[HN Gopher] Ambient Chaos
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Ambient Chaos
Author : noname9494
Score : 84 points
Date : 2021-09-17 15:36 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| mindvirus wrote:
| This is fun! Needs a random button that does something like 20%
| chance to set a switch to a random value.
| overthemoon wrote:
| Did not know a train station in a forest could be so pleasant to
| listen to
| sdflhasjd wrote:
| The animated rain background absolutely kills Firefox on my
| machine for some reason.
| bittercynic wrote:
| Same here. Used the inspector to delete that node, and now I
| can enjoy the site without pegging the cpu.
| baltimore wrote:
| For this on steroids (in a good way), see https://mynoise.net/
| SamBam wrote:
| That's my default when working. I love the coffeeshop:
| https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerat...
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| Every aspect of the sound can be changed with sliders. Increase
| the background babble, decrease the silverware, etc. I really
| do believe that a little hubub of background conversation that
| I can't make out helps me tune out the rest of the world.
|
| I love OP's for it's silliness, though. Not sure I actually
| want hospital sounds or zombie invasion while I work, but it's
| good to know I have that option.
| munificent wrote:
| Really enjoying "playground on fire".
| abetusk wrote:
| I love these ambient noise machines.
|
| Hope folks don't mind some shameless self promotion, but I made
| one as well:
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| https://abetusk.github.io/noixer/
|
| I had a hard time finding one that was open source and used
| libre/free sounds, so I made one. Code and other digital
| artifacts can be found at:
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| https://github.com/abetusk/noixer
| encloser wrote:
| This is pretty nice. I really like the sounds, presets, and
| minimalistic look & feel.
| SquibblesRedux wrote:
| I never knew haunted dungeons were so noisy.
| amelius wrote:
| Missing: thunder, crickets chirping, frog sounds.
| johnquick wrote:
| need this as background noise
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E62iA6KCIQ
| Wistar wrote:
| I love this.
| smoldesu wrote:
| The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a
| post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running
| through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud
| 9.
| thinkyfish wrote:
| if you're on windows, you can load 64-bit VST plugins into
| Equalizer APO. Can confirm, cloud 9.
| smoldesu wrote:
| I could do the same thing on Linux with Pipewire or Jack, but
| it feels kinda hack-ish to me. Still though, it's nice to
| have the option if I need it!
| abetusk wrote:
| Do you have some example of this? Either an actual app that
| does this or some Youtube video or music sample that shows what
| you're talking about?
| smoldesu wrote:
| Reverb is pretty simple, it's the "echo" of a sound without
| the repetition side of it (also called an impulse response).
| If you have multiple sounds from different recordings, mixing
| them together with a single reverb effect creates a sense of
| space around the sounds.
|
| Then, to control the amplitude of the overlapping recordings,
| it would be wise to run it into a compressor. It's a little
| hard to explain how it works, so it's probably a better idea
| to link to a YouTube video[0] instead. The basic gist is that
| it brings sounds together, reducing the range between their
| loudest and quietest points (colloquially known as 'dynamic
| range').
|
| Finally, a peak limiter is a more extreme version of a
| compressor that prevents a signal from becoming too loud and
| risking damage to your audio equipment. It's mostly a safety
| net, but it's a very necessary one when you start toying with
| dynamic range.
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| Hope this was able to help!
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| [0] https://youtu.be/5pXbd1QcdcU
| keynesyoudigit wrote:
| Hospitals, Casino, and couple arguing really makes the anxiety
| peak. 10/10.
| korethr wrote:
| Okay this is fun.
|
| Some thoughts:
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| * The volume ramps up a bit too quickly. In trying to blend hese,
| I don't think I've taken a single one above 10. Finer gradations
| in volume, if possible, would be great.
|
| * It would be great to set some of the sounds to happen randomly
| or intermittently pop or fade in and out, and possibly at
| different intensities. E.g. if you're chilling in a coffee shop
| that's playing lo-fi beats while it's raining outside, there
| probably not going to be a constant wind, but occasional gusts,
| some stronger than others.
| GZJOHN wrote:
| Cool but the controls are almost perfectly hard to use with a
| mouse. Must be intended for a finger? Being able to just click or
| tap on the level you want would be a huge improvement, also
| clicking in the center to mute it entirely.
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