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Name: Backyard Rain
short-description: Nature soundscape audio. A cozy rain ambience mix for background listening. You control the intensity. This card plays rain ambience which was recorded in my backyard.
Language: Rust (Embassy framework)
Creator: Brian Dorsey
Version: V2.0
Status: Released
Repository: https://codeberg.org/briandorsey/mtmws_cards/src/branch/main/backyard_rain
License: MIT OR Apache-2.0

date-created: 2025-01-05
date-updated: 2026-04-08

contact:
  email: brian@dorseys.org
  website: https://til.cafe
  social:
    mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@briandorsey

summary: |
  Nature soundscape audio. A cozy rain ambience mix for background listening. You control the intensity. This card plays rain ambience which was recorded in my backyard.

tags: 
  - classic
  - toms-pick
  - instant-win
  - ambience
  - lfo
  - noise
  - stereo
  - field-recording

uf2:
  - name: Backyard Rain V2.0 - for 2MB cards 
    path: backyard_rain_2M_2_0_0.uf2
  - name: Backyard Rain V2.0 - for 16MB cards 
    path: backyard_rain_16M_2_0_0.uf2
    flash_size: 16mb

demo-link: https://youtu.be/ABbWmZOtmig?si=bKNxzY5MFJ0kZ6UB&t=1772

controls:
  switch:
    tap:
      name: Thunder!
      description: (16MB cards only) Momentary/down triggers thunder. Randomly chooses between three recordings.
  knobs:
    - main:
        name: Rain Intensity (RI)
        description: Intensity. Fully clockwise/right is heavy rain, center is medium, fully left is light rain. Every point in between is a cross fade between two recordings. For example, halfway between center and max would be a 50/50 mix of medium and heavy rain.

panel:
  inputs:
    - id: CVIn1
      name: RI CV
      description: (if any) is mixed with Main knob position, Main knob acts as offset to incomming signal.
    - id: PulseIn1
      name: Thunder
      description: Same as Z switch, but driven by **electricity!**. Very small "lightning" signals cause thunder.
  outputs:
    - id: AudioOut1
      name: Rain Audio (left)
      description: Backyard rain audio (left). Use either for mono audio. 
    - id: AudioOut2
      name: Rain Audio (right)
      description: Backyard rain audio (right). Use either for mono audio. 
    - id: CVOut1
      name: RI CV
      description: Current intensity value as CV, about -6v to +6v
    - id: CVOut2
      name: LFO
      description: Very slow triangle LFO, cyling approximately once every 10 minutes between about +25% and -25% amplitude. Mixed with intensity unless CV input 1 is used.