AphantaZach

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by AphantaZach 8mo ago
You make a great point. 'Determinism > Bandwidth' is definitely the stronger argument. The main difference with ASMR is that it uses multiple spatial cues (reverb, tone) which survive compression well. Entrainment is more fragi
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by AphantaZach 8mo ago
Modern encoders (especially Opus) are indeed impressive at preserving the stereo image at high quality settings. If you are on a stable connection getting the full 192kbps+ stream, the phase error is likely negligible. The issue is that we
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by AphantaZach 8mo ago
OP here. I built this engine because I realized auditory entrainment (for focus and my own Aphantasia) is often compromised by standard streaming platforms. Most codecs (MP3/AAC) use "Joint Stereo" (Mid/Side coding) to s
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Why streaming compression breaks binaural beats(phantas.io)
1 points by AphantaZach 8mo ago|5 comments
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by AphantaZach 9mo ago
This is awesome feedback, thank you. Some of this I have been trying to dial in, and I just pushed an update to almost everything you mentioned: Fixes Deployed: Ghost Typing: You were spot on. I was defining the modal inside the main render
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by AphantaZach 9mo ago
Fair critique. The wellness space is definitely flooded with 'quantum energy' nonsense so the skepticism is appreciated. I look at this tool less like a 'magic brain pill' and more like a metronome for a musician. A metr
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by AphantaZach 9mo ago
Apologies to anyone who got flash-banged by the white screen earlier. I pushed a hotfix that accidentally nuked my Tailwind config and the animation engine. The site should be fully restored now. Thanks for your patience.
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by AphantaZach 9mo ago
Totally fair question. "Higher performance" is definitely a subjective claim, so I should clarify the mechanism I'm relying on. The core concept is Photic Driving (the "Frequency Following Response"). There is decen
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by AphantaZach 9mo ago
Good catch. That’s an unguarded speechSynthesis call in the cleanup function. likely crashing on browsers that block the Speech API (or in privacy mode). Just pushed a fix to wrap it in a conditional check. It should be live in ~2 minutes.
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Show HN: Phantas – A browser-based binaural strobe engine (Web Audio API)(phantas.io)
28 points by AphantaZach 9mo ago|10 comments