Calming & Relaxing 60 Cycle Hum

I'm Nat Napoletano, a sound designer with 30 years of experience designing and composing sound and music for documentary videos, games, military flight trainers and live theater. I have a good deal of trouble staying asleep and have produced numerous videos that work well. This series of videos represents the best of the best.
The sounds are mostly drones from motors and machines. I find that music doesn't work well for me because it contains an intellectual component that alerts my brain, and I begin listening to the music. Even if I compose the music myself.
This video will sound good on a laptop or mobile device.

[@Snandra66]

Present day, present time...

[@theleonid4377]

Muahahahahahah

[@sleepynonbinarygirlboyfriend]

SHUT UPPP

[@Snandra66]

@@sleepynonbinarygirlboyfriend Why?

[@sleepynonbinarygirlboyfriend]

Queen Emily omg i didn't mean this in a mean way i meant it like a "NO WAY" type of shut up bc this is exactly what i thought when i clicked the vid

[@Snandra66]

@@sleepynonbinarygirlboyfriend Oh lol, okay.

[@fizzie6902]

me and the boys chillin in T H E W I R E D

[@oldwinston4691]

fizzie boys r fun.

[@jewel-kun9730]

F O R W I R E D P E O P L E

[@oatmongen4263]

Is there anywhere you can find the hum from the show? Or is this the closest approximation?

[@grasped2]

@@oatmongen4263 there's a twelve hour version of that noise. It says it's from the show 😌

[@abraxasfraxinus7744]

@pepperSnakes present future

[@ZILtoid1991]

My favorite song from Serial Experiments Lain.

[@terriblehumanbeing8117]

I've been looking 20 minutes straight for the perfect sound effect video just to make that joke but apparently you're 2 years ahead of me, dammit

[@pipideeohcs6538]

same

[@LubckeEnjoyer]

No singing in it, It is a noise caused by vibration in the iron enclosure. The vibration is caused by stray magnetic fields causing the enclosure and accessories to vibrate

[@Admiral_Bongo]

@@LubckeEnjoyer Shut up, everyone knows that.

[@anomitas]

@@LubckeEnjoyer commie being dumb as always

[@brendenstahl7007]

As a child, I always heard these sounds because most buildings still used fluorescent bulbs I miss the sound the world is too quiet with these LED bulbs.

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

I agree. The humming helps me ignore my tinnitus.

[@Hex_Nihil]

Let's all love Lain.

[@user-qv1ny2fe2n]

Let’s all love Lain.

[@lusliath]

Let's all love Lain.

[@majestikmse8862]

Let's all love Lain.

[@DavidJacewicz]

Let's all love Lain.

[@Bughunter.]

Let's all love Lain.

[@xandusviii9629]

This really makes my head feel weird….why do I LOVE LAIN!

[@N_4]

We all love lain

[@sigmaramen]

Let's all love Lain

[@GingkaHagane43]

When you enter a corner store that has that one light bulb that flickers and you can hear it hum

[@RichardCraig]

I like how it's soft and has the harmonics you usually hear with large electronics or overhead power lines. It's not just a 60hz tone. Very nice, thank you.

[@lickablestinkage7783]

looking at it under a spectrum analyzer its mostly 120hz and 240hz and theres a little bit of 300hz 360hz 480hz 600hz and 720hz

[@walawala147]

Surprising, isn’t it. For an audio engineer, 60Hz hum is usually an annoyance.

[@EC-oo8fx]

kek, even worse for a telecomms guru

[@sourhill2292]

It does kinda get annoying after a while

[@Admiral_Bongo]

It is when it comes through your guitar amp. Especially when using heavy amounts of distortion, making it 30 times more pronounced. That's why humbuckers were invented.

[@Playingwith3D]

I grew up with a transformer next to my bedroom window as a kid, this noise is not a comfort, it is an reminder of my insomnia. lol

[@cwcha]

Yikes indeed, wiring fault! Too many paths to ground! Who put unbalanced audio in this system? YARGH!

[@MAG-up7ob]

I searched for this after watching Serial Experiments Lain. Didn't expect at all that lot of people did the same.

[@ElTovarish]

If I'm not wrong, there's a guy who made a 12-hour version of the original sound in the anime, do you want a link?

[@MAG-up7ob]

@@ElTovarish Nah thx u, I found and listened it already

[@shaniceb.5129]

So relaxing it could shock you

[@metalisonline]

And make a huge boom when it does, arc flashes are no fun to be around

[@lain6352]

Lets all love Lain

[@Cobras7111]

Transformers be like *MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

[@oldwinston4691]

Boss McSauce dont let him dip his nuggets in your sauce.

[@themastergambiarraofc7925]

BEEP

[@RedTheAngryBird438]

More like microwave

[@zelkorian1774]

just read a post about a guy who was electrocuted (and lived) by a 277-volt live line. He says all he knew in the moment was a throbbing, convulsing feeling, a loud 60-cycle noise hum, and bright white light taking his entire FOV. Multiple electrical burns but hes still living apparently... absolute mad lad unit, that man.

[@mabeel99]

I feel very attached for that kind of nostalgia that these channels which their last update was like 10 years ago make me feel. Most of them have such great and underrated content

[@user-qv1ny2fe2n]

Ikr? The "8 years ago" makes me feel weird and nostalgic. And yes, almost all the time the content is underrated.

[@turkeyhamman4111]

Makes me sad

[@xxqino]

It sounds like an electric fan

[@justinswenson8101]

This sounds so calming I didn’t know some power lines can produce such calming hums sometimes listening to this helps me fall asleep at night sometimes i even listen to this in the day when I’m sad or stressed this even sounds like a soft relaxation too

[@Cynocehali]

Waiting for an Arc... any moment now...

[@youtub-fj8mu]

"I find that music doesn't work well for me because it contains an intellectual component that alerts my brain, and I begin listening to the music. " Same

[@paulfishwick7455]

I heard this hum as a small child in bed. I was unable to move ...I was not frightened just felt like I was in a limbo land.. I hear this today and my mind and body melts..

[@oldwinston4691]

Paul Fishwick urethra pressure. Avoid the temptation.

[@EphemeralProductions]

​@@oldwinston4691 😂

[@MrFuzzleupagus]

I absolutely love this! I used to be into CB/Amateur Radio/Shortwave and I would find a clear frequency and just listen to the static sometimes. It was so relaxing. I’ve been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. I played this the other night while in bed and fell asleep within minutes. Thank you for this!

[@oldwinston4691]

I remember.

[@unusualmadmann5240]

Man I can’t get enough of this

[@theonetruecurm]

Hell yeah! I'm into SW too and love that sound. My family (understandably) finds the sound irritating, but I often fall asleep listening to the crackling, cosmic shrieking, and occasional voices breaking through, often screaming about some strange topics. Puts me right to sleep. Sometimes a very specific pattern of static plays mainly on the 13m band at night and it's creepy as hell but soothes me because I've grown so fond of radio. It sounds a lot like Giygas' theme from Earthbound and will play this haunting frequency layered in static that grows more intense for about 12 seconds before stopping abruptly and then repeating a couple seconds later at regular intervals, just a different pitch each time. It sounds so unnerving and malicious but I love it. Switching frequencies at certain times typically results in finding Brother Stair howling about some cult type shit which is truly terrifying, so I'll stick with the unnerving yet soothing static to sleep😅

[@wifinesesi]

Its soothing, yes?

[@cherub555]

This specific frequency range can help you determine if you are being targeted by radio technology/towers. I know because I used to have a license and my own tower. I'd be able to beam at people with my equipment.

[@alo_natsu]

Perfection.

[@zangetsu1597]

Hlarious comment, in context. 🤣🤣🤣

[@borbleborb4586]

The sound a Squier strat makes

[@Nicotrok]

For someone who works with live sound that sound is unnerving

[@FirstLastOne]

I'd lose sleep because it reminds me of all the time wasted tracking down faulty grounds.

[@C.K.Productions]

I am ballin, I am fadin 🎶

[@paul2019.]

Whenever you want to here this sound, just hold your ear up to a power line pole

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

Ah yes, lemme just bring a power line pole into my house

[@metalisonline]

Or hang out in a load center, it gets so loud it fills up a room

[@briarniles3784]

This is what I show to people when I talking about hearing electricity

[@omnipresent7069]

present day. present time .. hahaha

[@charonsferryold]

Fun fact: Japan's electrical system actually runs at 50 hz, so the electrical sounds of Lain are inaccurate to real Japan!

[@Nicholas3412]

Yes and no, half of Japan runs on 60hz. But that always bothers me in movies in and shows not in North America that use the 60hz hum

[@bakedandsteaked]

Eastern Japan 50 hz. Western 60 hz. Many appliances have switch for changing 50 or 60 hz.

[@KeyKay3200]

The Saudi Arabian electric system probably ran at 60 Hz

[@EphemeralProductions]

​@@KeyKay3200 still does

[@EphemeralProductions]

listening to this on headphones while letting it join in with the hum from my microwave. quite a trip! and pretty cool. :)

[@edsonsilva9825]

Sound crazy eletric .

[@oldwinston4691]

Edson SILVA Monica Santhiago

[@JamesBroxson]

Glad other people enjoy this as well. Now time to harmonize in throat singing.

[@sushikorpse7979]

ō

[@rickymagee7632]

I love this sound

[@Philios2Glory1]

Please make a 10 hour please!

[@Campo_]

right click the video -> loop

[@Cynocehali]

Yeah 10 hours please!

[@wchomes106]

ikr

[@Philios2Glory1]

@@Campo_ nice thanks!

[@205rider8]

Just loop the video on YT. Will play indefinitely!

[@RichardMagee-zj5le]

The sound of summer

[@TyronLolXD]

listening to this for working out. thanks for upload

[@MFDOOOOM]

P R E S E N T D A Y / / P R E S E N T T I M E

[@NorskyFrosty]

one of the best sounds on the planet fr

[@MimMim-hs2rs]

Love this.

[@michaelmule4582]

Magnetostriction ❤️

[@thepussum]

This works so well. Thank you.

[@oldwinston4691]

Destiny Green in the darkness. All alone. Cold and warm. One light to behold. Tickle me. Make me curl up inside. Relax me. Xanax here comes the ride. Tomorrow filled with things to do. But right here. Right now. All That exists is me N u. Comb my chest hair.

[@serlokbrixe425]

Subscribed. This is so relaxing.

[@reidgloden]

I really like the electrical humming sound.

[@AverageAlien]

been looking for this

[@girlscanbedrummers5449]

👀

[@eduu729]

ayy lmao

[@MAG-up7ob]

Wondering why..

[@RareSquid]

I miss 2017

[@thinginground5179]

Thank you. This takes me to exactly where I need to be. A place absent of reason, a place where If and Only If It's Iffy, can there be any meaning.

[@SlyHikari03]

True drone music.

[@dennyfrontier]

Play this back on a giant subwoofer on loop and id be in paradise

[@dawatzerz]

This makes my head feel heavy lol

[@its_4life]

this helps me sleep for some reason

[@monchichi024]

THIS IS FIREEEEE

[@jclgaming34]

Wow was just listening to it and fell asleep good vid man

[@male6089]

The fridge ambient sound

[@outsider6475]

One more reason youtube has saved my life.

[@hillbrookasylum1317]

Would it be okay if I used this as background noise in a video? I'll credit you of course.

[@bflagg94]

Just plug all your audio equipment into different outlets, it'll create a ground loop at this exact tone

[@FooDerr]

When you switch on a ceiling fan with a burnt motor:

[@mikemhoon]

This sound is why we hardly ever got any work done in a vault! It’ll put you to sleep 💤!

[@alouisschafer7212]

sweet calm transformer hum

[@danku-chan]

like purring, but for robots :)

[@woodentrainseriesofficial9511]

Why does this unlock distant memories from long ago

[@1lapmagic]

If you know, you know.

[@West_Kootenay_railfan]

Sounds like those old florescent light tubes in my house

[@parkerdavis7132]

This hits different without power

[@Sonictrainkid]

this is kinda relaxing not gonna lie

[@Datznet]

50Hz hum is even more calming! :-)

[@LectronCircuits]

Brilliant! Per chance you could do fifty cycle hum as well. Cheers!

[@jaxsonbrushett926]

Mono yellow walls... stink of this moisty old carpet, the lights. WHAT IS THAT AAAAHHH

[@DjTheDogAnimate]

This sound that if u want to go camp Wakanda in US

[@LuigiCotocea]

Of course world wide hum!

[@adenatorgoodguy]

Electronic devices when you plug them in and turn them on:

[@Komotau4691]

"You cant touch this" *music playing.

[@RichardMagee-zj5le]

Reminds me of camp lights

[@andreyguazon1228]

When this banger comes

[@HurricaneCity4000]

My life at the moment

[@MegaBullet50]

ima study to this

[@spockspock]

2023 checking in.

[@Ishtar_Assyrian]

electrical enginerring

[@theminicooper]

This sound turns on my "Electrical problem" internal alarms....

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

Me and the squad vibin in the Backrooms

[@LubckeEnjoyer]

This is better than the other Girls

[@edsonsilva9825]

Macabro

[@highcrimeinsa4129]

I wish my Kic fridge could sounds like this

[@paolobruno8154]

La spada laser

[@horimiyarawstyle]

ASMR for Engineers

[@rainbowwolfy8427]

It reminds me of the old computer

[@oldwinston4691]

Rainbow wolfy i like the word titties.

[@ustwo7247]

Hi December 2023 😊

[@ethanjman5868]

when it goes zzzzzzzzzzzzzz that's my favorite part

[@therealhelmholtz]

neodymium❤

[@AmeKikai]

LAIN

[@VOMITK0]

sounds like the suburbs of 2015

[@Admiral_Bongo]

Where's that art/screenshot from?

[@SamZarifYT]

Such a nice sound to listen to, but it’s the last thing you want to hear when an electric motor suddenly slows down and “magic smoke” starts pouring out.

[@BuriedFlame]

You're just exorcising the demons in them!

[@themastergambiarraofc7925]

sound likes old eletric fan

[@EphemeralProductions]

btw does anyone know what those things are on the structure to the right of the lines? circuit breakers?

[@lamuzzo5120]

Those 3 barrels at the center are insulators to sustain the wires without making the sustain live. Idk

[@jackstrawfromwichita6168]

B natural

[@dhoutdoors8846]

All I can think of is the backrooms when I hear this

[@jclgaming34]

hello nat im wondering if i can use this video audio just edited and picthed down to 50hz u can say yes or no up to you

[@brendenstahl7007]

It’s 60hz 😂😂😂 it has no copyright

[@jclgaming34]

@@brendenstahl7007 lol

[@Eazy_Duz_It15]

str.mode,busy

[@maui-maui4011]

Nice sound no so high frequences as often I have herd close to big electric system power

[@lindayoung58]

"...Usually an annoyance" - oh really? Seems my neighbor in senior apartment building has discovered this or a post like it. The sound left thinking I'd have to search high and low for similar ammo - as I figured it was some effort by her to drive me to irrational behavior. Thanks to you I'll be equipped to counter her efforts. I'll drive myself to the brink as I play this video in unison with her 'hum'.😐🤨🤐😵‍💫!#x?* grrxxghhr !@. Thanks

[@Zack_1818]

B a c k r o o m s

[@oldwinston4691]

Wat the keys in the flower pot. $25,000. Half now. Half upon completion.

[@brentschellekens4151]

When you now realize why the rent was so cheap