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White noise progressive house riser sweep 4 bars

FX 7.5s 2ch
fx white noise progressive house riser sweep bars

About this sample

This sound is a 4-bar progressive house riser built from stereo white noise sources filtered through a series of 16 low-pass filters sweeping from 200 Hz to 18 kHz. The filter sweep is smoothly crossfaded to create a continuous opening effect, while a sidechain pumping envelope synced to quarter notes adds rhythmic movement. An exponential volume swell gradually increases the amplitude over the duration, and a tanh saturation stage adds warmth and glue. The final output is normalized and features subtle fade-ins and fade-outs for clean transitions.

It fits well in progressive house and related electronic genres at 128 BPM, providing tension before drops or transitions. Layering with melodic elements or sub-bass can enhance its impact, but watch for frequency masking in the low mids. The stereo width and pumping effect make it effective for dynamic builds, while its white noise texture allows flexible EQ shaping in mixes.

Specs

Format
WAV, 44.1 kHz, stereo
Length
7.50 s
Size
2.5 MB
License
Free to use, royalty-free (CC0)