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Cat purr generator

289 points by kleer001 11y ago

_mikz 11y ago
Suprisingly soothing :)
rhaps0dy 11y ago
My laptop is even vibrating to the touch from the sound. I'm typing on a cat!
MattBearman 11y ago
Love this. Even though it doesn't sound 100% real, it's still just such a relaxing sound, it may well become be go to work music.
- audiosampling 11y ago
  I agree with you, it doesn't sound as real as I wished it to be. Cat Purr was a request of many early myNoise users. At beginning, I kept explaining all the reasons why the myNoise sound player was not designed for playing a cat purr (it was initially designed to play random-phase and flat spectrum noises such as white noise and rain) and why I wouldn't implement a cat purr. Then, I gave up and programmed it, just to stop people asking :D It is not the myNoise sound I am the most proud of, but it seems that people like it (or the concept).
  - w0000t 11y ago
    So the sound is completely artificial, constructed by you? ( It is very convincing. )
    - audiosampling 11y ago
      Based on real recordings, but with a lot of processing.
      - arethuza 11y ago
        Our two cats seemed to think it was worth investigating when I played it for them - presumably thinking that my iPhone was a very odd looking cat!
      - mschuster91 11y ago
        How did you get your two cats to peacefully purr in front of a high-quality microphone?!
        audiosampling 11y ago
        It was not about getting the cats close to my microphones, but getting the microphone close to the cats :D
  - Genmutant 11y ago
    Which one are you the most proud of?
    - audiosampling 11y ago
      To serve as a noise blocking white noise machine (that is the main use of the site) but only with natural sounds, this one is my favourite (try with the Animate feature) : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator.p... In general, all the latest ones have my preference, as I am perfecting my skills, day by day. I am quite happy with the last one added two weeks ago: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/circularBreathSoundscapeGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/circularBreathSoundscapeGen... Check this one if you like sung voices: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/himalayanVoicesSongGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/himalayanVoicesSongGenerato...
      - nemof 11y ago
        our office has been listening to jungle life and absolute rain all week at work. we love your site. if/when an android app comes out i'll definitely buy it.
  - jmeyerdev 11y ago
    While it might not sound 100%, my cats reacted as soon as it started playing and they normally ignore speaker sounds so there's that. I think they were much happier with the purr than when I try to get a reaction from them by playing kitten cries on YouTube. Very cool project and, like others have said, very relaxing sound. Nice work!
  - wylee 11y ago
    Cat Purr is one of my favorites. I blend it with one of the water sounds, which effectively blocks out most office noise and creates a calm, soothing space. Also, my cat freaked out a little when I played it for her.
audiosampling 11y ago
Dev here. So surprised to hear my cat purring a lot this morning, and then realised it was featured on HN today! :) To celebrate this, the Cat Purr IAP on myNoise's iOS App has been set to Tier 0, so you can all enjoy the same sound on your iOS device for free as well! (https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/mynoise/id813099896?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/mynoise/id813099896?mt=8)
- mp3geek 11y ago
  Android app in the works?
  - audiosampling 11y ago
    Yes, in the works. Maybe its dev will show up here little later today...
    - Squir-Rel 11y ago
      Cool! I've hacked an audio mixer Flash AIR app, APK'd for Android, but I know there's a Java way to do it. Look forward to it!
    - noir_lord 11y ago
      Is there somewhere I can subscribe to find out when the Android app is released, as I'll buy it day one, your stuff has been a life saver working in noisy environments.
      - kleer001 11y ago
        I bet if you sign up to support the dev on Patreon you'll know all the news that's fit to print. There's also a dev blog, if you can't be as generous. To me the dev seems really with-it, I doubt they'll announce it with a figurative chorus of silver trumpets across the inter-verse.
    - e40 11y ago
      I would love to try this on Android. Hope it comes out soon.
znpy 11y ago
I opened this tab and forgot about it. Didn't realize it was a car purring, began doing smartctl tests on my hard disk. Lol.
mahouse 11y ago
I don't know, this sound makes me very very angry.
jvehent 11y ago
We don't need noise cancelling headphones. We need cat purr generating headphones!
xirdstl 11y ago
This is great! I was hoping to get a reaction from my cats, but they were pretty indifferent, giving me a look that said "So what? I'm still hungry." I am addicted to having the sound of a fan when I sleep. I can trace that back to the college dorm days where we would use this really old box fan at night to generate noise to drown out whatever else was going on in the halls. And by old, I mean it was made when it was still okay to make a fan with a grill you could reach your hand through. That fan having long since disappeared, I now rely on a mobile app to meet that need.
- audiosampling 11y ago
  Small : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/fanNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/fanNoiseGenerator.php Big : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/dataCenterNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/dataCenterNoiseGenerator.ph... ;-)
  - newman314 11y ago
    Data center noise??? Argh. All I have to do is close my eyes and I can hear the hum. My worst nightmare would be not being able to turn this sound off.
claystu 11y ago
My cat immediately reacted! Must be pretty good...
edem 11y ago
You can choose from a lot of other sounds on the website as well just take a look around. I really like the "Healing Water" one. Another site which was featured lately: http://rain.today/ http://rain.today/?
simias 11y ago
I've been using this website for a while, even donated some money. There are endless possibilities of sound combinations, you should have a look at the other generators on the site: http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php I enjoy "Spring Walk": http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/springWalkSoundscapeGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/springWalkSoundscapeGenerat... and "Jungle Life": http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/jungleNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/jungleNoiseGenerator.php
zapt02 11y ago
There are many excellent generators on that page, but Anamnesis is my favourite - a noir, sci-fi world awaits: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/anamnesisSoundscapeGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/anamnesisSoundscapeGenerato...
- e40 11y ago
  Blade Runner-ish. I like it, too.
unoti 11y ago
Even though I know this isn't a real kitty purring in my ear, I can sense myself feeling relaxed and soothed by this as if it were a drug. I've heard that petting a cat or dog lowers a person's blood pressure. I bet hearing cat purrs does, too. I recently read the book Influence which describes a myriad of ways people and animals have automatic responses to various stimuli; I wonder if this is that kind of thing.
erispoe 11y ago
A perfect complement for coffitivity[1], the cafe noise generator. Now I can get to work. [1] https://coffitivity.com/ https://coffitivity.com/
- cpeterso 11y ago
  I also like http://www.rainymood.com/ http://www.rainymood.com/
codq 11y ago
While it's certainly no replacement for a purring cat pressing down upon your lap, the "sleeping" preset is SPOT-ON. Great work :)
snake117 11y ago
I like these kinds of concepts; simple and can really improve productivity when being played in the background. There is another app for coffee shops: https://coffitivity.com/ https://coffitivity.com/ Although you can't modulate SFX, its still nice to run in the background.
hokkos 11y ago
I have a better generator at home : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bsCxOzsxqxOVhyWVdtUU4zUWM/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bsCxOzsxqxOVhyWVdtUU4zUWM...
eridius 11y ago
This is pretty cute. But you're missing a golden opportunity to call it "Purrlin Noise".
ddingus 11y ago
My cat noticed this. Normally, she is around, or sitting close. She investigated the Mac, gave me the "da fuck?" look and curled right up near the machine and joined in the purring. I used this for a while today. Nice. I was relaxed.
wingerlang 11y ago
Found this very unsettling for some reason.

Cat purr generator

289 points by kleer001 11y ago

_mikz 11y ago

Suprisingly soothing :)

rhaps0dy 11y ago

My laptop is even vibrating to the touch from the sound. I'm typing on a cat!

MattBearman 11y ago

Love this. Even though it doesn't sound 100% real, it's still just such a relaxing sound, it may well become be go to work music.

audiosampling 11y ago
I agree with you, it doesn't sound as real as I wished it to be. Cat Purr was a request of many early myNoise users. At beginning, I kept explaining all the reasons why the myNoise sound player was not designed for playing a cat purr (it was initially designed to play random-phase and flat spectrum noises such as white noise and rain) and why I wouldn't implement a cat purr. Then, I gave up and programmed it, just to stop people asking :D It is not the myNoise sound I am the most proud of, but it seems that people like it (or the concept).
- w0000t 11y ago
  So the sound is completely artificial, constructed by you? ( It is very convincing. )
  - audiosampling 11y ago
    Based on real recordings, but with a lot of processing.
    - arethuza 11y ago
      Our two cats seemed to think it was worth investigating when I played it for them - presumably thinking that my iPhone was a very odd looking cat!
    - mschuster91 11y ago
      How did you get your two cats to peacefully purr in front of a high-quality microphone?!
      - audiosampling 11y ago
        It was not about getting the cats close to my microphones, but getting the microphone close to the cats :D
- Genmutant 11y ago
  Which one are you the most proud of?
  - audiosampling 11y ago
    To serve as a noise blocking white noise machine (that is the main use of the site) but only with natural sounds, this one is my favourite (try with the Animate feature) : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator.p... In general, all the latest ones have my preference, as I am perfecting my skills, day by day. I am quite happy with the last one added two weeks ago: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/circularBreathSoundscapeGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/circularBreathSoundscapeGen... Check this one if you like sung voices: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/himalayanVoicesSongGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/himalayanVoicesSongGenerato...
    - nemof 11y ago
      our office has been listening to jungle life and absolute rain all week at work. we love your site. if/when an android app comes out i'll definitely buy it.
- jmeyerdev 11y ago
  While it might not sound 100%, my cats reacted as soon as it started playing and they normally ignore speaker sounds so there's that. I think they were much happier with the purr than when I try to get a reaction from them by playing kitten cries on YouTube. Very cool project and, like others have said, very relaxing sound. Nice work!
- wylee 11y ago
  Cat Purr is one of my favorites. I blend it with one of the water sounds, which effectively blocks out most office noise and creates a calm, soothing space. Also, my cat freaked out a little when I played it for her.

audiosampling 11y ago

Dev here. So surprised to hear my cat purring a lot this morning, and then realised it was featured on HN today! :) To celebrate this, the Cat Purr IAP on myNoise's iOS App has been set to Tier 0, so you can all enjoy the same sound on your iOS device for free as well! (https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/mynoise/id813099896?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/mynoise/id813099896?mt=8)

mp3geek 11y ago
Android app in the works?
- audiosampling 11y ago
  Yes, in the works. Maybe its dev will show up here little later today...
  - Squir-Rel 11y ago
    Cool! I've hacked an audio mixer Flash AIR app, APK'd for Android, but I know there's a Java way to do it. Look forward to it!
  - noir_lord 11y ago
    Is there somewhere I can subscribe to find out when the Android app is released, as I'll buy it day one, your stuff has been a life saver working in noisy environments.
    - kleer001 11y ago
      I bet if you sign up to support the dev on Patreon you'll know all the news that's fit to print. There's also a dev blog, if you can't be as generous. To me the dev seems really with-it, I doubt they'll announce it with a figurative chorus of silver trumpets across the inter-verse.
  - e40 11y ago
    I would love to try this on Android. Hope it comes out soon.

znpy 11y ago

I opened this tab and forgot about it. Didn't realize it was a car purring, began doing smartctl tests on my hard disk. Lol.

mahouse 11y ago

I don't know, this sound makes me very very angry.

jvehent 11y ago

We don't need noise cancelling headphones. We need cat purr generating headphones!

xirdstl 11y ago

This is great! I was hoping to get a reaction from my cats, but they were pretty indifferent, giving me a look that said "So what? I'm still hungry." I am addicted to having the sound of a fan when I sleep. I can trace that back to the college dorm days where we would use this really old box fan at night to generate noise to drown out whatever else was going on in the halls. And by old, I mean it was made when it was still okay to make a fan with a grill you could reach your hand through. That fan having long since disappeared, I now rely on a mobile app to meet that need.

audiosampling 11y ago
Small : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/fanNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/fanNoiseGenerator.php Big : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/dataCenterNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/dataCenterNoiseGenerator.ph... ;-)
- newman314 11y ago
  Data center noise??? Argh. All I have to do is close my eyes and I can hear the hum. My worst nightmare would be not being able to turn this sound off.

claystu 11y ago

My cat immediately reacted! Must be pretty good...

edem 11y ago

You can choose from a lot of other sounds on the website as well just take a look around. I really like the "Healing Water" one. Another site which was featured lately: http://rain.today/ http://rain.today/?

simias 11y ago

I've been using this website for a while, even donated some money. There are endless possibilities of sound combinations, you should have a look at the other generators on the site: http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php I enjoy "Spring Walk": http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/springWalkSoundscapeGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/springWalkSoundscapeGenerat... and "Jungle Life": http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/jungleNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/jungleNoiseGenerator.php

zapt02 11y ago

There are many excellent generators on that page, but Anamnesis is my favourite - a noir, sci-fi world awaits: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/anamnesisSoundscapeGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/anamnesisSoundscapeGenerato...

e40 11y ago
Blade Runner-ish. I like it, too.

unoti 11y ago

Even though I know this isn't a real kitty purring in my ear, I can sense myself feeling relaxed and soothed by this as if it were a drug. I've heard that petting a cat or dog lowers a person's blood pressure. I bet hearing cat purrs does, too. I recently read the book Influence which describes a myriad of ways people and animals have automatic responses to various stimuli; I wonder if this is that kind of thing.

erispoe 11y ago

A perfect complement for coffitivity[1], the cafe noise generator. Now I can get to work. [1] https://coffitivity.com/ https://coffitivity.com/

cpeterso 11y ago
I also like http://www.rainymood.com/ http://www.rainymood.com/

codq 11y ago

While it's certainly no replacement for a purring cat pressing down upon your lap, the "sleeping" preset is SPOT-ON. Great work :)

snake117 11y ago

I like these kinds of concepts; simple and can really improve productivity when being played in the background. There is another app for coffee shops: https://coffitivity.com/ https://coffitivity.com/ Although you can't modulate SFX, its still nice to run in the background.

hokkos 11y ago

I have a better generator at home : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bsCxOzsxqxOVhyWVdtUU4zUWM/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_bsCxOzsxqxOVhyWVdtUU4zUWM...

eridius 11y ago

This is pretty cute. But you're missing a golden opportunity to call it "Purrlin Noise".

ddingus 11y ago

My cat noticed this. Normally, she is around, or sitting close. She investigated the Mac, gave me the "da fuck?" look and curled right up near the machine and joined in the purring. I used this for a while today. Nice. I was relaxed.

wingerlang 11y ago

Found this very unsettling for some reason.