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Re: Ask YC: What music do you listen to when hacking?

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Post by maximilian » Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 10:23 PM UTC

doubleplus wrote: post #4

Trance! http://s-torm.com/forum/dload.php?action=category&cat_id...

Digitally Imported radio (di.fm) is a great trance channel. I used to subscribe for $5/month to get their higher quality feed, which was worth it when I had good headphones. I spent a lot of hours in the library coding and doing math listening to di.fm. They have other great channels like "chillout" and "house" which are also good for coding. Chillout is, well, chiller and good for relaxed coding sessions and house is a bit more funky and less "poo tsh poo tsh poo tsh poo tsh" like trance can get (and can get annoying).

ASOT++ btw. I listen to it every week. You can d/l it on most torrent sites, which isn't even as illegal as d/ling other music. Its like taping the radio and giving it to your friend. And this radio doesn't have commercials. Plus trance style music lives on a different plane of business than the rest of the industry they way I see it - which is a whole different tangent I'll not go down.

Re: Ask YC: What music do you listen to when hacking?

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Post by Electro » Sat, Mar 08, 2008, 10:25 PM UTC

vanekl wrote: post #16

Electro wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Go for instrumental music, it doesn't activate the part of your verbal part of your brain. Essentially to hear singing (or talking) your brain mimics it, however when you're trying to read/write you've got two processes and only one processor to put it through. You can struggle through, but not nearly as well as running them solo. Also, just go onto TPB or usenet and download some Beethoven or Wagner. It's 100% legal…

What also works is recorded rain sounds, and James Horner (A Beautiful Mind soundtrack). Loud enough to drown out the talking, but doesn't interfere with the thought process.

I heard whale song, and ocean sounds now thinking of it, is supposedly good, however I've never bothered to try it. I'll have to find somewhere to get it that doesn't charge $20, it'd be cheaper to go to the ocean myself.