alt Hacker NewsPink noise is also perceptually flat noise, because it contains the same energy in each octave (or decade). 'truly' white noise (equal energy for equal bandwidth) tends to sound quite tinny/hissy in comparison.
Pink noise is also perceptually flat noise, because it contains the same energy in each octave (or decade). 'truly' white noise (equal energy for equal bandwidth) tends to sound quite tinny/hissy in comparison.
I went through a phase of using ~whitenoise while working to block out distractions.
Actual white noise indeed sounds really bad and grating. The best for me was a mix of pink and brown noise, pink for an ~equal baseline and brown to make it sound a little more mellow.
I suspect most/all generators meant to block out noise do something similar. It really sounds pretty bad without that, especially for anything more than a few seconds.