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I love, recommend, and use Noisli often in our open plan office. The only tiny annoyance is that I really like the ambient cafeteria noise, and after a while I

I love, recommend, and use Noisli often in our open plan office. The only tiny annoyance is that I really like the ambient cafeteria noise, and after a while I start to notice the looping! There's a very prominent bit where a lady shouts "Swwwwing!". There isn't much you can do about it though other than make the sample much longer, and it's hardly a problem. Just something I notice. Thanks for the site. I actually registered noisebubble.com a while back with something similar in mind, but you beat me to the punch and I'm happy you did.

noisli 12y ago
Thank you so much for using Noisli and for recommending it! Also thanks for the feedback!! It's something we will definitely keep it mind to keep improving the service ;)
oe 12y ago
Listen any loop enough times and you start spotting repeating noises. I've experienced this even with rain loops and it's super annoying.
- noisli 12y ago
  We keep working on enhancing the service and its features :) Sorry for the annoyance.
  - mercer 12y ago
    I have had the same problem with 'ambient sound' apps, and they eventually render them useless for me. Perhaps it would be an idea to layer two tracks of different lengths on top of each other to at least make it 'random' for longer? Have you considered this? (Other than that, great work. I might buy the iOS version soon!)
    - noisli 12y ago
      Thanks :) Definitely. We are doing our best to deliver the best service ;)
dredmorbius 12y ago
There's a way to make this harder to detect: create "loops" which are actually a multitude of loops that have prime number lengths. The individual components will repeat, but "beats" of simultaneous repeats won't exist, giving the illusion of a much longer sequence. I've seen an example in graphics used to create very large tiling patterns from a small image space. See: http://web.archive.org/web/20110410071059/http://designfestival.com/the-cicada-principle-and-why-it-matters-to-web-designers/ http://web.archive.org/web/20110410071059/http://designfesti...
- noisli 12y ago
  Thanks for the hint ;)
  - dredmorbius 12y ago
    Since people are likely to play several loops at once, you might make a policy that _all_ loops are different lengths, in prime integer numbers of seconds. I haven't checked for how long your segments are, but that would allow users to mix-and-match.

noisli 12y ago

Thank you so much for using Noisli and for recommending it! Also thanks for the feedback!! It's something we will definitely keep it mind to keep improving the service ;)

oe 12y ago

Listen any loop enough times and you start spotting repeating noises. I've experienced this even with rain loops and it's super annoying.

noisli 12y ago
We keep working on enhancing the service and its features :) Sorry for the annoyance.
- mercer 12y ago
  I have had the same problem with 'ambient sound' apps, and they eventually render them useless for me. Perhaps it would be an idea to layer two tracks of different lengths on top of each other to at least make it 'random' for longer? Have you considered this? (Other than that, great work. I might buy the iOS version soon!)
  - noisli 12y ago
    Thanks :) Definitely. We are doing our best to deliver the best service ;)

dredmorbius 12y ago

There's a way to make this harder to detect: create "loops" which are actually a multitude of loops that have prime number lengths. The individual components will repeat, but "beats" of simultaneous repeats won't exist, giving the illusion of a much longer sequence. I've seen an example in graphics used to create very large tiling patterns from a small image space. See: http://web.archive.org/web/20110410071059/http://designfestival.com/the-cicada-principle-and-why-it-matters-to-web-designers/ http://web.archive.org/web/20110410071059/http://designfesti...

noisli 12y ago
Thanks for the hint ;)
- dredmorbius 12y ago
  Since people are likely to play several loops at once, you might make a policy that _all_ loops are different lengths, in prime integer numbers of seconds. I haven't checked for how long your segments are, but that would allow users to mix-and-match.