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Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by kintamanimatt »

audiosampling wrote: post #39

Hi Guys! I am the developer of the myNoise website and just want to say that all your comments are a great source of inspiration today: many suggestions for further improvements will be taken into account! Although I did entirely code the website by my own using a simple text editor, I am not a programmer, in the sense that I never learned how to program efficiently and beautifully. Multiplatform issues, and mobile b…

This is truly one of the best noise websites I've come across, especially for cabin noise with that deep rumble that helps me focus. Seriously, thank you for creating this! This has had way more thought put in to it than anything I've come across to date.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by ssafejava »

audiosampling wrote: post #39

Hi Guys! I am the developer of the myNoise website and just want to say that all your comments are a great source of inspiration today: many suggestions for further improvements will be taken into account! Although I did entirely code the website by my own using a simple text editor, I am not a programmer, in the sense that I never learned how to program efficiently and beautifully. Multiplatform issues, and mobile b…

Great job, I've been listening to the soundscapes for a while. Just wanted to point out that the title tag at http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/tripOfMindNoiseGenerator.ph... is misspelled - 'od' for 'of'.

Thanks for making this!

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by kintamanimatt »

calibwam wrote: post #41
audiosampling wrote: post #39

Hi Guys! I am the developer of the myNoise website and just want to say that all your comments are a great source of inspiration today: many suggestions for further improvements will be taken into account! Although I did entirely code the website by my own using a simple text editor, I am not a programmer, in the sense that I never learned how to program efficiently and beautifully. Multiplatform issues, and mobile b…

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 websites, are best left proprietary. There's a lot of thinking that's gone into this site. I think the #1 thing that would happen as a result of open sourcing it is that other people would just take the her work and creating clones, eroding her ability to make money from it (if she so chooses).

Choosing to open source something should be done only with a compelling rationale, and the downsides should always be carefully considered.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by ewoodrich »

newsmaster wrote: post #48

Don't know why but I find the babble noise really creepy. http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/babbleNoiseGenerator.php

Wow, I agree.

At least for me, the fact that I can't pick out any real words/phrases makes what could be believable background/nice sound feel like it could be from a horror movie.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by kintamanimatt »

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.

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by ikurei »

audiosampling wrote: post #40
groundCode wrote: post #30

Great resource thanks! I love the Tibetan chanting. Would love something that subtley changes the sliders over time.

Hey, this is what the "Motion" buttons does, although the slider do not move in a visible way.

That's an amazin feature!

I didn't notice it at first either. May be its explanation could be more visible, or it could be made more obvious...

Re: Frequency-shaped background noise generators

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Post by audiosampling »

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...
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