Ambient Chaos

https://neal.fun/ambient-chaos/

by noname9494 • 5 years ago

146 30 5 years ago

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keynesyoudigit• 5 years ago

Hospitals, Casino, and couple arguing really makes the anxiety peak. 10/10.

overthemoon• 5 years ago

Did not know a train station in a forest could be so pleasant to listen to

abetusk3• 5 years ago

I love these ambient noise machines.

Hope folks don't mind some shameless self promotion, but I made one as well:

https://abetusk.github.io/noixer/

I had a hard time finding one that was open source and used libre/free sounds, so I made one. Code and other digital artifacts can be found at:

https://github.com/abetusk/noixer

encloser• 5 years ago

This is pretty nice. I really like the sounds, presets, and minimalistic look & feel.

GimbalLock• 5 years ago

Wow. Thanks for making this. I love that it is open source, and the clips you chose are so relaxing. The passenger car is so chill.

SquibblesRedux• 5 years ago

I never knew haunted dungeons were so noisy.

sdflhasjd• 5 years ago

The animated rain background absolutely kills Firefox on my machine for some reason.

bittercynic• 5 years ago

Same here. Used the inspector to delete that node, and now I can enjoy the site without pegging the cpu.

baltimore• 5 years ago

For this on steroids (in a good way), see https://mynoise.net/

SamBam• 5 years ago

That's my default when working. I love the coffeeshop: https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerat...

Every aspect of the sound can be changed with sliders. Increase the background babble, decrease the silverware, etc. I really do believe that a little hubub of background conversation that I can't make out helps me tune out the rest of the world.

I love OP's for it's silliness, though. Not sure I actually want hospital sounds or zombie invasion while I work, but it's good to know I have that option.

johnquick• 5 years ago

need this as background noise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E62iA6KCIQ

altano• 5 years ago

I could listen to this all day

smoldesu3• 5 years ago

The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud 9.

abetusk3• 5 years ago

Do you have some example of this? Either an actual app that does this or some Youtube video or music sample that shows what you're talking about?

smoldesu3• 5 years ago

Reverb is pretty simple, it's the "echo" of a sound without the repetition side of it (also called an impulse response). If you have multiple sounds from different recordings, mixing them together with a single reverb effect creates a sense of space around the sounds.

Then, to control the amplitude of the overlapping recordings, it would be wise to run it into a compressor. It's a little hard to explain how it works, so it's probably a better idea to link to a YouTube video[0] instead. The basic gist is that it brings sounds together, reducing the range between their loudest and quietest points (colloquially known as 'dynamic range').

Finally, a peak limiter is a more extreme version of a compressor that prevents a signal from becoming too loud and risking damage to your audio equipment. It's mostly a safety net, but it's a very necessary one when you start toying with dynamic range.

Hope this was able to help!

[0] https://youtu.be/5pXbd1QcdcU

thinkyfish• 5 years ago

if you're on windows, you can load 64-bit VST plugins into Equalizer APO. Can confirm, cloud 9.

smoldesu3• 5 years ago

I could do the same thing on Linux with Pipewire or Jack, but it feels kinda hack-ish to me. Still though, it's nice to have the option if I need it!

mindvirus• 5 years ago

This is fun! Needs a random button that does something like 20% chance to set a switch to a random value.

Wistar• 5 years ago

I love this.

korethr• 5 years ago

Okay this is fun.

Some thoughts:

* The volume ramps up a bit too quickly. In trying to blend hese, I don't think I've taken a single one above 10. Finer gradations in volume, if possible, would be great.

* It would be great to set some of the sounds to happen randomly or intermittently pop or fade in and out, and possibly at different intensities. E.g. if you're chilling in a coffee shop that's playing lo-fi beats while it's raining outside, there probably not going to be a constant wind, but occasional gusts, some stronger than others.

munificent• 5 years ago

Really enjoying "playground on fire".

GZJOHN• 5 years ago

Cool but the controls are almost perfectly hard to use with a mouse. Must be intended for a finger? Being able to just click or tap on the level you want would be a huge improvement, also clicking in the center to mute it entirely.

amelius• 5 years ago

Missing: thunder, crickets chirping, frog sounds.

setgree• 5 years ago

This guy is a genius; https://neal.fun/deep-sea/ is also wonderful

0xdeadb00f• 5 years ago

Wow! That was quite the journey!

burnt_toast• 5 years ago

I really like how the further you scroll the more absurd it gets. Great touch

testkitchen• 5 years ago

Love this. Also really unexpected noise :)

cbare• 5 years ago

A rainy day at a beachside café, lofi beats float on the breeze. Distantly, church bells ring, alien spacecraft hover ominously over a crowd of hungry zombies. The nuclear air-raid sirens sound. Brilliant. So 2021.

ammar_x• 5 years ago

I think the sound recordings are great!

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