Very nice. I'm a huge fan of https://mynoise.net/ , I'll try yours for a bit to see how they compare.
I use https://brain.fm.
Not convinced by all the science claims, but it does seem to help me to focus.
Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
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Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#22I don't get it. I love ambient tunes and listen to them for 1-10 hours a day while doing stuff. Any time I need to focus (even when writing an email) I'll throw on my favorite ambient music. How is this any different? Why would I get a "premium" account for some random website when there's an entire catalog of ambient music on Spotify/Apple/etc that I could listen to?
The biggest differentiator may be the infinite length of tracks. Once you tune into something that fits it can be left going as long as necessary. With other services there is a need to compose play lists or restart the player when a selection ends.
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#23I really dislike that after clicking `Start Listening Free` there is no way to get back to the home page. https://www.flowful.app/ redirects to https://www.flowful.app/player after that.
I figured people wouldn't want to keep navigating the landing page after they had already seen it once. This way you can just head straight back into the app.
An incognito tab will let you see it again though.
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#24Why are some songs marked as "ADHD"? This sounds like a medical claim that you should not be making.
> This sounds like a medical claim that you should not be making.
You're going to have to explain that one.
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#25I really dislike that after clicking `Start Listening Free` there is no way to get back to the home page. https://www.flowful.app/ redirects to https://www.flowful.app/player after that.
I figured people wouldn't want to keep navigating the landing page after they had already seen it once. This way you can just head straight back into the app. An incognito tab will let you see it again though.
Requiring people to use an incognito window to see the home page again (or get to the chose your style screen) isn't a good idea imo :)
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#26I'll give it a go, haven't used ambient music in some time. Just one picky thing, I found that even when on same volume levels, some tracks are way louder, but maybe its just me
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#27Call me old fashioned but I prefer chill music that was hand crafted by a DJ blending samples from wide influences as in the Buddha Bar or Cafe Del Mar collections. I am afraid all these LoFi channels and Spotify Focus playlists songs are in reality just procedurally generated by them under some made up lables so in reality no artists are actually paid for the stream and the money (what little there is anymore) goes…
I think it just depends on what you're in the mood for.
Every now and then I'll put on a chill channel, but usually I'm looking for something more specific than that.
At least for now, the quality gap between something custom-made, and a procedural track is pretty large
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#28Is the piano detuned by intention (which is something that rather bothers my concentration)? Does the algorithm select the sounds itself? Is there information on how the "generator" works?
I just updated the FAQ (https://flowful.app/faq) but will post here also:
I record a bunch of samples from VSTs I have. Once I have the samples I upload them to a server, which you request when you load up a song. In your browser, the generators (which is another way of saying 'tracks') then piece together these samples in ways I have coded. So for example, I might have a list of chords which sound good, and a loop which selects from that set. Or maybe a bunch of note patterns to play at a certain interval, but they only have a small probability to play. To make it always unique (and hopefully always fairly interesting), I do things like automate filters, introduce randomness, and switch things around based on how long the track has been running for. Each track has it's own pre-defined set of samples and musical key. The code works on the arrangement, randomness and modulation over time. These random effects are different every play, and so each person will have a slightly different song than the next.
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#29I'll give it a go, haven't used ambient music in some time. Just one picky thing, I found that even when on same volume levels, some tracks are way louder, but maybe its just me
Yeah, this is something I am still struggling with. The gain normalization is super manual currently, so I want to try and programmatically even them out between tracks. Sorry about that!
Re: Show HN: I made some ambient music generators that run in your browser
#30I don't get it. I love ambient tunes and listen to them for 1-10 hours a day while doing stuff. Any time I need to focus (even when writing an email) I'll throw on my favorite ambient music. How is this any different? Why would I get a "premium" account for some random website when there's an entire catalog of ambient music on Spotify/Apple/etc that I could listen to?
The biggest differentiator may be the infinite length of tracks. Once you tune into something that fits it can be left going as long as necessary. With other services there is a need to compose play lists or restart the player when a selection ends.
Most services have a "radio" station based on that song/genre that gives you almost endless listening time for that type of content.