Frequency-shaped background noise generators

Post by audiosampling » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 11:26 AM UTC

kintamanimatt wrote: post #53

calibwam wrote: post #41

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Thanks for doing this, I'm going to use this page a lot, I think. But have you thought about open sourcing some, if not all of the code? With the source code out on for instance github, a lot of people could help you out wherever you feel your own skills come to short.

If it were me, I'd not open source this. Common tools that are used to build other things generally are, such as a compiler or VCS, but an actual finished product, not so much. Open sourcing this would be like Github open sourcing github.com, rather than just a handful of common tools they built to create github that might be useful to others. Open source has a time and a place, but some things, like finished website…

Post by troels » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 11:39 AM UTC

audiosampling wrote: post #36

gadders wrote: post #32

Needs Birdsong: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22298779 Everything feels better when listening to the Dawn Chorus.

There is something like this currently under development. There is a problem though: my noise generators are supposedly active across the whole hearing range, from 20Hz to 20kHz. And birds are only producing frequencies above 1000Hz. So, I need to fill up the bottom sliders with other sounds, or find... really big birds! ;-)

Post by kintamanimatt » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 11:57 AM UTC

audiosampling wrote: post #60

kintamanimatt wrote: post #57

One strange thing I noticed about this is with the cabin sound, listening to it for a prolonged period tends to cause ringing in my ears like I've been listening to loud music, except I'm listening to this at low volumes. This isn't something I've experienced for low-volume stuff before.

First time this is reported to me. Please check the last slider. It produces sonic content above 16 kHz. You may have pushed that slider to the max because of a possible hearing loss. Although the sound you hear is quiet, the acoustic pressure may be higher. This is the only reason I can think of...

Post by dhimes » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 12:43 PM UTC

audiosampling wrote: post #44

NatW wrote: post #37

Nice!! A request: Can you add Pink Noise?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_noise One (of various youtube examples) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtimhT-ff4

Pink noise can be found under White Noise (because all myNoise noise generators are spectrally-tunable, there is no reason to have different color noise generators: the white noise generator can be shaped to any imaginable color, and a pink noise preset is already provided for you).

Post by audiosampling » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 12:45 PM UTC

rpwverheij wrote: post #46

audiosampling wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is something like this currently under development. There is a problem though: my noise generators are supposedly active across the whole hearing range, from 20Hz to 20kHz. And birds are only producing frequencies above 1000Hz. So, I need to fill up the bottom sliders with other sounds, or find... really big birds! ;-)

perhaps a combination of birds and ocean waves, or frogs, or yes, big birds :) ... It'll be a little puzzle, but +1 for more nature sounds! .. and perhaps one of my favourites: tibetan gongs!