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Show HN: Daydream.fm - build and share your own world of soundscape and music.

16 points by ether 14y ago

Hi guys, I want to show you a site I built, which lets you build your own virtual world of soundscape. I work out of cafes all the time because the white noise and ambience helps me concentrate well. Then one day I wondered: what if I could have my own cafe on my laptop, so I can enjoy that state of mind anytime, anywhere? And what if I can share it, so other people can enjoy that emotion too? So I built Daydream. It lets you create your own world of soundscape, by combining visual, sound samples, and music. Once you set it up, you can just use it as an ambience player, or a music player with ambience, by adding more songs to their relevant contexts. Here's the link: http://daydream.fm I would really appreciate it if you guys shared what you think. Thanks!

ether 14y ago
clickable link: http://daydream.fm http://daydream.fm
friggeri 14y ago
That's nice, when I need to chill I often put on http://www.rainymood.com http://www.rainymood.com and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyfX1OR_nk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyfX1OR_nk at the same time.
- ether 14y ago
  Thanks, the cool thing about this is that it's meant to be published (therefore reused by anyone else). For example, this rainy might be of interest to you: http://daydream.fm/places/a83101fc3 http://daydream.fm/places/a83101fc3 I've added a dozen tracks to it and will be adding more as I come across more. Just click next to check out the other tracks I added to the rainy night. Hope you enjoy :)
  - rex_mundi 14y ago
    Oh thanks... I click on the link that takes me to a picture of the theater in downtown Savannah I can only assume. Memories of another time...
    - ether 14y ago
      Oh it's actually an animated gif I just found on the web. I don't know where it is :) By the way can you hear the sound? Just asking since you only mentioned the picture.
      - rex_mundi 14y ago
        Oh yeah. I enjoy the work actually as the potential could be rather cute. Ever come across that youuuuuuutuuuuuuubeee site that does a filmstrip-esque effect to the youtube video? Might be neat to add that to this in some genres. edit: http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?width=72&height=72&yt=jt7AF2RCMhg&flux=0&direction=bottom_left http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?width=72&height=72&y...
SkyMarshal 14y ago
Fun app. I made one, have a few suggestions: http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 1. The song title is overlaying my screenshot, munging it all up. Suggest moving the title to the top bar or somewhere it won't mess up the screenshot/background (same with the comments box on the right). 2. Music played when I previewed it, but it's not playing after publishing. Not sure why. 3. Due to #2 I want to edit my creation and change from this 'song' (white noise actually): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA to this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA to test if one can play and the other can't. But I don't see a way to edit a creation.
- ether 14y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! regarding #1: how about hiding them when you're idle? Would this work? (Just pushed an update, please check it) regarding #2: Is it still not playing? I visited that url http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 and it seems to be playing. By the way, is it still not playing? It seems to work on mine. Also, the two youtube links you mentioned seem to be the same, aren't they? regarding #3: Yeah currently there is no edit currently. I had it before but removed it because things started becoming cluttered with all the buttons, I guess I should add it back. In the meantime, you can "remix" to inherit existing properties from the current one, and delete the old one.
  - SkyMarshal 14y ago
    >regarding #1: how about hiding them when you're idle? Would this work? (Just pushed an update, please check it) Just checked, good enough. >regarding #2: Is it still not playing? I visited that url http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 and it seems to be playing. By the way, is it still not playing? It seems to work on mine. Also, the two youtube links you mentioned seem to be the same, aren't they? Still not playing though. And sorry, the two youtube links are supposed to be different. One is 24hrs, one is 1.5hrs. Here they are again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA (24hr) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqCoUvz_nwI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqCoUvz_nwI (1.5hr)

16 points by ether 14y ago

ether 14y ago

clickable link: http://daydream.fm http://daydream.fm

friggeri 14y ago

That's nice, when I need to chill I often put on http://www.rainymood.com http://www.rainymood.com and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyfX1OR_nk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyfX1OR_nk at the same time.

ether 14y ago
Thanks, the cool thing about this is that it's meant to be published (therefore reused by anyone else). For example, this rainy might be of interest to you: http://daydream.fm/places/a83101fc3 http://daydream.fm/places/a83101fc3 I've added a dozen tracks to it and will be adding more as I come across more. Just click next to check out the other tracks I added to the rainy night. Hope you enjoy :)
- rex_mundi 14y ago
  Oh thanks... I click on the link that takes me to a picture of the theater in downtown Savannah I can only assume. Memories of another time...
  - ether 14y ago
    Oh it's actually an animated gif I just found on the web. I don't know where it is :) By the way can you hear the sound? Just asking since you only mentioned the picture.
    - rex_mundi 14y ago
      Oh yeah. I enjoy the work actually as the potential could be rather cute. Ever come across that youuuuuuutuuuuuuubeee site that does a filmstrip-esque effect to the youtube video? Might be neat to add that to this in some genres. edit: http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?width=72&height=72&yt=jt7AF2RCMhg&flux=0&direction=bottom_left http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?width=72&height=72&y...

SkyMarshal 14y ago

Fun app. I made one, have a few suggestions: http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 1. The song title is overlaying my screenshot, munging it all up. Suggest moving the title to the top bar or somewhere it won't mess up the screenshot/background (same with the comments box on the right). 2. Music played when I previewed it, but it's not playing after publishing. Not sure why. 3. Due to #2 I want to edit my creation and change from this 'song' (white noise actually): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA to this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA to test if one can play and the other can't. But I don't see a way to edit a creation.

ether 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback! regarding #1: how about hiding them when you're idle? Would this work? (Just pushed an update, please check it) regarding #2: Is it still not playing? I visited that url http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 and it seems to be playing. By the way, is it still not playing? It seems to work on mine. Also, the two youtube links you mentioned seem to be the same, aren't they? regarding #3: Yeah currently there is no edit currently. I had it before but removed it because things started becoming cluttered with all the buttons, I guess I should add it back. In the meantime, you can "remix" to inherit existing properties from the current one, and delete the old one.
- SkyMarshal 14y ago
  >regarding #1: how about hiding them when you're idle? Would this work? (Just pushed an update, please check it) Just checked, good enough. >regarding #2: Is it still not playing? I visited that url http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 http://daydream.fm/places/6a14bd5c7 and it seems to be playing. By the way, is it still not playing? It seems to work on mine. Also, the two youtube links you mentioned seem to be the same, aren't they? Still not playing though. And sorry, the two youtube links are supposed to be different. One is 24hrs, one is 1.5hrs. Here they are again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA (24hr) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqCoUvz_nwI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqCoUvz_nwI (1.5hr)