I’m quite sensitive to sounds, so I use white noise extensively to focus and to drown out distracting noises. Today I learnt about brown noise:
brown noise is the familiar, staticky sound of white noise (that is, all the audible frequencies simultaneously) but with the low frequency notes augmented and the less pleasant high frequency notes turned down, counteracting the human ear’s natural tendency to hear higher frequencies louder.
Here’s an example (YouTube) of what brown noise sounds like.
It sounds less harsh than the white noise I’m used to. I’m going to give this a try over the next few days to see (hear?) if it’s as effective as white noise at drowning out the sounds that are typically around me.
(Via 512 Pixels)