Interesting Software to use Noise to mask Noise
Blackhole Media has written a software for Mac OSX which it claims to “drown distraction”. The software plays a signal called Pink Noise, which is “natural” to our ears, can mask background noise to help you concentrate. Here is a big background of pink noise:
… In the natural world, there are many physical processes which produce noise with what is known as a “pink” distribution of power. “Pink” noise has an even distribution of power if the frequency is mapped in a logarithmic scale. A straightforward example would be that there is as much noise power in the octave 200 to 400 Hz as there is in the octave 2,000 to 4,000 Hz. Consequently, it seems, our ears tell us that this is a “natural” even noise…
Interesting Idea. Anyone has Mac OSX to try this piece out?
Noise – [Blackhole Media]
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KrazyKat says on March 1st, 2006 at 12:57 am
It is somewhere between hard rain in the distance (or did I forget to turn off the shower?) and static on the radio. I tried it for about 10 minutes on a low volume. I found it very distracting and returned to ambient und classical music.
Rex Hammock says on March 1st, 2006 at 2:03 am
I tried it: it should be renamed “Static”…If you’re looking for free “noise cancelling” headphones, this is not it.
Rob says on March 1st, 2006 at 3:05 am
It takes some getting used to but after a while it does blend into the background.
It’s best to use headphones and tweak the volume over the course of about 30 minutes as too high a level of noise will be very distracting.
Still not as good as smacking a noisy collegue upside the head with a ruler though!
Al says on March 2nd, 2006 at 4:47 pm
It sounds like radio static. I find it rather annoying, to tell the truth. Now, if you want a low noise that disappears into the background and yet significantly increases your concentration, try downloading these Buddha machine drones by FM3 and playing one in an endless loop.
rick scott says on March 31st, 2007 at 1:17 pm
There is something even better! Now available on iTunes is pure Brownian noise. Some will find it more pleasing to the ear than pink noise. The album is “Soothing Colors of Noise”.