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Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by Karawebnetwork » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 3:39 PM UTC

swozey wrote: post #16

I currently use http://mynoise.net which has a huge number of various sounds by a research/sound engineer. I'd try this if I could without creating an account. Maybe I'm missing an immediate test somewhere (start listening now makes me create an account). Also please add google/github auth. I'm really over making accounts everywhere, especially if I'm just trying something out to see if I'll use it, a lot of us are n…

http://mynoise.net is probably the best thing that has happened to my programming career.

I always hated working in open offices and used to play the same white noise over and over again.

With myNoise, every day is different... sometimes I "visit" a Japanese shrine... sometimes I'm on a ship in the middle of a storm... other times, I'm in the middle of suburb living memory lane while listening to the birds and lawnmowers driving around...

The best part of the site is how you can customize every single generators. On the generator pages, there's user testimonials with little heart icons. When you click the icon, it loads the exact preset that the person leaving the review had customized. The site is endless with possibilities.

Stéphane, the developer, has a Slack channel going for the premium users (donation based) and is super friendly to requests.

I'm probably one of the site's top fans and I can't recommend it enough.

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by ribs » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 3:39 PM UTC

ayb wrote: post #58

foobazzy wrote: post #26

While I totally appreciate a zero-config, subscription based, AI arranged pre-recorded, modulated sounds bundle, my personal preference would be to gravitate towards an area where I can control the mix. Something like https://asoftmurmur.com/ The reason is that my choice of music depends on my mood. e.g. If I met a cute girl on my way to getting a coffee in the morning, I want to listen to birds chirp with the sound…

They do have different tracks, and you can skip to the next one.

You can choose the specific one you like from the “More Music” page on the website.

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by dokka » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

SuddsMcDuff wrote: post #52

It's only after hitting the "start listening now" button, after you input your name and email address, that it's made clear you're only getting 5 free sessions. I feel like I've been duped into giving my personal information away. If anyone from brain.fm is reading, don't underestimate how much resentment this kind of dishonest manipulation generates.

ever use mailinator? It's excellent for stuff like this.

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by tom_usher » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 4:39 PM UTC

simonpure wrote: post #24

There's a number of 24/7 YouTube live streams as well that are great for coding. My current favorite - https://youtu.be/hHW1oY26kxQ

This is great - any others you can recommend?

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by jimmydddd » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 4:45 PM UTC

kentf wrote: post #7

I bought their lifetime subscription when it first came out, and it's wonderful. I would recommend, I listen to it nearly daily. Here are more detailed thoughts: https://medium.com/@kentf/nootropic-review-brain-fm-addddeee...

@kentf. Great review and great article (keto friendly -- N/A). :-) Like your other articles too. Nice job!! I also have a lifetime account and give it a thumbs up. I use it for a few weeks, get burnt out, take a few weeks off, and then go back to it. My suspicion is that it's not creating individual scientifically backed AI tracks customized just for for me, or whatever they imply. I think that back story is BS. But it does work great for me. So the exaggerated marketing claims don't bother me at all.

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by jimmydddd » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 4:48 PM UTC

forrest92 wrote: post #83

Tried it based on all the positive reviews here and really didn't like it. A lot of their modes had some heavy noise distortion that distracted me more than it calmed me. I am really not sure why people would choose something like this over just scouring youtube and spotify.

Your are correct that Y-tube now has a lot of tracks that would likely work just as well, such as the binaural beats, etc. A problem I have with that approach, however, is that then you have Y-tube opened, and we all know where that can lead. :-)

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by sorum » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 5:36 PM UTC

awb wrote: post #84

SuddsMcDuff wrote: post #52

It's only after hitting the "start listening now" button, after you input your name and email address, that it's made clear you're only getting 5 free sessions. I feel like I've been duped into giving my personal information away. If anyone from brain.fm is reading, don't underestimate how much resentment this kind of dishonest manipulation generates.

For free ambient background sounds, check out Noisli: https://www.noisli.com/ Not affiliated, just a fan.

+1 Noisli has had a spot on my bookmark bar for some time now. Can mix together your own favourites, which also sync to the mobile app.

Also just a fan.

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by dan_brainfm » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 6:40 PM UTC

Hey guys, Dan Clark here - the CEO of Brain.fm. I’m just seeing this thread now and want to jump into the thread and answer some questions and address a few of the comments and points of feedback you guys brought up. Feel free to ask me anything.

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by dan_brainfm » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 6:47 PM UTC

SuddsMcDuff wrote: post #52

It's only after hitting the "start listening now" button, after you input your name and email address, that it's made clear you're only getting 5 free sessions. I feel like I've been duped into giving my personal information away. If anyone from brain.fm is reading, don't underestimate how much resentment this kind of dishonest manipulation generates.

Hey thanks for the feedback. Sorry that you feel duped - it's not our intention to manipulate a user into getting their email to market to them and is why we ask people to opt in to our emails.

I'm going to change the main button to read "Try 5 Free Sessions" to be more direct!

Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep

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Post by slig » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 6:49 PM UTC

dan_brainfm wrote: post #98

Hey guys, Dan Clark here - the CEO of Brain.fm. I’m just seeing this thread now and want to jump into the thread and answer some questions and address a few of the comments and points of feedback you guys brought up. Feel free to ask me anything.

Hi Dan,

Any chance to have a Black Friday lifetime promo this year? (for those that regrettably missed before) Thanks!