On 2020-02-08, Erik Christiansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07.02.20 23:53, Long Wind wrote: >> i use mplayer -loop 0 to play white noise(it might help sleep by masking >> other noise) >> but when it reach end and restart to play againthere's some interval, which >> isn't desirable >> any mplayer option or other player i can use so that it plays seamlessly?? > > I find it very effectively masks barking neighbourhood dogs and dripping > water. Most pleasant has been a Surf Sound Generator I built from a kit > around 40 years ago. It adds 3 long-period (several seconds) RC > oscillators, which amplitude modulate the slightly pink noise. Their > different periods keep them out of phase, like random waves whooshing up > a beach. > > A little bit of low-pass filtering of white noise makes it a bit pink. I > find modest low frequency emphasis more relaxing - and perhaps a little > better at masking, as it is the low frequencies which travel. > > And it's cheaper than double or triple glazing.
play -n synth whitenoise play -n synth brownnoise play -n synth pinknoise I find the brown quite relaxing, the white too strident, and the pink a tad too treble for my taste (or my aging ears). > Erik > > -- "J'ai pour me guérir du jugement des autres toute la distance qui me sépare de moi." Antonin Artaud
