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Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by milkmiruku »

duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54
lukev wrote: post #13

Very 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

Ambient and drone work well for me. Brian Eno's Thursday Afternoon and Soma.fm's Dronezone stream are favourites.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by peterwwillis »

gknoy wrote: post #72
duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me

I find myself going between Digitally Imported's "Epic Trance", "Vocal Trance", and "Hands up" stations [1], but as soon as I can find my Tron Legacy soundtrack I'll be listening to the "Sea of Simulation" track on infinite loop. 1: http://di.fm/

I like some ambient drum&bass for a similar sound, but a little more energy to keep me focused.

http://www.last.fm/listen/group/Atmospheric%2520Drum%2527n%2... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzoY_eEnnac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ziP7iMCAok

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by peterwwillis »

fumar wrote: post #55
thetrumanshow wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, at least different "flavors". I'd like to try "Busy Airport Terminal" and "Mall Scene". For working parents, maybe a recording of your kids playing/fighting in the background. :)

Busy Airports reminds me of Brian Eno's Music for Airports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKcu_ze-60

Brian Eno + "3d Rain" link above = Blade Runner. Now I want to nap.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by moultano »

http://soundtracker.com/ is what I use for this. He makes binaural nature recordings. They are as effective as white noise at blocking out my surroundings, but because of the feeling of space and the variety of sound, I don't get tired of listening to them the way I do listening to noise.

Here's an article on his search for quiet places and the movement to preserve them. http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/3627

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by ryen »

duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54
lukev wrote: post #13

Very 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

The best music for me when trying to be productive is music that I least pay attention to and concentrate on enjoying. If the music is too interesting then I get distracted. So for me: techno.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by jerf »

fumar wrote: post #80
duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54

Earlier 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 find productive music to almost always lack vocals."

Languages you don't speak also work.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by jcfrei »

alec wrote: post #93

I like "Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs)" for drowning out everything else: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA

I'm currently running coffitivity and the idling engine noise at the same time. Feels like I'm in the cafeteria aboard the enterprise.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by terhechte »

duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54
lukev wrote: post #13

Very 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 can't recommend CAN highly enough. I've written code to their music since 2006 (with pauses when I couldn't stand it anymore). Their music ranges from kinda rock to kinda ambient but they usually have a solid beat which helps me concentrate and somehow makes me type faster since I try to align to it subconciously I guess. They also have minimal vocals, and if there're vocals, there're hard to understand since it is a gibberish of english, japanese, german, and made-up words. I recently created a light playlist of CAN tracks that work well for getting into the music: http://open.spotify.com/user/1218377486/playlist/5I4ZecZgYo9...

Apart from that, these two albums are also good for getting into it:

CAN - Tago Mago

CAN - Future Days

(Also, their music is from 1968 - 1973 but sounds very contemporary) Edit: Lines

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