I found SimplyNoise, a site that plays and allows you to download white noise, pink noise, and red/brown noise.
As a result, I also discovered the Wikipedia page for colors of noise, a concept of which I was not even aware, so hooray for learning.
I've been listening to white, pink, and red/brown noise all day, and I've concluded that I'm not a dude who benefits from having these background noises. I can feel my brain pick up speed after I turn the noise off, like turning off the AC in your car--you didn't even know it was a drag it isn't anymore.
But I understand other people are really helped by various colors of noise, so I'm glad they exist!
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Pink Noise
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Did I understand you to say that you listened to these all day? I couldn't make it through the 10 seconds of some of the samples on wikipedia. The most tolerable was the brown/red, but I think that's because it was quieter in tone.
I'm with you on the beauty of silence as a backdrop. My MiL and family sleep with white noise machines, and I've never quite understood the appeal.
Yeah, off and on. I learned to ignore a sound pretty quickly, but it's a cognitive drag. Red/brown noise wound up being my "favorite" too, as in favorite among annoyances.
I've got guesses about why it works for some people and note others... about whether you accept or reject outside stimuli easily, how thick your filter is. Me, I'm a rejecter, very thick filter. It has good and bad points.
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