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What Does Perlin Noise Sound Like?

by 10098 on 5/13/17, 4:45 AM with 31 comments

  • by rubatuga on 5/13/17, 5:51 PM

    Running it through a FFT, the noise looks similar to blue noise, but with a lowpass at 1000 Hz
  • by failrate on 5/13/17, 5:25 PM

    Unfortunately, the audio clips do not play in Safari mobile.
  • by tscs37 on 5/13/17, 8:31 PM

    This sound kind of reminds me of one of these "Space Engine Sounds" on youtube, especially the Firefly/Serenity themed track.

    I used to love it for sleeping, it's rather relaxing.

  • by Kenji on 5/13/17, 6:13 PM

    My initial reaction was like "Oh, like white noise!"

    I could not have been more wrong. There is very clear structure in Perlin Noise. Great write-up and I learned something.

  • by andai on 5/13/17, 6:02 PM

    I've heard this before! In some Nine Inch Nails tracks. I always thought it was white noise + bandpass + clipping or distortion.
  • by hammock on 5/13/17, 7:16 PM

    Didn't really understand how he got to it, but would be interesting to hear this noise source across the larger spectrum (not just the low freqs)

    It might sound/be more natural/fractal than pure white noise (+LPF), I can't tell. But it won't work to drown out office chatter because its the high freqs there that matter.

  • by slaymaker1907 on 5/13/17, 10:04 PM

    It might be interesting to use Perlin noise to craft a melody by mapping the reals onto a musical scale.

    In particular, it seems like it would have some nice properties for melodies since it will keep the melody in a comfortable range and won't throw in a bunch of large leaps.

  • by blue1 on 5/13/17, 6:10 PM

    To me it sounds like the ships background noise in Star Trek.
  • by joshu on 5/14/17, 2:20 AM

    Does this use Perlin noise to generate the PCM values?

    If so, what would it look like to use Perlin noise as the input to an inverse FFT function?

  • by martyvis on 5/13/17, 10:09 PM

    LOL. I just finished putting up a pergola with a clear polycarbonate roof. The recommendation is to apply a foam adhesive tape to the purlins (battens) to prevent noise caused by movement of the sheets from thermal expansion. Ihttps://www.bunnings.com.au/suntuf-access-25mm-x-20m-purlin-... - I thought it was a strange topic for HN ;-)