I just work in a public place like a college cafeteria and I fall in love 100 times in a day watching beautiful women. That's even more disturbing than the noise.
I still get work done.
Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise
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#102Anyone else hear an occasional goat bleating in the background of that cafe?
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#103This was pretty good for getting work done. The real benefit came when my homemade lunch tasted like it was made in a cafe and cost me like $13.27 before tip. I bussed my dishes.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe my recordings are shitty mate, but in general they're REALLY good. There is another one called Holophony, which is a patented technique of recording binaural audio, (by some guy named Hugo) which is multitudes better than plain binaural recordings! I want you to check out if you feel the same way for these PROFESSIONALLY recorded holophonic recordings too: 1) Amazing 3d Matchbox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
I think your recordings are great, comparing the stereo to mono version with VLC is really impressive. But it still sounds located close to my ears to me. Might be that my headphones are bad, or I have unusual ears? I would really love to have a truly immersive audio experience, but so far I haven't found it.
Thanks, I think you can check out those Youtube links I've posted above, they are the best you will ever find, I guess..
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#105Very interesting, but I find I get much the same effect with the right types of music (which are also more aesthetically pleasing, to me). Also, recorded environmental sounds always have a certain degree of annoyance for me. There's nothing on earth I love more than the sound of rain or a crackling fire, but recorded versions just don't cut it (for me). This seems to fall into the same category.
Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
I've been listening a lot of Hans Zimmer's music lately.
Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise
#106Very interesting, but I find I get much the same effect with the right types of music (which are also more aesthetically pleasing, to me). Also, recorded environmental sounds always have a certain degree of annoyance for me. There's nothing on earth I love more than the sound of rain or a crackling fire, but recorded versions just don't cut it (for me). This seems to fall into the same category.
Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
I greatly prefer ambient, and my favorite ambient artist these days is the late Lucette Bourdin: http://www.earthmantra.com/artist-detail.php?id=17
I'm also very fond of Steve Roach.
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#107Very interesting, but I find I get much the same effect with the right types of music (which are also more aesthetically pleasing, to me). Also, recorded environmental sounds always have a certain degree of annoyance for me. There's nothing on earth I love more than the sound of rain or a crackling fire, but recorded versions just don't cut it (for me). This seems to fall into the same category.
Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
I've been listening to the Dave Brubeck Pandora station lately, the music goes well with anything.
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#108If I'm correct, this is a type of Binaural recording, where they use a stereo microphone combination separated approximately at the distance of our ears while recording. I used to be a Binaural hobbyist sometime back and I recorded some (unprofessional) stuff along the way. I'd be glad to share it with the community: 1) 3d Sea - https://www.box.com/s/krtxx1tejeftffaegh4v 2) 3d Rain - https://www.box.com/s/feoczntidb4…
I think there is a lot of space for improvement left in binaural recordings and presentation. For me the suspention of disbelief required to hear a sound from my headphones as actually being remote is really hard. I still mainly hear it as being right at my ears, or maybe somewhere between my ears. Does anyone feel the same?
For a headphone with a particularly "live" sound that's not too awfully expensive, let me recommend the German Maestro GMP 8.300 D (http://www.amazon.com/German-Maestro-GMP-8-300-Professional/...) or 8.35 D (http://www.amazon.com/German-Maestro-GMP-8-35-Headphone/dp/B...). The 8.35 is a 35Ω model but otherwise identical -- it will play louder and is intended for use with portable players (but I just tried my 300Ω unit with an iPod and it gets pretty loud, just not into ear-damage territory).
When listening to well-recorded jazz with these 'phones, I find it easy to close my eyes and imagine I'm in the room with the musicians -- more so than with anything else I've found in the price range.
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#109I liked this webservice!
:)
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
It depends on my mood. I find productive music to almost always lack vocals. I will list some artists and their respective albums, of the top of my head. (subgenres) Many of these artists have great discographies. Electronic 1. Glenn Underground - Atmosfear (house) 2. Aphex Twin - Ambient Works 85-92 3. Moby - 18 4. Space Dimension Controller - The Pathway To Tiraquon6 (soul-house) 5. Boards of Canada - Music has the…
I created a Spotify playlist with all of these albums (except Boards of Canada and Nico Muhly, not available):
http://open.spotify.com/user/ryan.aidan/playlist/5ot3B9EqCZF...