List of Sounds:
the labyrinthine streets in a city of millions resounding with the drumbeat of a million hooves: the light & agile trot of a horse & hansom cab over wide boulevards; the tinny clipclop of a pony & cart through a narrow, reverberating alley; the steady gait of a draught horse & dray, with the squeaks & strains & shifts of heavy cargo; the quick rumble of a hackney "growler," once stately enough, decades ago, to be called a clarence carriage; the stodgy, reliable plodding of a doubledeck horsetram or omnibus; the confident stride of conspicuously wellkept horses bearing an occasional roadcoach, some may say for "sport," others for frivolity
the quick, directive whistling of drivers & the neighing of their charges
the abrupt whiz & whir of a bicycle, dodging obstacles of both man and horse
the rap & tap & shuffle of footsteps in continuous pedestrian procession, sometimes fashionably booted, sometimes shoed in tatters, sometimes with the alacrity & directness of vigorous adulthood, sometimes with the halting unsteadiness of earliest youth & latest senescence
the pointed exclamations of merchants & hawkers that pierce through the din of feet & hooves, somehow striking the ideal balance between commanding and inviting; the rustling of paper sacks as purchases are packed & handed over before there can be any second thoughts about buying
the fragmentary & indistinct conversations of passersby woven into an endless recitation, a dialogue too incomprehensibly vast to convey any meaning other than the fundamental, droning music of humanity, the song of life announcing itself; this chorus of numberless voices is sometimes heard (or felt) in cities as a buzz, a rumble, a low roar
the rhythmic chanting of a ragandbone man calling out for scrap iron, with a nearreligious power and cadence
the swishing brooms of streetsweepers, diligent though underpaid
the sporadic, staccato chirping of housesparrows, perfectly suited to the pace of the city in both habit and song
indoors, the crackle of a tidy fire, sometimes jostled peevishly with a poker as the faculties struggle to give shape to a formless knowing
footsteps that pace across the small length of the room back, forth, back, forth until they are halted by a sudden movement of mind
the pickingup, flippingthrough, and discarding of books, with the wandering dissatisfaction that comes before the epiphany
intense spurts of writing sometimes just circling, underlining, crossing away followed by long pauses, as if it is the otherworldly "automatic writing" of a medium rather than the workings of an analytical intellect
the striking of a match; the lighting of a pipe; the long breaths in; the slow, hazy exhalations
the patient turning of newspaper pages by a patient companion


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Question: What is an ambience video?

Answer: Pleasant, soothing background images & sound for relaxation, study, play, or work; gently occupies an anxious or unfocused mind without causing unwanted distraction; creates a comfortable, inviting atmosphere; personalizes sparse, colorless, or impersonal environments; enlivens spaces where we live or work alone; fills silence with more subtlety, ease, and warmth than music or TV; offers softly dynamic "rainbow noise" instead of monotonous white noise; enhances interior design & personal style by turning screens/screensavers into live photographic displays.

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