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I use these for coding/studying all the time. If you download all of them and put them on shuffle you basically have ~40 hours of music to jump into at any given moment.
Here is a script to download all of them : ) https://gist.github.com/anonymous/62574c1f8161744395e4 [edit] Previous gist only had 34 of the tracks, updated one has all 38.
http://synaptitude.me/blog/brainbeats-your-new-music-player/
Startup: http://synaptitude.me
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How so? We give it different variables and let it change them incrementally. Calmness is a 0.0 - 1.0 floating point output from the band. This was custom-made by the way.
Depends on what exactly you did, but the SVM doesn't maximize calmness - it finds a maximally separating hyperplane that separates calm data from not-calm data. If you had real-time biofeedback then the person wearing the handband might have used the feedback to help them relax, but in that case they are the one maximizing calmness, not the SVM.
I'm sure that most of the benefit of using this tool is derived from the fact that the music is consistently low-tempo and relaxing ambient music. Comparing that to an album of ambient music, it might not be so consistent in its style and so could distract from the focus. Still, the generated music is quite nice. I still feel that I'd rather listen to a real album, though, created with artistic intent and not compute…
Glad to have the praise of a musician! My family's very musical, so it took some convincing for them as well.
The thing is, it still takes creativity! It took me half a year to create it, and there's a little piece of my soul in this AI.
A horcrux, programmed in. :) It makes music how I would make music. Well, most of the time.
I had to create the thing because it was taking me a month to create a single session manually, and much of what I had to do was so precise that an algorithm could do it easier. Every note, every beat, has to be perfectly synchronized with the other filters we're applying to the music. So I built some algorithms, but they piled up, had to be constantly re-calibrated based on additions to the music as I kept composing. Keep in mind these are half hour to hour long pieces! And there's no shortcuts - I can't just throw a bunch of music in there, because even the smallest pop/overclip/dissonant moment, could wake someone up, or break their concentration... It just got to a point where something with more working memory than me had to take over.
The music in Brain.fm is very structured and obeys strict rules. There are some genres I can't get right yet - rock, folk, and so on. Although I'm always happy when people like it, and I like to think I did a good job giving the AI decent taste, I definitely don't have any illusions about this replacing humans :)
Did you take a listen to the Focus categories? Most of those are 120bpm. (skip around till you hit the classical one - I fed the AI harpsichord concertos I grew up with. Cool example of how maybe this could help some composers!)
Got a link to your stuff? Love to hear it.
- Adam
(oh and also there is definitely more than ambient music even in the relaxation sessions. Give it another listen if you have a moment. Skip around. There's indian music, mongolian chants, and the nature sounds are also all AI-generated. Every gust of wind, every raindrop :)
I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…
Within 10 minutes I felt a strange calm hum in my head and have now been using it for 2 hours with no sign of dropoff. Very cool, going to keep using. If this continues like it did tonight, I could see this becoming part of my daily work routine.
Wowza :O
We had zero clue that we would hit front page of hn (the spike! https://imgur.com/RpUvpiH.png). Thanks for the upvote love!
Here's some deets on brain.fm:
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MOST COMMON USE CASE -
Background music while focussing (i.e. coding, working, studying, creative work)
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SCIENCE -
We actively study the relationship between music and the brain via our lead neuroscientist at Northwestern University (2 pilot studies via EEGs on brain.fm, on focus: https://goo.gl/t2qPPb, on sleep: https://goo.gl/i324Zj).
We're also working the with the Team USA Olympic wresting team (via coach Matt Lindland). Hoping to have the research case study live soon :)
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REVIEWS -
"It feels like your headphones are giving you a mild dose of Ritalin."
^ Hustle (https://goo.gl/Quzwsd)
"Brain.fm has had a radical effect on my focus and mental clarity."
^ AppSumo (check out 290+ reviews https://appsumo.com/brainfm)
"One of the cool things about Brain.fm is that you can try it for a few minutes and immediately reap the benefits."
^ Product hunt (see: https://producthunt.com/tech/brain-fm + https://goo.gl/6aYiDK)
"I press play, my brain switches into super focus mode. It genuinely feels like I’ve taken a double-dose of my ADHD meds at times."
^ Smart girls with ADHD (see: https://goo.gl/VQx3XT)
Reddit discussion thread ^ see: https://reddit.com/3s0sq1
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SPECIAL OFFER :)
I'd like to share the hn community a '$25 for life' deal. (usually it's $149 for lifetime, $7 for monthly and yearly for $48). Link: https://brain.fm/hackernews
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Happy to answer any questions!
Junaid
Oxygene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE9jShG9sD0
Magnetic fields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzXZ_NFVrg
So, tried it and was enjoying it a lot, helped me to focus writing (finally) on a particular chapter of a book I've been dreading for some reason. So, I get in the zone and then click! internet error. Had to refresh, and now it demands I complete a survey and register... grumble grumble. :/ Cool site though, good luck.
Registration is free though! Then you get more free sessions.
I hear we're planning on creating a longer trial program soon. But until then, I hope you'll give it another try.
For the record I don't really mind if people use it incognito, BUT it will keep giving you the same sessions over and over. So you're not getting but a fraction of the experience. We just need the survey so we can better adapt to you, and for benchmarks later on. It really doesn't take long. Also if you have an account it will adapt to you using ratings and other metrics, like if you skip a song consistently, etc.
- Adam from Brain.fm
I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…
sergiotapia imagine in 5-10 years you leave a comment like this and then come back and write ... wow crap the AI is soo much better than the talented artist I loved for life! I just wanna go back to his stuff for nostalgia sometimes but honestly it's not even close. Can you imagine that?
