What's your favorite white noise for distraction purposes?

[closeupready]

I like the B-17 sounds clip on youtube:

[Aristus]

1. A fan in the window...

When winter comes and it gets too cold to leave a fan in the window overnight, the silence can be unnerving.

[oberliner]

3. Seconded

Can't sleep without a fan.

[ailsagirl]

7. Thirded

Fans are a necessity in the summer!!

[Populist_Prole]

13. Can't sleep without a fan either

I don't care how cool it is in the room, I must have that white noise.

If staying in a hotel and sharing a room, I always take the bed closest to the A/C unit and in the winter at least have the fan on. I simply cannot sleep in quiet...or quiet but with intrusive outside noises ( traffic etc )

[sharp_stick]

22. During the winter

we put a blower type humidifier in the room. As long as the fan doesn't go off balance it's really quite nice.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I have tinnitus, so I make my own white noise.

It always sounds like being in the woods on a summer night with the bugs droning and chirping.

[ailsagirl]

9. I've had that and it drove me crazy!

(well, not crazy exactly, just frustrated)

I think it has receded-- or else I'm just used to it.

[femmocrat]

4. A fan and the TV volume barely audible.

MSNBC usually puts me right out.

That B-17 is good too, but I would have to leave the computer on.

[handmade34]

5. rain

the real thing though...

[pipi_k]

6. Have one of those noise

machine things with different white noise sounds.

My very favorite is crickets

Second favorite is ocean waves and then wind

[ailsagirl]

8. The ocean has such a lovely sound

And rain on the roof, of course.

Which brings this thread full circle!!

[Tribalceltic]

10. ocean waves

and thunderstorms. I had to edit one thunderstorm track though, 20 minutes in was a very LOUD crack of thunder that usually woke me up.

I loved the Celestine Prophecy guided imagery tapes too.

[Sherman A1]

11. Cool!

Thanks for posting.

[closeupready]

17. YVW - it's my favorite white noise.

[Laffy Kat]

12. The B-17 sounds just like a fan to me.

Which is why I like it, I guess. Also, with fans you get the air moving over you which makes you cooler and that makes you cover up more, which makes you sleep better.

[closeupready]

16. Exactly. That's my formula for a decent night's sleep.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. For writing, the sounds of a coffee shop:

http://www.coffitivity.com/

[Iggo]

15. Since I have ringing in my ears, I tend to like deep hums.

High treble noises, like hisses, really mess me up.

If someone turns on a faucet and walks away, I contemplate their demise.

[dr.strangelove]

18. I prefer a fan

or even just static

[closeupready]

19. A fan is fine, but static is too high-pitched IMO.

[dr.strangelove]

20. We used to have a wave machine, but it broke

Sometimes I put the radio on a dead station and play that in the background. Works good. I prefer our fan, but in hotels, the alarm radio usually does it.

[frogmarch]

21. The rhythmic whoosh whoosh whoosh

of my dishwasher.

When it's not running, the soft zzzzzzzzz of my little blind Abby snoozing.

[kentauros]

23. Saw this thread yesterday,

and attempted to reply, until my browser crashed as I was writing it up (it doesn't handle multiple music streams at once very well.)

So, here's what I was trying to post (now writing it up in EditPad Pro)


I highly recommend the site MyNoise.net (I've posted this before, about a month ago or so.) Your B-17 noise is represented as are so many others. Here are two of my favorites, and they are almost infinitely adjustable with the sound-sliders across the top of each page. The only thing about these two is that they are only available if you donate to the page, but that can be as little as $5, just to gain access to the newest generators. The rest are free to everyone

[font size="4"]Western Choir - Aeternitas

The Calming Tension[/font]

Sustained choir sounds are, for many people, a favorite: they are peaceful, highly calming and inspirational. If you haven't discovered it yet, we invite you to listen to our Tibetan Choir – probably one of the most fascinating soundscapes on this website – and read the listener testimonials.

With its timbral variations, the Tibetan Choir is amazing: there are no chords, just one steady note sung by different throat singers. Aeternitas will fascinate you for the opposite reason: while the timbre remains very even, the sound always changes because of varying underlying chords.

Aeternitas relies on suspended chords. In music, suspended chords lack the third interval - a key to creating an open sound - but have the second and the fourth, both known to bring dissonance. Dissonance plays an important role in Western music. Contrary to popular belief, dissonances are enjoyable: they build tension and anticipation, which upon resolution leave room for a wonderful feeling of serenity that would not have existed otherwise.

[font size="4"]Cave Water

Only water sounds, wrapped in complete silence[/font]

Natural light disappears, temperature drops, and the sound of the outside world ceases. We are a hundred feet below the surface. Many subterranean lakes are connected by narrow passages, calcareous barrages, and small waterfalls. This world of complete darkness is not a world of silence. Draining crystal-clear water, these passages fill the atmosphere with an amazingly rich palette of water sounds, meticulously wrapped in complete silence.

This noise generator has been recorded in a beautifully preserved European karst cave, only accessible to a few, and is the first of a series that will be released over the coming weeks. This one focuses on the overall ambience in the cave: a unique mixture of close-sounding water elements and white noise from distant waterfalls.

[closeupready]

36. thank you!

[kentauros]

37. You're welcome!

And now, I'm going to bed, with one of the many noises there

[Skittles]

24. jet engine

[kentauros]

25. Something like this?

What a sound, indeed!

[Skittles]

26. LOL

I like to sit near the wings on a plane, because I like that droning sound......

[kentauros]

27. That site I linked has something similar to that:

Fan Noise - Airco 1 preset

[Skittles]

28. I'm going to use your link at work

when the people around me get too noisy

[kentauros]

29. Play the "babble noise" one and see if they notice the added level of babble!

It is a great site for drowning out other noises. I used it for a few weeks around here when the landlord was having a concrete parking area torn out. Anything is better than jackhammer noise!

[Skittles]

30. I work nights and sleep in an apt during the day

earplugs, fans and white noise are SOP for me

[kentauros]

31. Understandable.

I've worked nights before, too, and should have used earplugs. Still, I did manage to get enough sleep anyway.

I've used the water noises on that site, too, though they do have the expected side-effects on the human body. What I need to do is try one setting of one particular noise for a week, and see what it does to my dreams

[Skittles]

32. on weedeater days nothing works

very standard for me to work 13 hours on 3 hours sleep

[kentauros]

33. Hey, I just noticed this one, called "Cabin Noise"

It's the one you wanted originally!

[font size="3"]Aircraft Cabin Noise

The noise, without the altitude[/font]

You like our Fan Noise but want to try something bigger? What about the turbines of an aircraft? The steady sound present in the passenger's cabin is often felt as soothing and can help mute distracting or sudden noises.

Without a boarding pass, enter the aircraft and choose your seat: economy is the best when it comes to noise!

May you sleep soundly at 30,000 feet!

[Skittles]

34. nice!

LOL, I actually am flying tomorrow - to Wisconsin

[kentauros]

35. Have a safe trip then!

[raccoon]

38. The sound of cicadas singing. nt