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This also helps cover up constant early morning construction and traffic. If I can help it I just use: play -n synth brown on any linux system with sox install

This also helps cover up constant early morning construction and traffic. If I can help it I just use: play -n synth brown on any linux system with sox installed... it's definitely the cleanest sound I've found. Problem with most phone programs is that despite brown noise being comically easy to generate live, they record a clip and then loop it so there's weird artifacts. I honestly don't know why I don't have the ability to run such a trivial command for an open source system on my phone. If I paid for a phone app to make noise it'd be inferior for money. I don't know why it's not at least equal for money.

xattt 4y ago
Is there anyway to create an http stream of your output? I have a home automation on Hubitat to play a 10-hour brown noise file, hosted on a home Ubuntu server, created in Audition to play for night time on a Sonos speaker. Would love to get rid of the file and just get a live generated output.
- dopidopHN 4y ago
  You can probably pipe that to VLC Not sure it’s the most appropriate, and you might need a file for it to plug to anyway. Not that can be a stream
- deleted 4y ago
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- neltnerb 4y ago
  Honestly your solution is probably already the simplest unless you're short for disk space. Maybe someone knows a way to make Ubuntu create a special file that contains a buffer with brown noise, like one of those old tape to CD converters, so that the system sees a music file but it just keeps going. It sounds like a lot of work. Using 'play -n synth brown' is easy if it's an option. I'd probably use a sound file if it were harder.
  - seba_dos1 4y ago
    > It sounds like a lot of work. mkfifo brown.wav sox -n brown.wav synth brown ?
- temp0826 4y ago
  Check out mynoise.net (or the mynoise app- "White Noise and Co" generator on the brown noise preset)
dopidopHN 4y ago
I use a surprisingly complete shell on iPhone to synchronize git repo. For some reason, that shell can go out of his own box, so he can write into obsidian files for instance. The play command trigger the phone media player but there is a package manager and it’s akin to git-bash for instance. It ‘s provably a pain but it boils down to find the right binaries. It’s called “a-shell”, there is others. I use this one for simple things but it can run cron for instance. It kinda changed how I use my old crappy iPhone. ( moving file around )
- andai 4y ago
  Thanks for the tip, this looks fantastic.
culopatin 4y ago
I tried this but the sound is too… white? Is there a way of making it deeper? I’m not familiar with Sox at all. EDIT: actually in that short time I got what I needed: play -n -n --combine merge synth brownnoise band -n 550 550 Put it in a .command file, renamed it as .app, dragged it to the dock, renamed it .command, and now I can quickly trigger it from the dock at any time. Thanks a lot!
- wackget 4y ago
  I'm having the same problem. I found this command on a random site[1] which improves it a bit: play -n -n --combine merge synth '24:00:00' brownnoise band -n 750 750 tremolo 50 1 If possible I'd like to replicate the brown noise preset used on this[2] site. If you come up with anything please let us know. [1] https://www.cloudacm.com/?p=3145 https://www.cloudacm.com/?p=3145 [2] https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php
  - licyeus 4y ago
    I've settled on this over the years: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 6 treble -3 It's close to the myNoise brown preset, IMO, if a little bass heavier.
    - arnaldurh 4y ago
      Just tried this, as a longtime ambient electronic fan I totally understand what brought me there. Instant calm for my noisy mind using: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 10 treble -6 Diagnosed around 40, concerta helps with focus but does not provide a calming effect. Thanks for this eye opener! `Brew install sox` for those wondering how to get this working on macos.
      - _def 4y ago
        I love all of your variations, thank you so much for this! I combined them into this one, which I really like, but I think I will play around a bit more :) `play -n -n --combine merge synth brownnoise band -n 550 550 tremolo 50 1 vol -17dB reverb bass 10 treble -6`
wackget 4y ago
Really cool command, although for some reason I find the brown noise it generates to sound harsher than the one from this website[1] for example. The command I'm using is `play -c 5 -n synth brown vol -20dB`. [1] https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php

xattt 4y ago

Is there anyway to create an http stream of your output? I have a home automation on Hubitat to play a 10-hour brown noise file, hosted on a home Ubuntu server, created in Audition to play for night time on a Sonos speaker. Would love to get rid of the file and just get a live generated output.

dopidopHN 4y ago
You can probably pipe that to VLC Not sure it’s the most appropriate, and you might need a file for it to plug to anyway. Not that can be a stream
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neltnerb 4y ago
Honestly your solution is probably already the simplest unless you're short for disk space. Maybe someone knows a way to make Ubuntu create a special file that contains a buffer with brown noise, like one of those old tape to CD converters, so that the system sees a music file but it just keeps going. It sounds like a lot of work. Using 'play -n synth brown' is easy if it's an option. I'd probably use a sound file if it were harder.
- seba_dos1 4y ago
  > It sounds like a lot of work. mkfifo brown.wav sox -n brown.wav synth brown ?
temp0826 4y ago
Check out mynoise.net (or the mynoise app- "White Noise and Co" generator on the brown noise preset)

dopidopHN 4y ago

I use a surprisingly complete shell on iPhone to synchronize git repo. For some reason, that shell can go out of his own box, so he can write into obsidian files for instance. The play command trigger the phone media player but there is a package manager and it’s akin to git-bash for instance. It ‘s provably a pain but it boils down to find the right binaries. It’s called “a-shell”, there is others. I use this one for simple things but it can run cron for instance. It kinda changed how I use my old crappy iPhone. ( moving file around )

andai 4y ago
Thanks for the tip, this looks fantastic.

culopatin 4y ago

I tried this but the sound is too… white? Is there a way of making it deeper? I’m not familiar with Sox at all. EDIT: actually in that short time I got what I needed: play -n -n --combine merge synth brownnoise band -n 550 550 Put it in a .command file, renamed it as .app, dragged it to the dock, renamed it .command, and now I can quickly trigger it from the dock at any time. Thanks a lot!

wackget 4y ago
I'm having the same problem. I found this command on a random site[1] which improves it a bit: play -n -n --combine merge synth '24:00:00' brownnoise band -n 750 750 tremolo 50 1 If possible I'd like to replicate the brown noise preset used on this[2] site. If you come up with anything please let us know. [1] https://www.cloudacm.com/?p=3145 https://www.cloudacm.com/?p=3145 [2] https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php
- licyeus 4y ago
  I've settled on this over the years: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 6 treble -3 It's close to the myNoise brown preset, IMO, if a little bass heavier.
  - arnaldurh 4y ago
    Just tried this, as a longtime ambient electronic fan I totally understand what brought me there. Instant calm for my noisy mind using: play -c 2 --null synth brownnoise reverb bass 10 treble -6 Diagnosed around 40, concerta helps with focus but does not provide a calming effect. Thanks for this eye opener! `Brew install sox` for those wondering how to get this working on macos.
    - _def 4y ago
      I love all of your variations, thank you so much for this! I combined them into this one, which I really like, but I think I will play around a bit more :) `play -n -n --combine merge synth brownnoise band -n 550 550 tremolo 50 1 vol -17dB reverb bass 10 treble -6`

wackget 4y ago

Really cool command, although for some reason I find the brown noise it generates to sound harsher than the one from this website[1] for example. The command I'm using is `play -c 5 -n synth brown vol -20dB`. [1] https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php