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Show HN: MindPop – Great Lectures Set to Ambient

44 points by r3trohack3r 4y ago

easygenes 4y ago
This reminds me of the Symphony of Science project. [1] In particular, the original series of Sagan videos. [2] 1: https://www.symphonyofscience.com/vids 2: https://www.symphonyofscience.com/morevids
aradox66 4y ago
I looove this My favorite Spotify genre for awhile has been "Wattswave," which is Alan watts lectures over chill/expansive ambient music
- gessha 4y ago
  Thanks for sharing! It would’ve never crossed my mind somebody would make this type of music.
  - HopenHeyHi 4y ago
    Also called TripHop.
  - carlmr 4y ago
    If you enjoy this you might also enjoy Alabora - Foxall Pale Blue Remix. It's the pale blue dot speech by Carl Sagan with music.
- r3trohack3r 4y ago
  Glad you like it! I stumbled across it yesterday while listening to a Feynman lecture with DEFCON radio in the background. Realized the content of lectures matched well with modern techno-ambient. Grabbed some music from SoundCloud to overlay Sagan and this fell out. Will likely do more given the positive response to this and how much fun I’ve had listening to it.
johnea 4y ago
Shouldn't this really be: 1 Great Lecture Set to Ambient ? I'm only seeing the Carl Sagen lecture...
GenericPoster 4y ago
How much information is actually picked up by listening to this compared to normal? I can listen to lofi without paying attention but Sagan isn't something that you can learn by osmosis. Or is the purpose of this to be an actively listener?
- gremlinsinc 4y ago
  as someone w/ adhd, I think it's to calm parts of the brain while working on other stuff, or at least that's what it seems to do for me, I really want this on Spotify, so I don't need headphones.
  - r3trohack3r 4y ago
    Hey! Glad you like it. Made it for myself, happy to see folks like it too. I have no idea how to get something onto Spotify, this is the first piece of music Ive ever “made” (just threw stuff together into Audacity). If you have any advice/guidance on getting it there for you, lmk.
jchook 4y ago
This is a fantastic MVP, great work. For a next version, it would be neat to control the volume of the music. I would like to emphasize the lecture a tad more.
hyperific 4y ago
Check out the game "Everything". Alan Watts lectures set to gorgeous music with whimsical and ethereal interaction.
jimmySixDOF 4y ago
I do a dyi of this quite a lot just having an earbud in one ear and headphones on at the same time so one on the phone one on the PC and it will end up with a podcast in one ear with lofi on headphones in the background while going through chore todos etc. Not sure it makes any difference at all, as in the same amount of lite work gets done (and similar qty of rewind jogging to podcast as a task's demand on focus goes up/down); just it's a nicer experience overall. Maybe more deliberate syncing of the music to the content gives it a more cinematic quality?
thealchemistdev 4y ago
There are a ton of these on youtube. Align the "punchlines" to the beat changes, and you've got yourself a solid mix. Alan Watts - Zen (Chillstep mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmtxYxezao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmtxYxezao
creativenolo 4y ago
13 Minutes to the Moon is a podcast series about 13 minutes of radio communications up to Apollo 11 landing. The magic of it comes from the music composed by Hans Zimmer making the podcast an absolutely favourite of mine that I can listen to again and again (like any good album.) Given that, I think will enjoy this and the other references given in the comments here.
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44 points by r3trohack3r 4y ago

This reminds me of the Symphony of Science project. [1] In particular, the original series of Sagan videos. [2] 1: https://www.symphonyofscience.com/vids 2: https://www.symphonyofscience.com/morevids

aradox66 4y ago

I looove this My favorite Spotify genre for awhile has been "Wattswave," which is Alan watts lectures over chill/expansive ambient music

gessha 4y ago
Thanks for sharing! It would’ve never crossed my mind somebody would make this type of music.
- HopenHeyHi 4y ago
  Also called TripHop.
- carlmr 4y ago
  If you enjoy this you might also enjoy Alabora - Foxall Pale Blue Remix. It's the pale blue dot speech by Carl Sagan with music.
r3trohack3r 4y ago
Glad you like it! I stumbled across it yesterday while listening to a Feynman lecture with DEFCON radio in the background. Realized the content of lectures matched well with modern techno-ambient. Grabbed some music from SoundCloud to overlay Sagan and this fell out. Will likely do more given the positive response to this and how much fun I’ve had listening to it.

johnea 4y ago

Shouldn't this really be: 1 Great Lecture Set to Ambient ? I'm only seeing the Carl Sagen lecture...

GenericPoster 4y ago

How much information is actually picked up by listening to this compared to normal? I can listen to lofi without paying attention but Sagan isn't something that you can learn by osmosis. Or is the purpose of this to be an actively listener?

gremlinsinc 4y ago
as someone w/ adhd, I think it's to calm parts of the brain while working on other stuff, or at least that's what it seems to do for me, I really want this on Spotify, so I don't need headphones.
- r3trohack3r 4y ago
  Hey! Glad you like it. Made it for myself, happy to see folks like it too. I have no idea how to get something onto Spotify, this is the first piece of music Ive ever “made” (just threw stuff together into Audacity). If you have any advice/guidance on getting it there for you, lmk.

jchook 4y ago

This is a fantastic MVP, great work. For a next version, it would be neat to control the volume of the music. I would like to emphasize the lecture a tad more.

hyperific 4y ago

Check out the game "Everything". Alan Watts lectures set to gorgeous music with whimsical and ethereal interaction.

jimmySixDOF 4y ago

I do a dyi of this quite a lot just having an earbud in one ear and headphones on at the same time so one on the phone one on the PC and it will end up with a podcast in one ear with lofi on headphones in the background while going through chore todos etc. Not sure it makes any difference at all, as in the same amount of lite work gets done (and similar qty of rewind jogging to podcast as a task's demand on focus goes up/down); just it's a nicer experience overall. Maybe more deliberate syncing of the music to the content gives it a more cinematic quality?

thealchemistdev 4y ago

There are a ton of these on youtube. Align the "punchlines" to the beat changes, and you've got yourself a solid mix. Alan Watts - Zen (Chillstep mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmtxYxezao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmtxYxezao

creativenolo 4y ago

13 Minutes to the Moon is a podcast series about 13 minutes of radio communications up to Apollo 11 landing. The magic of it comes from the music composed by Hans Zimmer making the podcast an absolutely favourite of mine that I can listen to again and again (like any good album.) Given that, I think will enjoy this and the other references given in the comments here.

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