Meh is slowly working on putting me to bed. First some sheets and a comforter or two. Then toothbrushes (though I’ll never actually receive that order). Now a “sleep sound machine”…
I was really, really into it as a tinnitus sufferer until reading the Walmart reviews.
Apparently the (very low quality) records are only like 8 second loops which get repetitive and a lot of people are complaining about some barking dog in the cricket setting.
@pat4ever I always hate when you can hear the loop repeat on whitenoise. It took me forever to stumble across an digital whitenoise generator where I couldn’t hear the loop.
@pat4ever Yeah - I had just come here to say that. I have a very simple, non-looping one that makes one noise (fan sounding) that I used for years until it broke. Bought several others and the looping drives me nuts. This one looks like the one I had, but the one I had was branded by a catalog company. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HD0ELFK//ref=cm_sw_su_dp?tag=amaperfectcom-20&th=1
@Limewater@Pamela@pat4ever yeah! Mynoise rocks. They have an ios app, too (that i don’t quite love as much as the webpage). Lots of good sounds for sleep, and it can double as good scene-setting for tabletop roleplay
I had one of those mechanical noise machines many years ago.
I have a brownish noise file that loops nicely IF you can find a device that loops seamlessly. For a while I used it with a cheap MP3 player plugged into a PC speaker, but since the player couldn’t loop gracefully — there was a short gap — I had to edit the file to fade in/out.
Nowadays I just use a fan. But I wonder if the music app on my iPad can loop properly — I know iTunes does on my Mac.
@Kidsandliz@pat4ever@TheFLP I also use a fan most of the time, but I bought a LectroFan for travel. The LectroFan runs on USB, so I also use it if the power goes out, running it off one of the batteries I bought here.
Google Home devices have access to Sleep Sounds. Just say “Hey Google, get Sleep Sounds”. For a listing of sound options say “Hey Google, what sounds can you make”. There are a few dozen options. I find brown noise the most effective for blocking out the mayhem of early morning traffic, letting me steal that last hour of sleep before I have to get up.
@Limewater See, I just paid once and get unlimited listening for as long as I like.
Srsly, if Google wants to listen to me snore, good on ‘em. They can have at it. Hasn’t been anything worth listening to going on in there for longer than I care to admit. And not looking like that’s changing anytime soon, so.
“Alexa, play ambient sounds babbling Brook, Alexa, sleep timer, two hours” currently Alexa doesn’t seem to allow setting a sleep timer inside routines otherwise I’d just have to say “Alexa, goodnight” edit: whoops, it does allow a sleep timer, I stopped using the routine because it was glitching, but I did have an extra task that might have caused that
There is an app in the play store. Called white noise I got it for free…it appears its .99cents now has over 40 sounds and a timer…for that reason alone I’m going to pass but I think that the meh deal tonite is a great deal…i use it all the time …these are a lot of fun and very hypnotic .the app has a skyline of 3 buildings and is blue if you decide to check it out just remembered I got 8t on Amazon free app of the day but it’s in Google play store now we’ll worth .99cents.enjoy
I want an app/recording that sounds like a clothes dryer. When I was a little kid, my mom used to find me asleep in the laundry room, listening to the dryer running. Audio of Schumann’s Resonance are close.
@macromeh Lots of parents would place a sleeping baby on top of a dryer as it was running. The vibration, noise, and heat helped to soothe the baby to sleep. Some parents even experimented with placing the baby IN the dryer. Results were less positive…
@jcdunn Sadly, I lost a childhood cat that way. In the same basement, my brother threw a Tupperware containers at me splitting the top of my head open which required 15 stitches and a lengthy explanation from my mother as the doctor found the story a little far-fetched.
This image made me literally lol.
I suppose it would be helpful if I couldn’t read English… but even then, once the unit arrived, I’d still have trouble.
@goldnectar They say that, for good sleep, you shouldn’t keep your phone right by your bed. So maybe having a machine that does nothing but generate these sounds would be helpful.
Too bad this machine’s sounds are crappy and also it uses a USB cable with the expectation that you’ll have your own power supply, so that’s even more temptation to have your phone there too.
For all those asking why not just stream sound noises via the internet, some people have data limits on phones and home internet. If I streamed ocean sounds for 8+ hours a night, every night, my data would be used up in days.
And yay! Finally! Something I need! Been looking to replace my sound machine for some time. Thanks Meh!
@Gypsigirl213 Apparently data use isn’t as big an issue as you might imagine, at least not on all the sites. From the mynoise.net site:
Does myNoise use streaming? How much data does it require?
myNoise does not rely on audio streaming. The sound is dynamically generated by the browser. All the data required is loaded right before the sounds starts. Therefore, you can keep listening to a generator without worrying about your internet usage: there won’t be any, other than during the loading process (typ. 5-10MB).
Why would I want to waste data and run down my smartphone unnecessarily? A sound machine on the nightstand needs only an outlet and never gets moved. Sometimes the old way is just more efficient.
Read the Walmart “reviews,” and no thanks. Aside from a few obviously fake 5☆ reviews, many buyers found the 8-second sound loops, complete with barking dogs and obviously fake sources, to be unpleasant. Might be good to run this gadget’s output through a huge amp and blast it at an annoyingly loud neighbor…
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Sound Machine
1x Power Cable
Price Comparison
Reviews at Amazon
$41.27 at Walmart
Warranty
1 Year Limited Tyler
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Meh is slowly working on putting me to bed. First some sheets and a comforter or two. Then toothbrushes (though I’ll never actually receive that order). Now a “sleep sound machine”…
G’night.
This sounds pretty meh.
#blacknoisematters
Just what I need, more digital noise.
Sleep Mehchine.
The Total Silence mode is the bes…superior mode!
I was really, really into it as a tinnitus sufferer until reading the Walmart reviews.
Apparently the (very low quality) records are only like 8 second loops which get repetitive and a lot of people are complaining about some barking dog in the cricket setting.
@pat4ever I always hate when you can hear the loop repeat on whitenoise. It took me forever to stumble across an digital whitenoise generator where I couldn’t hear the loop.
@pat4ever Yeah - I had just come here to say that. I have a very simple, non-looping one that makes one noise (fan sounding) that I used for years until it broke. Bought several others and the looping drives me nuts. This one looks like the one I had, but the one I had was branded by a catalog company. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HD0ELFK//ref=cm_sw_su_dp?tag=amaperfectcom-20&th=1
@pat4ever Check out mynoise.net. He has a huge and amazing collection of sounds some of which are supposed to work very well for tinnitus sufferers.
@Kidsandliz I just use a fan.
@Pamela @pat4ever Second mynoise.net. I don’t use it to sleep, but I do regularly use it to tune out distracting noises at work.
@Limewater @Pamela @pat4ever Love that guy. I listen to Cafe Restaurant constantly at the office. It really helps.
@Pamela @pat4ever Neat site! But it looks like a real time sink . . .
@Limewater @Pamela @pat4ever yeah! Mynoise rocks. They have an ios app, too (that i don’t quite love as much as the webpage). Lots of good sounds for sleep, and it can double as good scene-setting for tabletop roleplay
@Kidsandliz @pat4ever
I had one of those mechanical noise machines many years ago.
I have a brownish noise file that loops nicely IF you can find a device that loops seamlessly. For a while I used it with a cheap MP3 player plugged into a PC speaker, but since the player couldn’t loop gracefully — there was a short gap — I had to edit the file to fade in/out.
Nowadays I just use a fan. But I wonder if the music app on my iPad can loop properly — I know iTunes does on my Mac.
@Kidsandliz @pat4ever @TheFLP I also use a fan most of the time, but I bought a LectroFan for travel. The LectroFan runs on USB, so I also use it if the power goes out, running it off one of the batteries I bought here.
Perfect! Now I don’t have to use one of the many free apps and the $10 bluetooth speaker you sold a few days ago.
None of the utiliy for 50% more!
Kinda crappy reviews on Amazon (product is currently unavailable). Even a couple of the questions asked on Amazon shows a little negativity toward this item… Morningstar sold it for $19 but they also listed it at $80 retail… things that make you go hmmmm… read the amazon listing for yourself
https://www.amazon.com/Tyler-TSM801-Relaxation-Machine-Auto-Off/product-reviews/B071CWDJTB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar
160 cubic inches of pure crap
@Woody1 That’s a pretty big load. You should maybe see a doctor…
I have Gloria Estefan’s Miami Sleep Sound Machine.
I sleep like Don Johnson every night.
This could work, especially if you don’t have wifi or internet access to listen to your favorite sources of sounds.
this is an amazing deal if you do not own and never plan on owning a smartphone.
With all those sounds of running water I’d be getting up to pee all night rather than sleeping.
@heartny My obstetrician had a tiny fountain in the waiting room. I often wondered how he got through any appointments at all.
Google Home devices have access to Sleep Sounds. Just say “Hey Google, get Sleep Sounds”. For a listing of sound options say “Hey Google, what sounds can you make”. There are a few dozen options. I find brown noise the most effective for blocking out the mayhem of early morning traffic, letting me steal that last hour of sleep before I have to get up.
@ruouttaurmind Yeah, sorry lol
@therealjrn Ok then, Brownian noise.
/image Brownian motion
@ruouttaurmind Hey! It works! I’ve got sleep sounds on my home mini! Saved me $15!
@therealjrn When I got my Lenovo Smart Display I moved the mini into my bedroom. The volume level and sound quality is fine for a room that size.
@ruouttaurmind @therealjrn I actually just hire a guy to sit in the corner and listen to my bedroom all the time.
@Limewater See, I just paid once and get unlimited listening for as long as I like.
Srsly, if Google wants to listen to me snore, good on ‘em. They can have at it. Hasn’t been anything worth listening to going on in there for longer than I care to admit. And not looking like that’s changing anytime soon, so.
Damnit Meh, stop offering halfway decent products, I haven’t had anything to bitch about in days
1998 called…
@MmmBeer And ?
@jmbunkin @MmmBeer It wants its meme back.
Has to be plugged in? Meh
Oh oh oh… grasshopper
“Alexa, play ambient sounds babbling Brook, Alexa, sleep timer, two hours” currently Alexa doesn’t seem to allow setting a sleep timer inside routines otherwise I’d just have to say “Alexa, goodnight” edit: whoops, it does allow a sleep timer, I stopped using the routine because it was glitching, but I did have an extra task that might have caused that
There is an app in the play store. Called white noise I got it for free…it appears its .99cents now has over 40 sounds and a timer…for that reason alone I’m going to pass but I think that the meh deal tonite is a great deal…i use it all the time …these are a lot of fun and very hypnotic .the app has a skyline of 3 buildings and is blue if you decide to check it out just remembered I got 8t on Amazon free app of the day but it’s in Google play store now we’ll worth .99cents.enjoy
@mellowirishgent I have this and it’s great.
8 second sound loops with barking dogs? No thanks
Brain-dead noise to put you to sleep? – Surprised they don’t have a setting to just listen to some congressional hearing recorded from CSPAN.
@phendrick Your taxes already paid for that.
Thanks for the perfect gift for my wife. She complains about my snoring all night. Now she can complain about a cheap noise machine.
Bad reviews on Amazon!
@JT954 That got annoying much more quickly than I thought it would. Thanks!
My wife farting after eating ALDI’s lentil soup is enough sounds for me, thank you very much.
Bah, I just fall asleep to my vinyl LP of the sounds of babies choking…
I had one of these back in the day before Alexa could sing me to sleep. I even took it on trips. But now I say “Alexa, rainstorm” and I’m set.
Brown with heavy oscillation is a fave:
https://simplynoise.com/
Loops after ~20 minutes (is “real life” recording so there is some background noise):
https://rainymood.com/
Try (simultaneously):
Play this
and
Play this
and
View this
…and watch the chicks start rollin’ in…
@Pufferfishy Nice… need my glass of courvoisier to complete the mood. Yeah, baby!
I have a nice unit that generates simulated fan noises, including duct-type units. Great if you are used to sleeping in a warehouse.
Did anyone notice the grasshoppers? I do NOT think they are sleeping!
/giphy Brown chicken, brown cow…
@tinamarie1974 - Thank you! The visual of humping crickets on top of the unit is a little bizarre.
I want an app/recording that sounds like a clothes dryer. When I was a little kid, my mom used to find me asleep in the laundry room, listening to the dryer running. Audio of Schumann’s Resonance are close.
@macromeh Lots of parents would place a sleeping baby on top of a dryer as it was running. The vibration, noise, and heat helped to soothe the baby to sleep. Some parents even experimented with placing the baby IN the dryer. Results were less positive…
@jcdunn Sadly, I lost a childhood cat that way. In the same basement, my brother threw a Tupperware containers at me splitting the top of my head open which required 15 stitches and a lengthy explanation from my mother as the doctor found the story a little far-fetched.
@macromeh The white noise app from tm soft definitely has a dryer with loose change in it.
This image made me literally lol.
I suppose it would be helpful if I couldn’t read English… but even then, once the unit arrived, I’d still have trouble.
A Sleep sound machine! Does it play Dopesmoker or Holy Mountain?
uhhh, don’t we all own smartphones? Why is this not being sold 20 years ago?
@goldnectar They say that, for good sleep, you shouldn’t keep your phone right by your bed. So maybe having a machine that does nothing but generate these sounds would be helpful.
Too bad this machine’s sounds are crappy and also it uses a USB cable with the expectation that you’ll have your own power supply, so that’s even more temptation to have your phone there too.
I’ve always liked this site, https://www.noisli.com/
And they have an app for your phone.
For all those asking why not just stream sound noises via the internet, some people have data limits on phones and home internet. If I streamed ocean sounds for 8+ hours a night, every night, my data would be used up in days.
And yay! Finally! Something I need! Been looking to replace my sound machine for some time. Thanks Meh!
@Gypsigirl213 Apparently data use isn’t as big an issue as you might imagine, at least not on all the sites. From the mynoise.net site:
Does myNoise use streaming? How much data does it require?
myNoise does not rely on audio streaming. The sound is dynamically generated by the browser. All the data required is loaded right before the sounds starts. Therefore, you can keep listening to a generator without worrying about your internet usage: there won’t be any, other than during the loading process (typ. 5-10MB).
/buy
@Gypsigirl213 It worked! Your order number is: tactile-dazzle-nail
/image tactile dazzle nail
Why would I want to waste data and run down my smartphone unnecessarily? A sound machine on the nightstand needs only an outlet and never gets moved. Sometimes the old way is just more efficient.
I can’t understand why anyone would voluntarily listen to crickets. I don’t even like hearing real ones in summer.
@ahacksaw They’re only really bad when there’s just one or two. A bunch of crickets is like a soothing blanket of cricketry.
My company is moving to an open floor plan at the end of May. I think I need this for my new “cube”. I am sure it will not annoy people.
I enjoyed the write-up, but isn’t a two-way mirror the same as a window?
Read the Walmart “reviews,” and no thanks. Aside from a few obviously fake 5☆ reviews, many buyers found the 8-second sound loops, complete with barking dogs and obviously fake sources, to be unpleasant. Might be good to run this gadget’s output through a huge amp and blast it at an annoyingly loud neighbor…
so… if i get this and unplug it- i will get a “silent” sound scape- and it will make it nice and more quiet?
- would b worth it!
Do you have to set a timer? I’d like it on all day during workdays for our rescue shelties.
These are also useful to put next to your door if you want more privacy in your conversations. Psychiatrists use these all the time.
Karaoke sleep box w/out mic
Dang, only worked once and then nothing, not worth it at all!
@elparx It’s still under warranty, are you going to make a claim?