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MyNoise – Background Noise Generators
- Claude_Shannon 4y agoThey are great, I recommend them. I also encourage to donate to them.
- some-human 4y agoIt's a weird subtitle for the website, as the function isn't to cancel out background sound, but to add to it with other background sounds.
- austinjp 4y agoI love this site and recently donated. As per another comment here, donate if you can!
- michaelcampbell 4y agoSame, although my donation is not recent. I need to re-up.
- keyle 4y agoImpressive! I am surprised by the amount of customization. Love the idea of the sliders moving by themselves slowly, and the bell, with the sheer amount of options. Japanese garden is a winner for me.
- mwidell 4y agoThis is my favorite background sound website for focused work. Been using it for years. I have my own custom brown noise, and I also like the various rain noises - so soothing! Perfect when you are in a noisy environment and want to focus.
- ssl232 4y agoI expected a website offering to use your microphone to record, invert and cancel background noise via the speakers. Turns out the website is offering prerecorded sounds instead, not really cancelling anything. Still though, surely someone has tried my idea? It would likely need some adjustability to match the phase delay between microphone and ears-via-speakers but I guess it could work.
- shreyshnaccount 4y agoI don't think it can be done.. active noise cancellation needs to be really really fast and is done using dedicated hardware afaik.
- nolok 4y ago> is done using dedicated hardware afaik. Agree with the first part of your answer, but not sure what you mean by this second part. There is dedicated hardware for it, then there are solution using your generic gpu (ex Nvidia RTX Voice), then there are solution using your generic cpu (ex whatever the name of the one discord desktop client provides).
- shreyshnaccount 4y agoisn't that different? i thought that's noise isolation that runs using a Neural Net. i don't think it's as real time as you'd need for noise cancellation
- shreyshnaccount 4y agoI meant circuits specifically designed for noise cancellation. like in headphones
- distantsounds 4y agoASUS makes a noise canceling headphone adapter, and I have a chip built into my Asus motherboard that does it. https://shop.asus.com/us/90yh02l1-b2ua00-ai-noise-canceling-mic-adapter.html https://shop.asus.com/us/90yh02l1-b2ua00-ai-noise-canceling-...
- shreyshnaccount 4y agothere's not too much detail on that page but what I see is that it "reduces EMI interference" from a mic. that's a different thing than noise cancellation (remove the noise from your background so that you hear the audio better)
- jwr 4y agoIf you're looking for other options: I've been using the "Iceland White" app and love it. Very high quality recordings of things that sound like white noice (waterfalls and sea coasts). A sister app of the also excellent "Naturespace" (best quality nature recordings I've listened to).
- WesternWind 4y agoThis site was useful enough for me that I got it for my phone. Some brown noise with ANC headphones and I don't have to hear other people.
- solarkraft 4y agoIt's a great app, but it doesn't cancel anything. It produces noise.
- ranguna 4y agoThought this was a realtime background noise removal tool for meetings and stuff. For anyone looking for one such tool, lookup noisetorch, it's pretty cool.
- rpgbr 4y agoFor years I relied on Noisli[1] — high quality stuff there. Replaced it with iOS’ built-in background sounds[2], a new feature in iOS 15. [1] https://www.noisli.com/ https://www.noisli.com/ [2] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212775 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212775
- prmoustache 4y agoSo basically this is for people who bought and use noise cancelling headphones and want to put back noise in their life. What about...removing said headphones and listening to the life around you? And even better, open the window?
- Tao3300 4y agoI know you're trying to be cute, but if you click through to the index it's a lot more than just noise. Most of the generators are specific environments, ambient music, experimental. > What about...removing said headphones and listening to the life around you? And even better, open the window? Because I'm trying to work and the life around me is too distracting. Because my noise-cancelling headphones aren't blocking voices. Because baby is trying to settle down and "white-ish" noise helps. Because I have a headache or an ear infection and this one frequency band feels good.
- audiosampling 4y agoNoise cancelling headphones still have a residual noise, that you will hear, because our hearing has an incredible dynamic range. Adding a faint background noise of your choice, to cover that residual noise, is a good idea. Then, these crafted noises do exist because of the exact nature of the life around you. For many people, the "life around you" is what they want to escape, exactly.
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- srean 4y agoApart from speed of response that many comments mention, isn't there a more fundamental issue with active suppression using wave interference in a 3D space. There will be places where the superposition of the amplitudes of the original wave and the active/added wave will cancel each other out but there will be places where they will superpose additively. Hypothetically one could position the source of the active suppressing waveform where the suppression target originates, but that would not be practical. Of course, with smart and speedy enough tech one could arrange the waves to cancel at a specific point.
- JanisErdmanis 4y agoEven if you could track the head of listener and send a counter wave to the particular position it would be limited to a very low frequency sounds with wavelength larger than distance between your two ears. Also neighbors wouldn't be happy hearing two times louder noise as it would be without cancellation.
- srean 4y agoExactly !
- mimimi31 4y agoIf you're just looking for white/pink/brown noise, you could alternatively generate it using ffmpeg. I like ffmpeg -f lavfi -i anoisesrc=color=brown:amplitude=0.4 -filter "lowpass=f=400" -f pulse -device playback-device "noise" for example.
- hrnnnnnn 4y agoIs there anything ffmpeg can't do?
- mellosouls 4y ago"Background Sound Canceller" - as several comments have noted (amid favourable reviews), it's not, and it's not the title of the page. It appears to be a noise generator, like the brilliant RainyMood.
- shipman05 4y agoYouTube Premium is great for this sort of thing. There are thousands of ambient noise and focus music playlists on there. No ads + music for a reasonable price. I've been a Google/YouTube Music subscriber for years. Every once in a while I think about switching to Spotify or Apple Music since most of my friends are on there, but for my usage, there is no feature parity.
- Zardoz84 4y agoYT premium can't be compared against this. mainly, because the presets are animatable. So you can generate a not repeating noise.
- audiosampling 4y agoExactly. Plus, creating your own "audible" comfort zone, is very tricky. A given sound that some people like, e.g. frogs in a nature soundscape, can be the sound other dislike, or are even afraid of. Offering level control over every audible elements in a soundscape is very important, and not available on YouTube.
- shipman05 4y agoIt no doubt lacks the customization, but the overwhelming variety of options makes it likely that most people will find something to their liking. YMMV, of course. Personally I've used everything from Japanese-themed Lo-Fi to Skyrim soundtracks to nature sound to Starship Enterprise warp core background noise.
- green-salt 4y agoDo you stream your "background" audio every single time or do you save it locally?
- shipman05 4y agoI typically stream it and have a curated playlist that cycle through.
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- audiosampling 4y agoThanks for the kind mention! I am Stephane, the person behind that website/project. I see a lot of people having concerns about the title - Background Sound Canceller - and they are right. That title is not mine, but poster's own. I describe my project as "Background Noise Generators", or sometimes as as "Non-Distracting Noises and Music". They are not sound cancellers but sound maskers. The idea is to create a noise you like, to mask a sound that you don't want to hear. Your colleagues, tinnitus, ... anything. Because these noise generators are designed to be non-distracting, there is a big chance that your brain will not even hear them after a couple of minutes... but they will keep masking the nuisance you wanted to het rid of in the first place. That is the magic exploited by the project. Create these sonic "focus bubbles". Happy listening.
- radar1310 4y agoIt’s amaing and great to experiment with. Have had the ios app for at least a year or more.
- xioxox 4y agoYour app is also great to help get to sleep. I find if my thoughts are too active when I'm trying to sleep, then having some soothing sound like rain to focus on is a great help. It also has a stop timer so it won't go on all night.
- scanny 4y agoLong time listener and patron, love your work Stephane! You’re work is a blessing
- VladimirGolovin 4y agoThank you for MyNoise! It's a must-have homescreen app on all my phones. Works perfectly for me on planes and trains, especially in combination with noise-cancelling headphones.
- jimmydddd 4y agoAs others have said, thanks for this project! This site is possibly the GOAT of the ambient background noise genre.
- CGamesPlay 4y agoIs there any app that uses scripts to generate this sort of audio? I’d like to be able to download a script of a thunderstorm, that sounds different every play, or the script for a coffee shop complete with the lunch rush and afternoon lull.
- abetusk 4y agoWhat kind of interface would you like for such a system? I created a FOSS alternative (that's not nearly as feature complete as mynoise.net) [0] but it has the benefit of being CC0 licensed including all of the samples. If you have features that you think would enhance the experience, please feel free to open an issue [1] or DM me. [0] https://abetusk.github.io/noixer/ https://abetusk.github.io/noixer/ [1] https://github.com/abetusk/noixer/issues https://github.com/abetusk/noixer/issues
- CGamesPlay 4y agoThe "meander" from A Soft Murmur and/or "animate" from MyNoise are kinda the starting point, but I'd like something that is a bit more scripted. So, for the thunderstorm example, it would loop a drizzle for some randomized amount of time (or better, a random mix of drizzle tracks), then transition into the "violent thunderstorm" mix, then maybe switch over to a calm night mix, all over the course of a few hours. The logical extreme of this might even integrate time of day for an alarm clock, for example. The interface I'm imagining is something like a playlist interface but instead of just tracks it has composable "sound elements". A single track might be a basic sound element, a traditional one-after-another track list is another sound element, then we get the interesting ones like a random crossfade mix of elements, or a one-after-another with randomized loop times for each track.
- Tao3300 4y agoLove this site. I've been using it for years and this is a good reminder to re-up my donation.
- Mistletoe 4y agoIt makes me feel better to see lots of people using this. I thought there was something wrong with me for liking noises like this and using them to concentrate sometimes or just feel better.
- brycewray 4y agoFor nearly eight years now, this coming through earbuds has been the only way I can sleep at night. Grateful customer of the iOS app.
- weekay 4y agoOn iOS you could also use the native built in background noise functionality which is good. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual > Background Sounds, then turn on Background Sounds. Rain , Stream and Ocean are my favourite while needing to focus
- brycewray 4y agoTrue. I honestly don't remember whether those were available when I started using MyNoise (late 2014); but, in any event, I've paid for it already and have downloaded quite a few of the sound choices.
- ynac 4y agoDon't forget Stephane's other project: https://brainaural.com https://brainaural.com Multitrack, knobbed, and high quality sound. Instantly installs a laser-guided focuser behind your eyes - unless you start playing with the settings. Haha.
- Lapsa 4y agoit's actually quite nice
- nathanasmith 4y agoOne thing I really like about the background noise feature on iOS is it actively mixes with whatever music you might happen to be listening to on the device so that when the music punches in, the background noise generator backs off and when there's a gap in music playback the background noise subtly goes back up. That's a feature I would sorely miss in noisy environments now that I'm used to it.
- s0rce 4y agoI find sleeping in a tent during the rain actually difficult and much prefer wearing earplugs for the quiet, although tent fabric also tends to flap in the wind which frequently accompanies rain. Do people enjoy the rainy tent noise for sleeping?
- ashton314 4y agoThis has helped me at so many points during my career and studies. I donate when I can and I recommend you do too—high-quality work like this deserves to be rewarded.
- clumsysmurf 4y ago"I have tinnitus" Summer Night • As a change from loud white noise, try the sound of insects, singing at night. You're welcome! Interestingly, as someone with tinnitus, I found the sounds of cicadas to be very painful on my trail runs. I guess I am not alone: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-experts-cicada-problematic-tinnitus.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-experts-cicada-proble... Hopefully they are not in the sound clip :P
- MrBuddyCasino 4y agoThe iPhone has this built-in. Go to settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual > Background Noises There you can find several noises, ocean, rain and river.
- temporallobe 4y ago“Aeternitas” sounds exactly like the monolith scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- nayuki 4y agoThank you so much for this! I used the website to generate brown noise to mask city noise like jackhammers and construction trucks.