# Dhaba sound — provenance

`dhaba-amb.mp3` is the dhaba's ambience you hear while the driver eats (`src/engine/world/DriverWorld.js`
`DHABA_AMB` → `EngineAudio`'s meal voice). Fetched only once a meal is near.

| File | Source | Author | Licence | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `dhaba-amb.mp3` | [508874 — "-05 SE 4CH ATMO DELHI busy south indian restaurant.wav"](https://freesound.org/people/SoundEnsemble/sounds/508874/) | SoundEnsemble | [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) | "Atmosphere from a busy south Indian restaurant, probably somewhere near Connaught Place. Recorded with ZoomH2n" |

Licence checked on the sound's Freesound page on 2026-10-02.

**Edits made** (`sox` + `lame`, from Freesound's HQ preview): 30 s cut out (30–60 s, a steady
stretch: no loud peaks, clear of the hiss burst at ~67–70 s), downmixed to mono at 44.1 kHz, 96 kbps MP3. Nothing else — at runtime
`synth.buildSeamlessLoop` crossfades the seam (1 s) and `EngineAudio` levels it.

```
sox fs_508874-hq.mp3 -c 1 -r 44100 cut.wav trim 30 30
lame -b 96 -m m cut.wav dhaba-amb.mp3
```