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White Noise Machines and White Noise Generators

What is White Noise?

People generally consider White Noise Sound as a sound that blocks out other sounds and is commonly associated with the noise like that of static on a radio. It does not actually block out noises but rather masks them so your brain can't distinguish environmental noises from the White Noise, thereby eliminating the distraction.

 

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about White Noise (FAQs)

What is White Noise?
White Noise is also a type of noise that blocks out other irritating noises and helps you relax and concentrate.

What Does White Noise Sound Like?
The sound of White Noise sounds like a light radio static or hissing sound and is created by combining together all of the frequencies of sound in the human range of hearing. Just as White Light is made of all of the frequencies in the visible light spectrum, White Noise similarly contains all frequencies of sound. (example: think of White Noise as 20,000 tones playing at the same time). The sound of White Noise is sometimes compared to the sound of steam seeping into an overheated radiator or to the constant whooshing sound of a waterfall. You can hear the sound of different colors of white noise online by clicking the noise color links of this website.

Where can I Listen to White Noise Samples?
Samples of White Noise can be heard by clicking on the following links. Some of the white noise sample may be a little harsh on your ears so it is best to set your computer's volume control to low before you click on the link, then adjust accordingly. You may also wish to try some of the other color sounds of noise as they are more pleasing sounds to listen to. You may also hear white noise samples by visiting wikipedia white noise and white noise youtube.   White Noise Sample #1     White Noise Sample #2     Pink Noise Sample     Brown Noise Sample     Violet Noise Sample

Why not use a fan or other machine to create the White Noise Sound rather than a White Noise Generator?
There is a big difference between the constant noise created by a household machine and that of White Noise. A White Noise generator produces random sound in nearly every frequency that humans can hear effectively masking or blocking distracting noises. A fan or air conditioner only generates noise in a small frequency band. Since it does not cover the entire frequency band, it's not going to mask out next door neighbors, barking dogs, or random noises.

What are White Noise Headphones?
White noise headphones are simply headphones that you use to listen to white noise through. They allow you to shut out a noisy environment without disturbing the people next to you. Some white noise headphones are specialized Noise Canceling Headphones that can effectively reduces environmental noise by up to 85% with or without audio. Noise Canceling Earbuds are also available for those who prefer earbuds to headphones or headsets. More information about White Noise Headphones.

What is White Noise For Free?
White Noise for Free is a website that offers Free White Noise online as well other sound masking noises such as pink noise, violet noise, brown noise, the sound of rain, fan sound, running water sound, the sound of static and more. Simply click on the name of the noise masking sound you wish to hear and leave the window open in the background of your computer.

How Does "White Noise" Help You Sleep? Does White Noise help you sleep?
White Noise technology combines all the possible sounds together and produces a different kind of noise that masks irritating noises and helps you to relax. Sleep comes more easily because your brain no longer distracted.

Does White Noise actually Block Out Noises?
No, White Noise does not actually block out noises around you but works by creating a distraction for the brain so that you become less aware them. Hearing one voice or noise is a distraction. Hearing a thousand voices becomes a drone where individual voices are indistinguishable therefore the brain will tend to ignore it.

Why Do Babies Like to Sleep By White Noise Sound?
Some White Noise is specifically designed to calm and soothe babies. It has a soothing "whooshing" sound that helps babies relax and fall asleep safely and naturally, without the use of medications. This soothing sound of continual white noise has been shown to calm infants and newborns even when they're fussy or crying. See White Noise CDs for Baby

Is there such a thing as Black White Noise?
Black (white) noise is also know as silent noise has sounds that are characteristic of catastrophes.

Does White Noise have subliminal messages?
No. The sound of White Noise is just a sound.

Can White Noise be used at work?
Yes. Office White Noise will help drown out noise and keeps some conversations private.

How do I Use White Noise at the Office or for Studying?
To block out unwanted and distracting noises at the office simply open the web page containing your desired "noise" to work by and adjust the volume accordingly. Leave the window open in the background and perform your work. Close the web page when done.

How do I Use White Noise Sound for Sleeping?
If you have a computer in your bedroom simply open the web page containing your desired "noise" to sleep by and adjust the volume accordingly. Use the sleep function timer on your computer if you want the White Noise to stop after a certain period of time. White Noise sleep will leave you refreshed in the morning.

Does the White Noise help you to pay attention?
Yes. White Noise provides a distraction for your brain enabling you to concentrate better.

Does the White Noise Sound Machine help with Tinnitus?
Yes. Please reference the following
Tinnitus is the perception of sound within the human ear in the absence of corresponding external sound.
It is usually described as a ringing noise, but may take the form of a high pitched whining, buzzing, hissing, humming, or other noise.
Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Information Library .... In tinnitus retraining therapy, white noise generators are worn behind the ear to
help a person with tinnitus learn to ignore the unwanted sounds. Prevention. ...
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health_information_library/?ArticleID=2780 - 27k - 2008-08-25 - Cached
Johns Hopkins International - Patients ... No cure exists but many tinnitus sufferers experience relief using white noise
generators or hearing aids that create a light background noise that distracts ...
www.imc.jhmi.edu/JHI/English/Patients/HopkinsNFY_Apr03.asp - 26k - Cached

What is White Noise Sleep?
White Noise Sleep is not a commonly accepted term however it is construed as the sleep achieved while listening to White Noise.

How Does a White Noise Alarm Clock Work?
The phrase white noise alarm clock is a little misleading. One would think that it is an alarm clock that wakes you to the sound of white noise, however this would be contradictory to the function of white noise. A white noise alarm clock is simply an alarm clock that has the capability to play white noise to allow you to sleep. The white noise can be programmed to fade out after a preset time or stay on all night. For White Noise Alarm Clocks - click here.

What Types of White Noise Makers are there?
White Noise makers come in a variety of styles and formats. There are White Noise CDs for compact disc players, white noise software for computers and electronic white noise devices, white noise machines, battery operated white noise generators and more.

What is a White Noise Generator?
A White Noise Generator is and device that produces White Noise. Some White Noise generators are offered as free downloads on the internet and are played on the computer or other sound producing device. Other White Noise generators are electrical/mechanical devices that are available for purchase.

What is a Sound Conditioner? What is a White Noise Machine?
Sound conditioners are white noise devices that generate a range of repetitive soothing sounds or noise that can help you concentrate or sleep undisturbed.
Sound Conditioners come in two basic styles (mechanical and electrical). Mechanical sound conditioners produce White Noise Sound or sounds by a whirring fan device or other mechanical device. Electronic sound conditioners produce White Noise or other sound using electronics and electronic speaker systems

What does a Sound Conditioner do? What does a White Noise Machine do?
Sound conditioners generate White Noise and/or sounds similar to fan motors, rushing air, running water or other soothing sounds which neutralize environmental sounds around a person.

How does a Sound Conditioner (White Noise Machine) Help you Sleep Better?
Sound Conditioners produce a calming sound that effectively blocks out noises in the environment and help a person drift into sleep.

What is a White Noise Sleep Machine?
A White Noise sleep machine is simply any White Noise generator that you put by your bed to sleep to.

Where can I listen to Free White Noise Online?
At WhiteNoiseForFree.com you can listen to White Noise online for free. You can also hear many the other colors of noise including pink noise, brown noise (red noise), purple noise (violet noise), blue noise, orange noise, black noise and green noise as well as other noise masking sounds.

What is the Best Way to Block Sound?
There is no single best way to block out sound. It depends on your individual circumstance. Many people use Sound Blocking Headphones, Ear Plugs, Ear Muffs, Noise Canceling Technology and White Noise.

What is Gaussian White Light
"Gaussian noise also known as white noise or thermal noise was first defined by Karl Gauss the German mathematician. Gaussian noise is evenly distributed across the entire range of frequencies." source: http://www.mpirical.com

What does Gaussian mean?
Of or relating to Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss or his mathematical theories. Gauss, a German mathematician and scientist contributed to number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.

What are White Noise Ghosts?
White noise ghosts are the "voices" that some people hear when listening to white noise.

How to Hear a Ghost - For decades, paranormal researchers have been recording enigmatic voices on audiotape. Called electronic voice phenomena - or EVP - these strange-sounding voices have been captured using ordinary tape recorders and cassette tapes. Often these researchers venture out into cemeteries or allegedly haunted houses. Sometimes the voices seem to respond to questions asked by the researchers, but often they are unprompted. In every case, however, the voices are not heard at the time they are recorded. Oddly, it is not until later when the researchers play the tape back - often with amplification or filtering - that the voices can be distinguished. Are they ghosts? Voices from another dimension? Something else? What they are exactly is a matter of debate, but there's little denying that they are there - and completely unexplained." http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa102901a.htm

Electronic voice phenomena is today one of the most fascinating areas of paranormal research. Human-sounding voices from unknown origin are recorded on such electronic media as tape recorders, digital voice recorders, video recorders and other devices. Strangely, the voices are not heard at the time of the recording; it is only when the recording is played back that the voices are heard. (Contrary to the premise of the film White Noise, EVPs are very often found without the use of "white noise" – random static from a radio or television – although this method has been used successfully.) http://paranormal.about.com/od/ghostaudiovideo/a/aa010305.htm

  

 

THE COLORS OF NOISE

Noise can be thought of as an electrical signal which produces an acoustic sound. Noise comes in many colors. The colors of noise are assigned based loosely on the correlations between the sound wave frequency and the color light wave frequency. The colors of noise include: White Noise, pink noise, brown noise (red noise), purple noise (violet noise), blue noise, orange noise, black noise, green noise, and more.

WHITE NOISE; What is White Noise?
 White Noise is named by comparing it's sound with white light. A noise or sound is considered "white" if it has a flat spectrum over a defined frequency band. White Noise Sample: Listen to White Noise Sound.

PINK NOISE; What's Pink Noise?
Pink noise also known as "1/f noise", "random walk noise", "drunkard's walk noise" , "red noise" and "Brownian noise". Pink noise is White Noise that has been filtered to contain an approximately equal amount of energy (or noise) in each octave. When compared to White Noise, Pink noise is much more pleasing to the ear, and sounds closer to natural sounds such as wind or ocean surf. Pink noise is generally considered the kind of noise most prevalent in nature. Pink Noise Sample: Listen to Pink Noise Sound

BLUE (AZURE) NOISE; What Is Blue Noise?
 In computer graphics, the term "blue noise" is sometimes used more loosely as any noise with minimal low frequency components and no concentrated spikes in energy. Blue noise is, somewhat the inverse of "pink" noise. Blue Noise Sample: Listen to Blue Noise Sound.

VIOLET (PURPLE) NOISE; What Is Violet Noise?
 Violet noise is also known as differentiated White Noise. Purple noise is similar to brown noise except that the power density increases as the frequency increases. Violet noise is the inverse of "brown" noise. Violet Noise Sample: Listen to Violet Noise Sound.

GREY NOISE; What Is Grey Noise?
 Grey noise sounds the same to our ears regardless of the frequency. Grey noise is important in the study of psychoacoustics (how the human brain hears sounds, how the sound is transmitted to the brain, and how the we processes the information to determine a sound. grey noise is used in the study of hearing loss and hearing safety in loud industrial settings. Grey Noise Sample: Listen to Grey Noise Sound.

ORANGE NOISE; What Is Orange Noise?
 Orange noise is said to relate to musical scales with sour, citrus, or "orange" notes. It is said to be a clashing, displeasing noise as if all of the "in tune" notes of a song are replaced with "out of tune" notes. Orange Noise Sample: Listen to Orange Noise Sound.

GREEN NOISE; What Is Green Noise?
 Green noise is said to be the background noises of the world. Green Noise Sample: Listen to Green Noise Sound.

BROWN NOISE; What Is Brown Noise?
 Brown noise gets its name from "Brownian motion" and is the kind of noise associated with such "random walks." Brown noise is said to be good for blocking out unwanted chatter. Brown Noise Sample: Listen to Brown Noise Sound.

BLACK NOISE; What Is Black Noise?
 Black noise is also know as silent noise. Black noise is said to be a characteristic of catastrophes like floods, droughts, power outages, etc.
Black Noise Sample: Listen to Black Noise Sound (Black White Noise).

 

Too Many Distractions for Studying? Can't Concentrate?

I had a friend in college who used to lie on his bed studying with radio by his side listening to static. We thought he was crazy until he explained that the static blocks out the distracting noise coming from down the hallway. That was his way of masking unwanted noises. His radio was his white noise maker. It worked for him. He got straight A's.

Having Trouble Sleeping? Try White Noise Sleep!

Have you ever been sleeping in bed when the next door neighbors dog started to bark or your hear noises or voices coming from outside. It doesn't take much to prevent you from falling back to sleep. Even the sound of the ticking clock on the wall may keep you awake. Ear plugs don't help much because they don’t block all the sounds. Those low frequency sounds or that occasional high pitched noise makes it through and keeps you awake. I used to try to block them by falling to sleep to the drone of the television in my bedroom. That would work some of the time, until a loud commercial would come on. On day when sleeping to the TV, I awoke from a dream which consisted of "me" interacting with the characters on Gilligan's Island only to find Gilligan's Island playing on the television. Apparently the television show penetrated my dreaming mind and my mind incorporated Gilligan's Island into my active dream. I was impressed, but I have since opted for sleeping to White Noise when I anticipate a noisy night.

How To Use White Noise At Work

by Michael Kirtley

When you work at a busy office with lots of other people, the NOISE can be distracting. And even if you work at home, you can often be thrown off by the lawn maintenance crew trimming limbs in the next yard or the sound of your kids playing in the other room. What do you do?

WHAT IS WHITE NOISE?
White Noise is a sound containing a blend of all the audible FREQUENCIES distributed equally over the range of the frequency band. White Noise is analogous to white light which contains all the colors of the rainbow together. The term “White Noise” as used in this article will be applied a little looser to include a host of sounds (waterfall, rain and brook as examples) used for BLOCKING out unwanted sounds.

WHAT IT DOES
Because White Noise contains most sound frequencies, it is commonly used to MASK other sounds. If you are in a hotel and voices from the room next-door are leaking into your room, you might turn on a fan to DROWN out the voices. The fan produces a good approximation of White Noise. How does this "white" sound work and why does it mask out other noise?

HOW IT WORKS
Here is one way to think about it. Let's say two people are talking at the same time. Your brain can normally pick out one of the two voices and actually listen to it and UNDERSTAND it. If three people are talking simultaneously, your brain can probably still pick out one voice. However, if 1,000 people are talking simultaneously, there is no way that your brain can pick out one voice. It turns out that 1,000 people talking together sounds a lot like White Noise. So when you turn on a fan to create White Noise, you are essentially creating a source of 1,000 voices. The voice next-door makes it 1,001 voices, and your brain can't pick it out anymore. One thing to keep in mind when using White Noise is that more is not always better -- it is usually best to use just enough to help mask the offending noise, not completely OVERWHELM it.

FINDING WHITE NOISE
There are three sources of White Noise that are commonly used to help mask out annoying sounds:
MECHANICALLY generated
ELECTRONICALLY generated
RECORDINGS -- usually on CD format
MECHANICAL WHITE NOISE DEVICES

The mechanical type of White Noise Machine produces a sound very close to that of a FAN. This is a very popular type of White Noise Machine; probably because it produces a sound that we are all familiar with and don’t find unpleasant. One drawback of the mechanical units is that they are limited in VOLUME. Since they produce the sound mechanically, it isn’t possible to simply turn up the volume.

ELECTRONIC WHITE NOISE DEVICES
White Noise is commonly generated with a digital or electronic sound SYNTHESIZING device. Sound designers, with some processing and filtering, can create a multitude of effects such as wind, rain, waterfall or surf. The main consideration when choosing a digital white noise device is if the device loops a recorded clip of sound or synthesizes its own sound. By LOOPING we refer to a few seconds of sound that is digitally recorded and played over and over. They try to match up the end with the beginning but if you listen carefully you can detect where the segment begins -- this is irritating to some people. The better digital sound devices actually synthesize the sound instead of playing a recording, therefore no looping.

RECORDINGS
Compact discs are a popular and inexpensive way (not counting the cost of a stereo system) to bring White Noise into your home or office. You can get almost any sound imaginable but the most commonly used are NATURE sounds like rain, thunder or babbling brooks and nature sounds overlaid with soft music. The advantages of compact discs are a high quality sound and low cost. The disadvantage is that, if you are using the sound to help you sleep, the INTERRUPTION when changing tracks or cycling will often times wake you up. Generally the best uses for compact discs are for office privacy, meditation or just relaxing.

USING OFFICE WHITE NOISE SOUND AT WORK
If you work in an office where you can shut the door, you are probably able to keep the most offensive noises out. But when you are in a cubicle, working out of your dining room, or have a space with less privacy, the level of noise around you may make the difference between a PRODUCTIVE day and a wasted one. Consider installing a White Noise Machine, bringing in a recording of your favorite waterfall noises -- or if you can get away with it, put on some noise-cancelling white noise headphones playing ambient sounds. You'll be amazed at how much more you get done in your workday!

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Sound Conditioners Help you Sleep Better
How often have you lay awake at night trying to get to sleep but finding it impossible due to all the noise around that you just can't shut out? Ever been frustrated with hearing snoring partners, rowdy neighbors or any one of a number of different noises that keep you from drifting off? Then try a white noise machine!  White noise machines are a remarkable way to mask the sounds around you. They produce a pleasant sound that is similar to a fan or the sound of radio static that gently pushes annoying sounds in the background away, thereby allowing you to sleep better and stay asleep.  Sound machines are also great for office privacy situations (such as medical clinics) where conversations need to be kept confidential. White noise machines are also very comforting for babies and young children too. Many sleep deprived parents have found a good night's sleep after introducing a white noise machine into their child's bedroom. A white noise machine helps babies and children fall asleep easily and often times sleep through the entire night.

The white noise machine is especially useful for the following:
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-Health care institutions Motor homes and RV's
-Apartment living Hotels and motels
-Assisted living center

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-Street noise Appliance noise
-Television and stereos Noisy neighbors
-Baring dogs Air traffic
-Snoring spouse Conversation
-Tinnitus (ringing, buzzing in the ears, etc.)
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CMU study shows college student sleep patterns could be detrimental
"A similar study by Forquer and Johnson, published in "Sleep and Hypnosis," found that the use of continuous White Noise may help college students get better sleep. The study found that White Noise was effective for college students with self-reported sleep problems to decrease difficulty in falling asleep and night wakings." http://www.news.cmich.edu/2008/05/cmu-study-shows-college-studen/

HowStuffWorks "What is white noise?"
What is white noise? Learn how different sound frequencies combine to create white noise. ... The article How Guitars Work talks about the difference between noise, tones and notes. White noise is a type of noise that is produced by combining sounds of all different frequencies together. If you took all of the imaginable... www.howstuffworks.com/question47.htm

 

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