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I've been building the Android version of my ambient noise / productivity website A Soft Murmur [1]. It's for people who find that ambient noise helps them conc
by gabemart 12y ago
I've been building the Android version of my ambient noise / productivity website A Soft Murmur [1]. It's for people who find that ambient noise helps them concentrate or relax. It lets you mix together different types of background noise (rain, thunder, fireplace, cafe etc.)
It's my first Android or Java project and my first serious programming project. No programming experience apart from learning js/jQuery to build the web version. It looks like this:
http://i.imgur.com/3vntZwL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3vntZwL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wzdNdey.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wzdNdey.jpg
Features:
* mix together 10 different ambient sounds
* timers to stop, start or fade out sounds over arbitrary time
* save mixes
* share mixes via FB, twitter, SMS etc. and have them open in the app if the other person has it installed (or in the website if they don't)
I had planned to launch already, but life gets in the way. Hopefully launching in ~2 weeks.
I really had no idea what I was letting myself in for when I started this project. It's been really challenging but incredibly educational. Getting details right (like making the looping of samples genuinely seamless, or getting the background service to behave nicely) was difficult but really satisfying.
If you have any questions / suggestions, would love to talk.
If you'd like a reminder when this launches, there's a mailing in the top-right corner of [1]
[1] http://asoftmurmur.com http://asoftmurmur.com