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Re: Favourite working music?

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Post by panic » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 11:18 PM UTC

Vaebn wrote: post #9

sethammons wrote: post #6

I have to avoid things with lyrics.

Huh. That's actually fairly interesting! Myself I have noticed the following. I am someone who meddles around with both "artistic" stuff (3d modelling etc) and programming as a hobby/projects. I have noticed that when I do the 3d stuff, I can usually tolerate music with lyrics, or for that matter even listening to documentaries, TED talks etc just fine. Everything slows down but progress is actually being made. On th…

There's an interesting story from Richard Feynman about how he discovered that he and John Tukey count using different parts of their brain:

http://www.centerforcommunicatingscience.org/its-as-simple-a...

Re: Favourite working music?

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Post by partisan » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 12:29 AM UTC

mod wrote: post #8

On linux, at least: play -q -c 2 -n synth brownnoise band -n 1600 1500 tremolo .1 30 That's nice for drowning out noises when I need to. In case you can't test it out, it sounds a lot like sitting by the beach with waves rolling in. Lyric-less (or nearly) music also works well for me, I just have a playlist on spotify.

Thanks for this. I will be trying it for a few hours tomorrow morning.

Re: Favourite working music?

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Post by partisan » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 12:35 AM UTC

I usually go for anything that is free of lyrics, but lately, I've been stuck on a playlist:

MCMXC a.D. by Enigma

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Music for Programming Episode 24: RITES (64 plays so far according to iTunes)

Music for Programming Episode 37: Lackluster (33 plays so far)

Re: Favourite working music?

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Post by cag_ii » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 12:45 AM UTC

mod wrote: post #8

On linux, at least: play -q -c 2 -n synth brownnoise band -n 1600 1500 tremolo .1 30 That's nice for drowning out noises when I need to. In case you can't test it out, it sounds a lot like sitting by the beach with waves rolling in. Lyric-less (or nearly) music also works well for me, I just have a playlist on spotify.

That's great, thanks for that recommendation!

By modifying the last parm I get a more pronounced wave in/out sound that works well for me:

   play -q -c 2 -n synth brownnoise band -n 1600 1500 tremolo .1 75

Re: Favourite working music?

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Post by Esau » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 12:46 AM UTC

I pretty much listen to anything but lately, I have been listening to soundtracks. Today, in honor of Star Trek, I broke out Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan.

BTW: James Horner died too young.