the other packs on the sound packs page.
Questions
Can Teclo play sounds that aren't a keyboard?
Yes. Rain and Marimba are in the Night category, Typewriter and Terminal in Retro, Pixel and Bubble in Arcade, and Laser in Scifi.