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Does anyone else here listen to White Noise in order to help them sleep, study, block outside noise, etc?
I just started doing this a month or so ago, it seems to help me focus a lot. I tried wearing headphones with this stuff, but I'd rather not wear anything when I'm in this mode.
I was looking at some white noise CDs, then some places that sell mp3s of 1 hour white noise for $3 or so, but then-- I found this:
Soundmaster Deluxe - this program that lets you create & record your own versions of White, Pink, Brown, Blue, & Violet noise, plus other things. Kind of kool -- got a trial version of it and am playing around with it. I think I'll buy it for $29.
http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/soundmaskerhome.htm
The software co has other similar products like Atmosphere which appears to sort of allow you to creat your own nature-sound type recordings (oceans, etc) -- though Soundmaster does enough of that for me.
Right now I've got white/pink/brown noise PC source > paralleled > Logitech amp & Onkyo in parallel; Onkyo parallel out -> 4speakers & also Onkyo headphone jack out to Logitech (where Logitech wants the mp3 input to go), Logitech line out-> 2 additional speakers (for a total of 6 motley crew large/small high to low end speakers) . . . heh, yes laugh but I tried all combos for hours and hours and this is the combo that is best for my ears -- this setup gives me incredible custom control over my sound as I can separately adjust output to 6 speakers using 2 separate amplifiers, 2 separate EQs to the 2 sets of speakers; and no interference. I have a 60 minute recording of noise on "reply" so it will go all night, untouched. Speakers strategically placed around the room to give balanced room coverage and block noise.
Wondering if anyone else knows of a Headfi forum or thread that discusses this subject more?
Some of this may touch on areas that are useful to headphone burn-in, etc.
*And for the paranoid Headfi-ers: If you think your room or home is bugged with a listening device, this nifty toy has things like "random background voices" that is supposed to defeat bugs! If that doesn't help you sleep, I don't know what will.
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Mini-review:
Okay, I'm tweaking this thread with a micro-mini-review of some new "colors" of noise this program has turned me onto. I knew about White & Pink noise, but this program gives me Brown, Violet, & Blue noise too. Cool.
I don't have proper time now, but I'll give a one sentence blurb on each color of noise - I'll use water sounds as a reference -- if you listen to these colors I trust you'l see why.
White Noise: It's raining hard and fast outside, with small streamlets of water rushing by quickly.
Pink Noise: Raining hard; but more spatial, the water is further away, but rushing into a very large river.
Brown Noise: You are standing near a very large, reserved yet extremely powerful river -- pink noise lovers - try this one out.
Blue Noise: This is like white noise, only only a bit higher-pitched quick rainstorm -- if you prefer pink noise over white, don't go here.
Violet Noise: Perhaps in between white and blue noise, a mixture of the 2; but I'm having a harder time placing this one - perhaps a quick-paced rainstorm further in the distance than blue.
All colors at once (technicolor?): You are in the water, perhaps under a waterfall, perhaps you start to get swept downstream, bobbing up and down, being inexhorably swept -- somewhere -- and its not necessarily bad.
Recommendations (IMHO): I liked the Pink, Brown, and White noise in various combinations. Blue & violet not so much -- but they are nice when added to all the rest of the colors to create a technicolor noise. If you like Pink noise better than White noise, try the free demo version of this software and try the Brown noise there -- nice. Also, take a few seconds to experiment with all the various colors in combination...I never knew listening to noise could be so fun...no music for me tonight.
I just started doing this a month or so ago, it seems to help me focus a lot. I tried wearing headphones with this stuff, but I'd rather not wear anything when I'm in this mode.
I was looking at some white noise CDs, then some places that sell mp3s of 1 hour white noise for $3 or so, but then-- I found this:
Soundmaster Deluxe - this program that lets you create & record your own versions of White, Pink, Brown, Blue, & Violet noise, plus other things. Kind of kool -- got a trial version of it and am playing around with it. I think I'll buy it for $29.
http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/soundmaskerhome.htm
The software co has other similar products like Atmosphere which appears to sort of allow you to creat your own nature-sound type recordings (oceans, etc) -- though Soundmaster does enough of that for me.
Right now I've got white/pink/brown noise PC source > paralleled > Logitech amp & Onkyo in parallel; Onkyo parallel out -> 4speakers & also Onkyo headphone jack out to Logitech (where Logitech wants the mp3 input to go), Logitech line out-> 2 additional speakers (for a total of 6 motley crew large/small high to low end speakers) . . . heh, yes laugh but I tried all combos for hours and hours and this is the combo that is best for my ears -- this setup gives me incredible custom control over my sound as I can separately adjust output to 6 speakers using 2 separate amplifiers, 2 separate EQs to the 2 sets of speakers; and no interference. I have a 60 minute recording of noise on "reply" so it will go all night, untouched. Speakers strategically placed around the room to give balanced room coverage and block noise.
Wondering if anyone else knows of a Headfi forum or thread that discusses this subject more?
Some of this may touch on areas that are useful to headphone burn-in, etc.
*And for the paranoid Headfi-ers: If you think your room or home is bugged with a listening device, this nifty toy has things like "random background voices" that is supposed to defeat bugs! If that doesn't help you sleep, I don't know what will.
______________
Mini-review:
Okay, I'm tweaking this thread with a micro-mini-review of some new "colors" of noise this program has turned me onto. I knew about White & Pink noise, but this program gives me Brown, Violet, & Blue noise too. Cool.
I don't have proper time now, but I'll give a one sentence blurb on each color of noise - I'll use water sounds as a reference -- if you listen to these colors I trust you'l see why.
White Noise: It's raining hard and fast outside, with small streamlets of water rushing by quickly.
Pink Noise: Raining hard; but more spatial, the water is further away, but rushing into a very large river.
Brown Noise: You are standing near a very large, reserved yet extremely powerful river -- pink noise lovers - try this one out.
Blue Noise: This is like white noise, only only a bit higher-pitched quick rainstorm -- if you prefer pink noise over white, don't go here.
Violet Noise: Perhaps in between white and blue noise, a mixture of the 2; but I'm having a harder time placing this one - perhaps a quick-paced rainstorm further in the distance than blue.
All colors at once (technicolor?): You are in the water, perhaps under a waterfall, perhaps you start to get swept downstream, bobbing up and down, being inexhorably swept -- somewhere -- and its not necessarily bad.
Recommendations (IMHO): I liked the Pink, Brown, and White noise in various combinations. Blue & violet not so much -- but they are nice when added to all the rest of the colors to create a technicolor noise. If you like Pink noise better than White noise, try the free demo version of this software and try the Brown noise there -- nice. Also, take a few seconds to experiment with all the various colors in combination...I never knew listening to noise could be so fun...no music for me tonight.
