Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#1

Post by ivank » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 3:55 AM UTC

Frequency-shaped background noise generators
mynoise.net

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#2

Post by hobs » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:02 AM UTC

Interesting idea and cool presentation, I like the sliders and that I can play around with it.

I will probably use this at work.

edit: This is really good, I just accidentally left it on and had completely forgotten I was listening to the same thing. Very much works as advertised.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#3

Post by filereaper » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:09 AM UTC

I really like this.

I use simplynoise's noise generators to drown out noise at work (oscillating brown noise usually)

But I like having an equalizer.

I've opened up multiple tabs and superimposed the noises, it downs everything out. Hope you can spare the traffic.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#4

Post by hcarvalhoalves » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:11 AM UTC

Oh this is beautiful. Those textures are better than music at times. Loved playing around with the ocean waves [1], I was able to get close to the sound that used to make me fall asleep as a kid.

[1] http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/oceanNoiseGenerator.php

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#5

Post by rsync » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:25 AM UTC

Any chance you can make this a sonos-accessible station ?

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#6

Post by bengotow » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:26 AM UTC

hobs wrote: post #2

Interesting idea and cool presentation, I like the sliders and that I can play around with it. I will probably use this at work. edit: This is really good, I just accidentally left it on and had completely forgotten I was listening to the same thing. Very much works as advertised.

Agreed - not only is this cool, but the audio samples are pretty high quality. Great example of HTML5, too. A few years ago, this would have required Flash ;-)

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#7

Post by rcthompson » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:31 AM UTC

filereaper wrote: post #3

I really like this. I use simplynoise's noise generators to drown out noise at work (oscillating brown noise usually) But I like having an equalizer. I've opened up multiple tabs and superimposed the noises, it downs everything out. Hope you can spare the traffic.

Does it actually generate the sound server-side and send it over the network, or does it generate it client-side? (i.e. does it actually use much bandwidth?)

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#8

Post by technojunkie » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:33 AM UTC

Oh, this is wonderful! I love Simplynoise but this is even more fun. I hope they can decrease load times and make this a webapp rather than taking 2 steps to load the various noises.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#9

Post by hawkharris » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 4:39 AM UTC

This is a very useful, well designed app. I think I'll use it to help myself go to sleep and stop procrastinating with HN. :)

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

#10

Post by lost-theory » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 5:13 AM UTC

rcthompson wrote: post #7

filereaper wrote: post #3

I really like this. I use simplynoise's noise generators to drown out noise at work (oscillating brown noise usually) But I like having an equalizer. I've opened up multiple tabs and superimposed the noises, it downs everything out. Hope you can spare the traffic.

Does it actually generate the sound server-side and send it over the network, or does it generate it client-side? (i.e. does it actually use much bandwidth?)

It loads 20 or so ogg audio files like this: http://mynoise.net/Data/OSMOSIS/7a.ogg

Then I'm guessing the EQ controls the volume. So no it doesn't generate / stream anything to you server-side.