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music and audio dance and electronic musicWhat is the difference between white noise and brown noise?
White noise is broadly spread across thesoundspectrum, including low-frequency, mid-range, andhigh-frequencysounds. Most people find this noise verycalming andpleasant. Brown noise is even deeper, evenstronger at thelow end, and without the high frequency sounds ofwhite andpink noises.
Consequently, is Brown noise better than white noise?
As the video explains, white noise has ahigherfrequency and we perceive it to sound louder than itreallyis. Pink noise, which they play in the video, takesthisinto account and balances out the frequency. Brownnoise,which sounds like a low rumble or an ocean, lowers thehigherfrequencies even more.
Similarly one may ask, can white noise be harmful?
Study Claims White Noise Can Damage YourBrain,but Don't Panic. A recent research review suggests thatwhitenoise, the soothing, fuzzy soundtrack so many of usrely on tosleep or block out distractions, could actuallybedangerous.
A small new study published in Frontiers inHumanNeuroscience suggests that one easy way for older adults togetdeeper sleep and stronger memories is to listen to acertainsoothing sound called “pinknoise”—a mixof high and low frequencies thatsounds more balanced and naturalthan its better-knowncousin, “white