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Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity
- keithxm23 12y agoLovely webapp. Looking forward to your android port! :)
- noisli 12y agoSure ;)
- thieving_magpie 12y agoThis is great. I was using Coffitivity which has been featured oh HN before. Unfortunately they tried to launch a paid version and that didn't work out all that well. They wanted to tie it to a facebook account and I can't get on board with that strategy so I decided not to use it. There's also the fact that they were charging either 4-5 bucks a month (can't recall exactly) for what amounted to 3 additional mp3 files. That's a tough sell.
- noisli 12y agoThank for the feedback and for sharing your experience. Hope you enjoy Noisli :)
- Gonzih 12y agoColor of this page hurts my eyes :( Ability to change background color would be great, after sitting in front of terminal for hours this green background is too bright.
- noisli 12y agoYou find the option to stop the background color clicking on the wheel icon on the left menu ;)
- Gonzih 12y agoYes, but it does not save it's state between page reloads and not attached to my account. Also not sure what is the point of account. I would like to stop background and be able to stay anonymous.
- noisli 12y agoWe just released the new version of Noisli (http://www.noisli.com http://www.noisli.com), a tool I created out of a personal need to achieve more productivity having to work on loud co-working spaces or working in total silence from home. Hope you find it useful too :)
- iqonik 12y agoI have a 4 month old daughter and paid for a white noise app to help her sleep / calm down. This is a perfect replacement with better design etc. I urge you to make an app marketed towards parents - I would pay for it.
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the feedback! If you have iOS we also have an app :) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noisli/id862773459?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noisli/id862773459?mt=8
- nsxwolf 12y agoWith all 3 of my babies, there is a single magical track on iTunes that has done wonders - on the album "Sweet Dreams: Soothing Sounds for Babies", track #6, "Running Shower". BUT, I had to edit it so that it stitches together when played on repeat. It fades out and then comes on loud again, startling the baby awake.
- dariot 12y agoNice! Might I just propose better color contrast between text and background? Sometimes it's a little hard on the eyes.
- dredmorbius 12y agohttp://contrastrebellion.com http://contrastrebellion.com Though the page colors vary over time.
- noisli 12y agoThanks! Actually, now there is the option to stop the background color at any time ;) Just click the wheel icon on the menu and there it is :)
- bhhaskin 12y agoI have always like the ambient sound stuff, but normally those sites are not well designed. This site is pretty darn good looking. Any plans on an Android app?
- noisli 12y agoThank you for the kind comment! About Android app, yes ;)
- vowelless 12y agoLooks great! I would love it if you added a "coffee-shop" sound, something like this: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerato...
- noisli 12y agoSuggestion noted ;)
- legohead 12y agothere are a couple guys at work who are into these types of background noise settings.. but they kept getting upset at what they found because after a while you can clearly tell the cutoff point. you'd hear a quarter drop at some point, then know exactly when it was coming later, and your mind would start focusing on that, and that defeats the point of the thing. if you could make a mix of coffee shop sounds and then randomize them in a way that feels natural, that would be a hit ;)
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the hint ;) Appreciated!
- darkFunction 12y agoI love, recommend, and use Noisli often in our open plan office. The only tiny annoyance is that I really like the ambient cafeteria noise, and after a while I start to notice the looping! There's a very prominent bit where a lady shouts "Swwwwing!". There isn't much you can do about it though other than make the sample much longer, and it's hardly a problem. Just something I notice. Thanks for the site. I actually registered noisebubble.com a while back with something similar in mind, but you beat me to the punch and I'm happy you did.
- noisli 12y agoThank you so much for using Noisli and for recommending it! Also thanks for the feedback!! It's something we will definitely keep it mind to keep improving the service ;)
- oe 12y agoListen any loop enough times and you start spotting repeating noises. I've experienced this even with rain loops and it's super annoying.
- noisli 12y agoWe keep working on enhancing the service and its features :) Sorry for the annoyance.
- mercer 12y agoI have had the same problem with 'ambient sound' apps, and they eventually render them useless for me. Perhaps it would be an idea to layer two tracks of different lengths on top of each other to at least make it 'random' for longer? Have you considered this? (Other than that, great work. I might buy the iOS version soon!)
- noisli 12y agoThanks :) Definitely. We are doing our best to deliver the best service ;)
- sjs382 12y agoVery cool project. I made something similar for Android last week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playwithvoodoo.soundasleep https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playwithvo... If anyone uses this on a touchscreen device, I'm curious what you think about the slider that Noisli uses for volume control. Do you prefer the slider, or would you prefer to tap on the icon to toggle pre-defined volume states (off, 33%, 66%, 100%)?
- rsingel 12y agoI just tried this out. I love the simplicity of the homescreen and the simple volume toggle is great. 2 things: 1. The coffee shop has the Joe Walsh song The Joker in the background. It's a ridiculously catchy song and I found it very distracting. 2. I couldn't figure out how to turn this off. It went haywire and I ended up with lots of white noise. I had to turn off my bluetooth speaker, and going to applications to force stop. Nothing I did in the app would stop the sound. A big play or pause button might help in this situation. Hope this is helpful.
- sjs382 12y agoThanks for the feedback. The coffeeshop noise is my favorite and I've definitely noticed the song, as well. I plan on replacing it with a similar audio track this week.
- freehunter 12y agoA huge issue I've had trying to find music/noise that I can use to drown out background noise is the human voice. I can't find a playlist that has sounds/music without human voice! I found a couple great trance songs that just let me put my head down and really tune everything out... and then there is either a sample of a lyric or even a "hey!" added in for no reason and it pulls me out. And if they don't have a human voice, often it will have some other repeating noise that pulls my brain away from the task. I put on headphones to keep my mind from procrastinating at a time when it really, really wants to. The hardest thing is finding music/noise that doesn't give it any excuse to wander.
- reitoei 12y ago
- federicowe 12y agoLove it! Fireplace + night sounds...feels like I am at my house outside of the city.
- jlturner 12y agoAs a frequent Raining.fm and Coffitivity user, I find this awesome, and will definitely give it a try while working! I'd strongly recommend finding an easier name to remember/spell though. If somebody told me "go to noisli.com", I'd spell it noisely.com. Ideally it should be something that's easy to remember and speaks to its function (noisey.fm, ambient.fm, and backdrop.fm are all available domains).
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the awesome :) Give it a try and let me know how it goes :) That would be great!!
- ceeK 12y agoLooks and sounds fantastic. Very well done. Love the simple interface. Only annoyance is that the sounds are stacked in 2 columns on a laptop. I'd love it if I could see more of them on my screen at once.
- noisli 12y agoThank you for the suggestion!! Will keep it in mind!
- atmosx 12y agoHm, this is maybe the smartest project I've seen, in a while. Great work! :-)
- noisli 12y agoThanks ;)
- Swizec 12y agoFun fact: Spotify has playlists like this. Keeps them under the "Sleep" collection. But this is awesome! I love the clean aesthetic. /me goes back to blasting bad pop music through youtube
- noisli 12y agoThank you! Glad you love it :)
- jakobegger 12y agoReminded me of Myst. So nice.
- noisli 12y agoThanks ;)
- blklane 12y agoThere is a free app that has the same basic functionality that came out a few months ago: http://noiz.io/ http://noiz.io/
- pluma 12y ago> a free [OSX] app I was expecting a mobile app. Or at least something cross-platform.
- noisli 12y agoActually the first version of Noisli has been launched in September 2013 ;) ..and Noisli is free too :)
- k-mcgrady 12y agoThere are lots of apps that do this. I used to use them to help me sleep. There was a fantastic thunder storm one but it was quite expensive. The songs were incredible though.
- blklane 12y agoThere is a free app that has the same basic functionality that came out a few months ago: http://noiz.io/ http://noiz.io/
- publicfig 12y agoI wish it would tell you somewhere that you can only have a certain amount of sounds at once, that was a bit confusing. Great work though!
- noisli 12y agoThe sound limitation is actually due to browsers limitation. Will keep working to enhance the experience! Thanks for the feedback!
- character0 12y agoI'm in my happy place. www.noisli.com/get_combo_by_link/LfuyDN4ryc0DE7x Where did you source these loops for this project?
- noisli 12y agoSo glad you found your happy place on Noisli :)
- gr3yh47 12y agotool to drive you nuts at work if white noise isn't your thing
- noisli 12y agoWe have a selection of other sounds too. What about birds and water stream? :)
- bshimmin 12y agoI discovered that if you turn all the sounds on, it quite rapidly has the opposite effect of the submission's title.
- noisli 12y agoMaybe activate just a few for now ;)
- Tad_Ghostly 12y agoalert - "Whoa there, you sure that's relaxing?"
- maerF0x0 12y agoSign up with google permissions: >"Upload, download, update, and delete files in your Google Drive. Create, access, update, and delete native Google documents in your Google Drive. Manage files and documents in your Google Drive (e.g., search, organize, and modify permissions and other metadata, such as title)" Hell. Fucking. No.
- noisli 12y agoWe have a built in text editor feature, and you can also save on Google Drive
- nazgob 12y agoMake it optional then. Permissions are really scary.
- noisli 12y agoSure! Will definitely look into it. We don't want to ask permission for something we do not need.
- maerF0x0 12y agoto give you context to that permission: If someone stores business information there, then they're giving your free reign to view/change/delete their taxes, invoices, payroll etc. Or maybe they store something personal there: Selfies and private cat photos... I basically do not give this permission to anything because there is too much at stake. I wish there was a way to give that permission to a single folder or file.
- namuol 12y agoI'd guess that these permissions actually only pertain to files that the app itself creates.
- meat_fist 12y ago
- salimmadjd 12y agoThis is great. Why do you need an 8 character password? Are you planning on adding some kind of a payment feature later? For things I don't care, I just use a simple password.
- sosborn 12y ago>For things I don't care, I just use a simple password. Maybe you don't care, but others might.
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the support ;)
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- dredmorbius 12y agoOne problem that is exposed by low-quality / frequently reused passwords isn't so much poor password protocol among users (though there's that), but overauthentication on the part of sites and apps. If your users are giving you poor passwords, maybe you shouldn't be using accounts.
- noisli 12y agoWe simple wanted a safer solution. Nothing to do with obscure plans :)
- higherpurpose 12y agoPlenty of simple two-word passwords.
- Yhippa 12y agoFuture feature request: ASMR sounds.
- noisli 12y agoGotcha ;)
- saganus 12y agoThis is delicious!
- noisli 12y agoThank you :)
- goronbjorn 12y agoThere's an app for Mac/iOS ($4.99) called WhiteNoise that does a similar thing. It also has a really extensive library of new sounds you can add: http://www.tmsoft.com/white-noise/ http://www.tmsoft.com/white-noise/
- gh02t 12y agoAndroid too. It was one of the first things I bought when I moved from iOS to Android. Helps me sleep.
- sergiotapia 12y agoAwesome tool! I've been a big fan of Rainy Cafe for quite some time but I'm going to give this one a shot this week. Thanks! http://rainycafe.com/ http://rainycafe.com/
- noisli 12y agoThank you! And please let me know how it go ;)
- RobotCaleb 12y agoNeat tool. Your page completely fails to render, however, if I keep connect.facebook.net blocked. Stops processing at FB.init({ appId : '1496974077209368', cookie:true, xfbml: true, version:'v2.0'});
- noisli 12y agoThe website should be back ;)
- bhayden 12y agoFailing to load for me on Firefox 35.0.1 with the Disconnect add-in. Working fine in IE. ReferenceError: FB is not defined application-96c626561436c4678adfdaf2587c9beb.js:11386 "SoundManager V2.97a.20140901 (HTML5-only mode)" application-96c626561436c4678adfdaf2587c9beb.js:20912 "SoundManager 2 HTML5 support: mp3 = true, mp4 = true, ogg = true, opus = true, wav = true" application-96c626561436c4678adfdaf2587c9beb.js:20912 "SoundManager 2: Ready. ✓"
- noisli 12y agothanks for the feedback.
- getdavidhiggins 12y agoI listen to this whilst surfing the web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZLlumRLsbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZLlumRLsbQ Also handy: https://coffitivity.com/ https://coffitivity.com/ http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/ http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/ This is a personal favorite too - Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA Personally, whilst coding, I enjoy absolute terrifying silence.
- timfreund 12y agoCan't remember where I found it, but someone once shared this command to fake the Star Trek engine noise: play -c2 -n synth whitenoise band -n 100 24 band -n 300 100 gain +20 flanger
- noisli 12y agothat would be a funny combo :)
- bduerst 12y agoNice. I've used the TNG one before :) Here's on of my current favorites: http://www.calm.com/ http://www.calm.com/
- logn 12y agoIf you like Star Trek engine noise, you'll like my app, a desktop Java app: http://sourceforge.net/projects/applpi/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/applpi/
- davej 12y agoThe Soundcloud links are giving me a 502/504 which means that I don't hear anything.
- jader201 12y agoThe iOS app ($1.99) should more prevalent here too (it's buried in comments below): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noisli/id862773459?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noisli/id862773459?mt=8
- noisli 12y agoThank you for the support :)
- humanrobot 12y agoLooks like http://asoftmurmur.com/ http://asoftmurmur.com/
- flurdy 12y agoIt is more the other way round. Asoftmurmur was pretty ugly https://web.archive.org/web/20141012204201/http://asoftmurmur.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141012204201/http://asoftmurmu... but has recently updated to look like noisli.com. Don't get me wrong Asoftmurmur.com is also great, and I tend to use a combination of noisli and it.
- jaigouk 12y agonoisli is one of product I love to use. and it seems server is on fire! I hope lots of people can get some productivity boost by using it.
- noisli 12y agoThanks ;)
- chipuni 12y agoThanks for reading our comments! What does your site offer that http://mynoise.net/ http://mynoise.net/ does not?
- noisli 12y agoOn Noisli we offer different features to support your productivity. Besides the sounds, we also have a Timer (useful especially for time management techniques) and the built in distraction-free Text Editor with Markdown support (Very much appreciated by blogger, students and writers)
- Arag 12y agoCan you consider sharing your Mnemosyne deck about Ruby and other technology? I am currently making something identical and it would be pointless energy on duplicating something already done. Note: I am posting here as commenting on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8184615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8184615 expired.
- clafferty 12y agoGreat job, I'll be trying this out during my next sprint. So far Soundrown is my favourite. Both seem very similar in functionality but I prefer the visual style of Soundrown more. http://soundrown.com/ http://soundrown.com/
- noisli 12y agoPlease give Noisli a try and let us know ;)
- Xorlev 12y agoI've noticed on the propeller and nighttime sounds that there's a gap in their playback as the loop starts again that's honestly quite jarring. Especially when the propeller is the primary background sound. Even the fire has a noticeable pause.
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the feedback!
- jpatte 12y agoThis is great! Being able to save my favorite combos and set an "off" timer is nice, now would it be possible to set a timer to automatically switch to another (random or specific) combo? I'd light to define day/night cycles or sun/rain cycles :) Also, once you saved a combo, how do you edit it? It seems there is no way to get back to the home page once a fav combo is started.
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the feedback! Just click on the star icon to open/close the combo view ;)
- lentil_soup 12y agoWhat's the benefit of signing up? Couldn't find any information about it
- noisli 12y agoHere you can find more info ;) http://www.noisli.com/features http://www.noisli.com/features
- ianopolous 12y agoI would pay for a version that had an Australian bush option with occasional kookaburras and bell birds, maybe lyre birds and wattle birds too.
- traduz 12y agoThis is awesome, looking forward for an android app so I can use on my tablet and try with my daughter. Too bad that the website is going offline :(
- noisli 12y agoWe are working on it :)
- Flow 12y agoLooks like a nice app, bought it for iOS. I love the "animate" feature of this page: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/rainNoiseGenerator.php http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/rainNoiseGenerator.php Any change of the app getting something like it? Or perhaps a new app?
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the support and for the kind feedback! Definitely will keep it in mind for further developments ;)
- saganus 12y agoIs there a limit on the amount of sounds I Can activate? it seems as if after playing with combinations for a while, something gets stuck so I can activate/deactivate one of the sounds and nothing happens until I deactivate a previous one. Is this normal? Also, is there a way to cache the files locally? if I deactivate a sound and activate it 3 seconds later, it seems to have to load it again (there's a delay) instead f being instant-on.
- copsarebastards 12y agoHonestly, this is one of those things that I'm never going to use because it's Web 2.0 and doesn't need to be. Your core functionality is cool: I definitely would like something that allows me to mix background noises. But why am I signing up for your service? That has nothing to do with what I want from your app. That just gets in the way of using your app. Why is there integration with Google Drive? That has nothing to do with background sounds and those permissions aren't happening. Okay, so you're using the Google Drive integration for your integrated text editor. Why is there a text editor integrated? I have a workflow with a text editor and unless there's something I don't know here, my text editor is better and yours is just going to get in my way. And in fact I can probably name 10 text editors that are better than yours--unless your core product is a text editor, you're probably not going to beat out folks who are actually focused on making a text-editor. I'd pay <= $10 for your app if I could download it without signing up for anything, without extraneous features, and use it from my taskbar without requiring an internet connection. Ideally I'd configure it once and never have to touch it again except to turn the sound on and off. As is, this doesn't make it any easier to get good background noise than just keeping a collection of .mp3s on my hard drive, because the interface comes with so much unnecessary cruft. Tools like this don't encourage productivity, they encourage pointless tinkering.
- shiven 12y agoA contrary anecdote to yours would be mine. I love noisli so much, I actually bought the iPhone app! The app also lets you store combinations as named sets, a big plus for me. As with anything software (or life), YMMV.
- gabemart 12y agoIn case anyone is interested in getting this functionality on Android, I run a competing service that has an Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gabemart.asoftmurmur&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gabemart.a...
- dpham 12y agoCan't download it on my oneplus one, says it's not compatible. Do you know why that might be?
- gabemart 12y agoYeah, unfortunately there's a persistent problem with the One where playing more than a few audio streams simultaneously results in stuttering or crashes. I've looked into it but never found a reliable workaround. Every few months I take another look, but no luck so far. It's the only modern device that I've had to list as incompatible, but it's a real shame because it's a great phone.
- toddsiegel 12y agoLove the coffee shop. Great job.
- noisli 12y agoThank you!
- it_learnses 12y agocan you also add a frequency bar? I like the sound of the train, but not constantly. I'd like to adjust how often it happens.
- noisli 12y agoThanks for the suggestion! Will keep it in mind ;)
- afarrell 12y agoThis might be niche, but if you happen to have access to creative-commons liscenced fiddle and mandolin music, that helps me focus.
- noisli 12y agoWill keep it in mind ;)
- fiatjaf 12y agoThe thing that will improve your focus most is called "The Well-Tuned Piano".
- notimpotent 12y agoFYI I get a blank white page with Chrome. Version 40.0.2214.111 m (64-bit). Checking source, it's all loaded. Just nothing showing. Works fine in IE 11.0.15
- noisli 12y agoExperiencing some load problems. Please, be patient :)
- colund 12y agoThis is like anti-noise-reduction. Which to me is weird. It's the fan white(?) noise which makes my blood pressure go up not down. So I wonder if it isn't just a myth that this should be calming at all. That said, I still think the page is very well made and the sounds sound great! Well done!
- kj87175 12y agoVery nice, I've been listening to http://rainytunes.com http://rainytunes.com. Good to know I have yet another option.
- xbeta 12y agonoisli, where's your android app and mac app?
- Mithaldu 12y agoJust a white page in Opera 12.
- rajacombinator 12y agoI like it. I've used Simply Noise in the past but will give Noisli a try next time I think of it!
- eutropia 12y agoPage a few seconds loading and ended up as a blank page, (due to Facebook not loading). I'm not convinced there's any reason to use this instead of http://mynoise.net/ http://mynoise.net/
- patrickk 12y agoEven more closely related: http://asoftmurmur.com/ http://asoftmurmur.com/
- snoopybbt 12y agoFor a splitsecond i read Nisoli, and i had a micro-heart-attack.
- NIL8 12y agoHEY NOISLI !!! Your site isn't loading in Firefox or Chrome. Others have mentioned it, but it looks like you missed their comments. Just thought I'd mention it again.