[HN Gopher] Lofi.co - Relax and Focus
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Lofi.co - Relax and Focus
Author : evo_9
Score : 111 points
Date : 2022-05-22 17:57 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (lofi.co)
(TXT) w3m dump (lofi.co)
| midislack wrote:
| I just get some animation of some dude walking, nothing happens.
| nkozyra wrote:
| Sounds relaxing
| midislack wrote:
| I can only focus so long on it though.
| mellowagain wrote:
| Thank you for additionally giving back 1% of your subscription
| earnings to mental health organizations!
| comnetxr wrote:
| looks great. wish I could break it free from the browser though.
| a browser tab can't really be the backdrop to my work, and
| clicking into a browser tab just to view the visualization is an
| extra distraction -- defeating the purpose. Doesn't seem
| realistic, but I wish I could set this to be my desktop
| background without loosing the interactivity.
| open1414 wrote:
| if you use chrome, you can "install" it and it will look like
| an application then. i do this with spotify
| Nalta wrote:
| fwiw, I take sites like this and use chrome's option to make
| them stand-alone apps. (three dots -> more tools -> create
| shortcut -> open as window)
| comnetxr wrote:
| does anyone know if you could take a window and make it
| always be in the background -- the reverse of "always on
| top", say "always on bottom"? doesn't seem to be an option on
| Mac or in Gnome that I can tell but maybe there is someway to
| gain that functionality.
| oan wrote:
| Hey, thank you for the feedback. I absolutely get what you're
| saying, a solution can be 'installing' the website as an app
| (you should get the prompt in the browser to do so). Plan for
| the future is to have both a desktop and mobile app though,
| which would definitely be the best solution
| Method-X wrote:
| https://poolsuite.net is the one I use.
|
| The retro 90s asthetic is awesome.
| TobyTheDog123 wrote:
| While I think this is a really cool product with incredible art
| assets, I just can't see myself paying $4 monthly (or $100 once)
| for a number of looping videos, a spotify playlist, customizable
| audio effects, and a few productivity tools, most of which could
| be stored in the user's browser, and most of which have better,
| free alternatives.
|
| As a user I'd probably feel more comfortable handing over closer
| to $1/mo, but of course that's very subjective and this may be
| worth more/less to different people.
|
| The art is really awesome though, but the amount I find myself
| actually looking away from my task at hand to enjoy it just isn't
| enough for it to be worth another subscription. I'm not sure what
| the big costs are for a site like this, but I imagine something
| like Cloudflare could kill video/asset delivery costs, having
| users connect their own music accounts (or just use Youtube for
| curation) could kill any music costs, but that's about it.
| death916 wrote:
| Ya its a bit pricey but really good execution. If there was an
| open source version of this where you could use ur own files
| but this was the player or something would be dope. Cant fault
| someone for trying to make some money though.
| oan wrote:
| Hey! This is actually a website of mine, so I appreciate the
| feedback. About the price, any alternative or similar products'
| memberships cost around double (if not more) for often less
| features, so I'd say the pricing is actually quite low. For the
| costs, I would say S3 for the assets is the biggest one, at
| least with the current 150-200,000 monthly users. The actual
| art as well is a cost since it's all original, but that can
| vary if say we don't add any new set for a month, which has
| happened only one time. Thanks again for the feedback!
| gabereiser wrote:
| I tried to use the site but couldn't without registering for
| premium.
|
| If there any free soundscapes to try this out or is it all behind
| a paywall?
| cultofmetatron wrote:
| as someone who is currently subscribed to both endel AND brainfm
| AND has several lofi playlists on spotify, you need to work on
| your onboarding process.
|
| first I had to navigate several tutorial screens and then I have
| to sign in just to hear music? You're going to lose a lot of
| signups. You need to make the music available asap so that I can
| see what I'm buying into. even taking the time to fill out
| another signup form is an investment.
| vmception wrote:
| I skipped the tutorial and was right into a scene with no
| signup?
| gabereiser wrote:
| Really? Because I ended on a scene that was unusable without
| signing up
| ssnistfajen wrote:
| There is a (very stylized) cross mark on the top right
| corner which you can click to get rid of the signup screen
| and then hit the play button for music to start playing.
| Clearly the process needs a few more iterations of
| improvement. I get why prompting signups is important but
| without making it less intrusive a lot of potential users
| will simply walk away when they already have an existing
| solution of productivity tools + Youtube playlists.
| kristiandupont wrote:
| If you are into binaural beats, you can try listening to this:
| https://soundcloud.com/kristiandupont/brainwave-for-
| meditati....
|
| I made it with a piece of software many years ago (seriously!
| It was a DOS program). It's the sound that most consistently
| puts me into a trance. I put it on Soundcloud to make sure I
| wouldn't lose it, because I have no way of recreating it and
| all the apps and videos I have found don't work nearly as well
| for me.
| carlgreene wrote:
| I definitely did not have to sign up to listen to music. Took a
| few more clicks than I'd like but still was able to hear stuff
| within 5-10 seconds
| brendoelfrendo wrote:
| There's an "x" in the top right on the sign-in screen that lets
| you bypass the sign up process and use the service logged out.
| I'm with you, though, that I almost closed the tab when
| prompted to sign in; I don't really see the need to make an
| account until and unless I want to be a premium user.
| niemenmaa wrote:
| Some music starting to play in background would definitely be
| great. Btw, I just tried both endel and brainfm and both
| required me to sign up before i could listen to any music.
| cultofmetatron wrote:
| maybe something changed but back when I signed up for them
| both, I'd listen to the free tracks without signing up. they
| proved their value and I ended up signing up so I could get
| the whole catalog.
| selykg wrote:
| Don't do that, I could see that being bad too. Unable to stop
| or pause is another problem. The various screens to get
| started just need to go away.
| oan wrote:
| Hey there, I appreciate the feedback and the tutorial
| screens will definitely go away as soon as the landing page
| will be live later next month. Can I ask what you mean by
| unable to stop or pause?
| selykg wrote:
| It was a direct response to auto-playing when loading the
| page. I think if you did that but popped the screens you
| do now you pose a problem of people that load the page
| but don't have the ability to pause. Imagine a work
| environment as an example of that.
| butterlesstoast wrote:
| I presume they might mean ability to play and pause with
| either integrated phone controls or keyboard play pause.
| In other words, it should be simple to pause the
| background music if needed. Lovely application! I'll use
| it at work tomorrow.
| oan wrote:
| Hey there, answering as this is an app of mine and I like to
| hear people's feedback. You don't actually need to do any sign-
| up or navigate the tutorials to use the website, there are both
| an X on the top right and a 'leave tutorial' button to go
| directly to the play button/mixer
| orphea wrote:
| Also it suggests to check out two Premium backgrounds that are
| free until... three days ago. Quite a tempting offer.
| xwowsersx wrote:
| Everything I click on results in a pop-up directing me to go
| premium, including links that don't have that little icon
| indicating it's only available for premium subscribers.
| rayrag wrote:
| I've downloaded few mixes with relaxing music from YT and created
| a playlist in my foobar, it's simple and it doesn't require
| browser. I also recommend some radio streams:
|
| https://somafm.com
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| http://echoesofbluemars.org/
|
| https://plaza.one/
| no-dr-onboard wrote:
| Somafm's DEF CON channel is factually the best working music.
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| Somafm digitalis has been my beat since 2008ish
| applecrazy wrote:
| Reminds me a lot of https://lifeat.io/. No affiliation.
| Hbruz0 wrote:
| That's amazing, are the videos live ?
| LegitShady wrote:
| they are not. you can load and reload them to see their
| starting point.
| blueflow wrote:
| This is basically lofi-girl as a service.
| kblev wrote:
| Anyone knows a good radio for dub techno? Something like CMYK's
| uploads on YouTube.
| r3trohack3r wrote:
| I've been compiling a list of focus inducing songs on Deezer.
|
| My method is to vet a random playlist by listening to it during
| an intense coding session. If I can make it through without
| getting distracted I add it to my focus playlist.
|
| I have a subsequent vetting process where - if at any point when
| listening to a song on my focus playlist - a song grabs my
| attention I'll remove it.
|
| It's grown to over 75 hours of music at this point. I can listen
| to it for days on shuffle without hearing anything familiar which
| helps keep it in the background.
|
| https://deezer.page.link/JChycwJz7ArqGDtRA
| aunetx wrote:
| That's great, thanks for sharing! However you will soon hit the
| 2000 songs limit on the playlist, if Deezer did not remove it
| already.
| r3trohack3r wrote:
| Ha! I already hit it. That's why the playlist isn't any
| longer.
|
| You're the first person I've met who knows this limit. Every
| time I complain about the 2k limit in my social circles, I
| get these weird looks like they're saying "who'd ever need
| more than 2k songs?"
| tra3 wrote:
| Is it possible to convert this to Spotify or YouTube music?
| r3trohack3r wrote:
| No idea. Deezer is DRM free, has a deep catalogue, has a
| solid API, and provides high fidelity files. I have no use
| for other services. Personally I'd recommend them. As an
| example of a personal project I've built on their API:
| https://audile.app (a random album on every page load)
|
| Unless you have an online service you won't be able to keep
| this playlist in sync on another platform as I continue
| cultivating it. I do keep a backup of the playlist in the
| event Deezer disappears.
| tra3 wrote:
| Fair enough. I'm pretty coupled to Spotify's ecosystem so
| for anyone on Spotify here's the first 200 songs:
| https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IcZx8V66DzI2apfnutcvq
|
| I used a service (soundiiz) that only allows 200 songs to
| be converted for free.
| subzero06 wrote:
| This is great
| death916 wrote:
| nice vibes. Monetization kinda in your face, but I dig the site.
| chrisweekly wrote:
| I'm happy with my personally curated "Flowstate" Spotify
| playlist, comprised of tracks I can put on repeat for deep work
| sessions:
| https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UScdOAlqXqWTOmXFgQhFA?si=...
| sha256sum wrote:
| Reminds me of lofi.cafe, same concept but without creepy login
| screens and "onboarding processes".
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| junon wrote:
| Yep. Three taps in and I'm already hitting "premium" screens.
| No thanks.
| katcher wrote:
| The best onboarding is to let your users use the product
| without all the pop ups, Next buttons and registrations for
| spam.
| oan wrote:
| Very sorry if the login screen looks creepy ahah, definitely
| got to improve that side. The tutorial will go away as soon as
| the landing page is live later next month. I do know lofi.cafe
| as it's from a fellow italian developer, but I think the
| concept is quite different. Thanks for the feedback!
| holoduke wrote:
| Just type in something you feel in YouTube and you get that kind
| of music. Relaxed coding music, tavern programming music, melodic
| slow dungeon music, dark church chill music. Celtic modern
| electronic lounge music, wizard fantasy medevil dubstep relaxed
| music, sad jungle music, back to 90s synthwave modern music,
| truckers traffic jam music. You name it. I am amazed how many
| genres there are out there. I listen it all the time.
| sinamim wrote:
| free alternative: https://www.lofi.cafe/
| a_bored_husky wrote:
| another free alternative: https://lofi.limo/
| pbronez wrote:
| I've settled on https://www.brain.fm/ for this. I really like how
| I can dial the music in for the desired effect. For me, it's more
| convenient and effective than searching playlists.
| tra3 wrote:
| Brain.fm was a good deal when lifetime memebrships were
| available. It's not worth the current monthly fee.
| r2_pilot wrote:
| I lucked out and did the lifetime membership. It mostly stays
| unused but it's fun to have sometimes.
| tra3 wrote:
| Yeah, I wish I got it too. I was pretty great to drown out
| distractions without being distracting itself. I hesitate
| to confirm or deny whether it actually made me more focused
| or relaxed.
| prakhar897 wrote:
| Yours is great but I love this one :)
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| https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/
| fcurzel wrote:
| Been using for the last few hours, pretty good!
| throwaway6734 wrote:
| https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/
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| Is my go to. The web design is slick, all tracks are downloadable
| mp3s, and the tracks are great background noise
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