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Blowing sand and dust

Wind-blown sand and dust: a dry hiss in gusts with grains ticking against it and a low moan under, rising as the counter climbs.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it does
grit	choice	sand	dust, sand, gravel	how coarse the blowing grains are: fine dust, sand or small gravel
strength	number	0.8	0.1 to 1	how hard it blows at its heaviest
build	choice	counter	counter, steady, late	how it grows: with the counter, steady all along, or only late in the film
gusts	number	0.7	0 to 1	how much it comes in gusts with lulls between
grains	number	0.9	0.3 to 1.5	how many grains tick against the hiss (1 is a few a second in a lull)
moan	number	0.4	0 to 1	the low moan of wind under the strongest gusts, on the key's root and fifth
width	number	0.8	0 to 1	how widely the grains and hiss spread left and right
where	choice	all	all, ladder	from home on, or only from the first stretch of the ladder to the coda
hush	bool	true	–	the layer goes quiet before a quiet threshold and comes back on its hit
quietLead	number	2.5	1 to 6 s	how long before a quiet threshold it falls silent
key	choice	C	C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B	the key its low tones sit in; the channel’s when unset
mode	choice	major	major, minor, dorian, lydian, mixolydian, phrygian	the scale its tuned notes are drawn from

film.js

elements: { 'sand-hiss': { grit: 'sand', strength: 0.8 } }

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