gumroad.com
Productivity
ambient sound generator
SHOW HN2020
18points
14comments
#1,790of 3,028 in 2020
Top 60%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Performance: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Sound quality of the samples is good
From 2 comments
That said: I checked, and the size is mostly the sound files (which are 312 MB total). I don't mind storing a decent set of high quality ambient sound files.
Ennea on HNExactly, priority on sound quality.
parisianka on HN
Objections
Installer is about 314 MB, mostly sound files
From 2 comments
> 314 MB Ouch.
huhtenberg on HNThat said: I checked, and the size is mostly the sound files (which are 312 MB total). I don't mind storing a decent set of high quality ambient sound files.
Ennea on HN
Only three volume settings
From 1 comment
Here's some: only having three different volume settings is bad. The train sample seems repetitive/has obvious cuts. The noise samples are super long and therefore also large in…
Ennea on HN
Requires administrative privileges to install
From 1 comment
Any chance of a version that doesn't require administrative privileges to install?
eganist on HN
Paid version requires online sign-up for premium features
From 1 comment
I can't speak for those who got it for free with your code, but if didn't have the code, I'd have been pretty upset to pay fifteen dollars for a desktop app only to find a tab in…
frettchen on HN
Requests
Version that does not need admin rights
From 1 comment
Any chance of a version that doesn't require administrative privileges to install?
eganist on HN
macOS version
From 1 comment
Any chance for macOS version?
mobilio on HN
Alternatives named
Noice (free, on F-Droid for Android)
From 2 comments
On android I use Noice available from F-Droid (and maybe the playstore, no idea). Does a good job and it is Free and free.
ta988 on HN+++ for Noice, I use it too and really like it. High quality sounds, and as parent commenter said, it's Free
bonchicbongenre on HN