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I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app
- tacoooooooo 10d agothis is pretty cool. some of the lower frequencies make my ears feel weird. I wonder if this could be extended to do binaural beats
- oldmanrahul 9d agoThanks for checking it out! I've considered adding binaural beats, but kept v1 simple with two sounds I regularly use... I also think you're only supposed to listen to binaural for ~40 mins or so to get you brain on the right wavelength. Will look into it!
- memorydial 10d agoI really like this. I had a look through the source code as well and it's cool you shared it. I generally listen to white noise when I am trying to concentrate, but its Dave Clarke's techno/electo podcast, "White Noise"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36FkrrpzFOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36FkrrpzFOA
- oldmanrahul 9d agoThanks for checking it out!
- chrislh 10d agoThere's a sneaky menu bar background noise app already built into MacOS. You can add "Hearing" to the menu bar (or control center) from settings, and then use that to enable "Background Sounds"
- bonsai_spool 10d agoYes! It also exists on iOS, where it’s possible to play both brown/white/pink/fire/seaside noise at the same time as other media
- xoxxala 10d agoiOS and iPadOS also have that under Accessibility-Audio Visual settings.
- maroonblazer 10d agoI had no idea this existed, thank you! Is "Dark noise" the equivalent of "Brown noise"?
- hatthew 10d agoYes. Note: Generally "dark" (as opposed to "bright") means emphasis on the lower frequencies, which is a good description for brown noise, but they aren't formally the same. Formally, brown noise refers to a power distribution that drops ~6 dB per octave, and I have no idea how strictly apple's "dark noise" matches the technical specifications of that.
- xattt 10d agoI can’t quite tell if Apple putting handy utilities (e.g. white noise) and options (e.g. reduce motion) within Accessibility settings, along with controls for braille readers and joystick controls, is part of a universal provision initiative (i.e. reducing stigma in having to use Accessibility settings).
- upbeat_general 9d agoMy uneducated guess is that it’s done to avoid clutter for the rest of the settings and because accessibility is a good justification to outweigh this concern.
- oldmanrahul 9d agoThis is my guess as well. It's probably easier to get buy-in from stakeholders if what you want to add is hidden behind menu options (reduced risk).
- nozzlegear 9d agoI've been trying to use this since they introduced it, but something on my Mac is constantly turning it off, seemingly at random. Sometimes it'll happen 3-4 times per minute until I give up and turn on a YouTube video. Only affects the background noise feature, doesn't affect any other sound, music or video. I have no idea what causes it.
- oldmanrahul 9d agoGood find! Will check it out.
- SugarReflex 10d agoWhat's the deal with brown noise and dark noise etc? How does it help you? And how does it help you?
- callc 9d agoI use brown noise sometimes to focus. It’s like an auditory blank wall. I’m sure I could train my brain to ignore the random sounds around me, since I grew up in a not super noisy city. It really does help me ignore the distracting sounds. It gives my easy something to focus on rather than distracting noises.
- wvbdmp 9d agoI have noticed that shoegaze/wall-of-sound music can work well for this, eg. My Bloody Valentine. With the added benefit of being music.
- 0xbadcafebee 9d agoThe colors refer to variations in wavelength (light ~ sound) adjusted to human perception of soundwaves (https://tinyurl.com/3bzy7a7s https://tinyurl.com/3bzy7a7s). It helps muffle ambient sound that might distract your brain. Studies show they have effects: brown = executive function/memory, pink = sleep/concentration, green = calming, white = productivity/annoying. Dark noise isn't an accepted term, it's a marketing term for a tweaked version of brown noise
- oldmanrahul 9d agoThis ^^^
- scottchiefbaker 10d ago[dead]
- jdjfnfjdjjeh 9d agoUmmmmm might want to rethink the naming ... South park defined the term brown noise as a sound designed to make you shit yourself ( this was over 2 decades ago BTW )
- CharlesW 9d agoThat’s “brown note”: https://southpark.wiki.gg/wiki/The_Brown_Note https://southpark.wiki.gg/wiki/The_Brown_Note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note
- jdjfnfjdjjeh 7d agoThanks for the correction ... But its still too close for comfort :)
- oldmanrahul 9d agoLOL