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Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by shawndumas »

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

well, shameless self promotion aside, programming was specifically what I composed my own music for: https://soundcloud.com/shawndumas/likes

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by shawndumas »

Guillaume86 wrote: post #176
fumar wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 usually put 2 or 3 quiet electronic/trip-hop songs in my playlist and then I use the last.fm similar tracks to fill up the playlist, works quite well: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/177896/WP_Shot.PNG

try these https://soundcloud.com/shawndumas/likes

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by Deestan »

neya wrote: post #66

If 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…

Binaural beats are also kinda amazing - listen to a 400hz tone with left ear, a 407hz tone with the right ear, and your brain registeres a 7hz beat.

Here's an example: http://www.plyply.com/binaural/

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by ed209 »

terhechte wrote: post #100
duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54

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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…

Thanks for the link. I actually have that playing as well as the cafe background noise.

Kind of feels like I'm listening to music in a cafe! Working pretty well so far :)

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