I replaced my brown-noise browser tab with a menu bar app

(oldmanrahul.com)

24 points | by oldmanrahul 12 hours ago

5 comments

  • chrislh 2 hours ago
    There'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"
    • xattt 35 minutes ago
      I 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).
    • bonsai_spool 2 hours ago
      Yes! 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
    • maroonblazer 1 hour ago
      I had no idea this existed, thank you!

      Is "Dark noise" the equivalent of "Brown noise"?

      • hatthew 14 minutes ago
        Yes.

        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.

    • xoxxala 2 hours ago
      iOS and iPadOS also have that under Accessibility-Audio Visual settings.
  • memorydial 2 hours ago
    I 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

  • SugarReflex 1 hour ago
    What's the deal with brown noise and dark noise etc? How does it help you? And how does it help you?
  • tacoooooooo 2 hours ago
    this is pretty cool. some of the lower frequencies make my ears feel weird. I wonder if this could be extended to do binaural beats
  • scottchiefbaker 41 minutes ago
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