[HN Gopher] Lofi.co - Relax and Focus ___________________________________________________________________ Lofi.co - Relax and Focus Author : evo_9 Score : 111 points Date : 2022-05-22 17:57 UTC (5 hours ago) (HTM) web link (lofi.co) (TXT) w3m dump (lofi.co) | midislack wrote: | I just get some animation of some dude walking, nothing happens. | nkozyra wrote: | Sounds relaxing | midislack wrote: | I can only focus so long on it though. | mellowagain wrote: | Thank you for additionally giving back 1% of your subscription | earnings to mental health organizations! | comnetxr wrote: | looks great. wish I could break it free from the browser though. | a browser tab can't really be the backdrop to my work, and | clicking into a browser tab just to view the visualization is an | extra distraction -- defeating the purpose. Doesn't seem | realistic, but I wish I could set this to be my desktop | background without loosing the interactivity. | open1414 wrote: | if you use chrome, you can "install" it and it will look like | an application then. i do this with spotify | Nalta wrote: | fwiw, I take sites like this and use chrome's option to make | them stand-alone apps. (three dots -> more tools -> create | shortcut -> open as window) | comnetxr wrote: | does anyone know if you could take a window and make it | always be in the background -- the reverse of "always on | top", say "always on bottom"? doesn't seem to be an option on | Mac or in Gnome that I can tell but maybe there is someway to | gain that functionality. | oan wrote: | Hey, thank you for the feedback. I absolutely get what you're | saying, a solution can be 'installing' the website as an app | (you should get the prompt in the browser to do so). Plan for | the future is to have both a desktop and mobile app though, | which would definitely be the best solution | Method-X wrote: | https://poolsuite.net is the one I use. | | The retro 90s asthetic is awesome. | TobyTheDog123 wrote: | While I think this is a really cool product with incredible art | assets, I just can't see myself paying $4 monthly (or $100 once) | for a number of looping videos, a spotify playlist, customizable | audio effects, and a few productivity tools, most of which could | be stored in the user's browser, and most of which have better, | free alternatives. | | As a user I'd probably feel more comfortable handing over closer | to $1/mo, but of course that's very subjective and this may be | worth more/less to different people. | | The art is really awesome though, but the amount I find myself | actually looking away from my task at hand to enjoy it just isn't | enough for it to be worth another subscription. I'm not sure what | the big costs are for a site like this, but I imagine something | like Cloudflare could kill video/asset delivery costs, having | users connect their own music accounts (or just use Youtube for | curation) could kill any music costs, but that's about it. | death916 wrote: | Ya its a bit pricey but really good execution. If there was an | open source version of this where you could use ur own files | but this was the player or something would be dope. Cant fault | someone for trying to make some money though. | oan wrote: | Hey! This is actually a website of mine, so I appreciate the | feedback. About the price, any alternative or similar products' | memberships cost around double (if not more) for often less | features, so I'd say the pricing is actually quite low. For the | costs, I would say S3 for the assets is the biggest one, at | least with the current 150-200,000 monthly users. The actual | art as well is a cost since it's all original, but that can | vary if say we don't add any new set for a month, which has | happened only one time. Thanks again for the feedback! | gabereiser wrote: | I tried to use the site but couldn't without registering for | premium. | | If there any free soundscapes to try this out or is it all behind | a paywall? | cultofmetatron wrote: | as someone who is currently subscribed to both endel AND brainfm | AND has several lofi playlists on spotify, you need to work on | your onboarding process. | | first I had to navigate several tutorial screens and then I have | to sign in just to hear music? You're going to lose a lot of | signups. You need to make the music available asap so that I can | see what I'm buying into. even taking the time to fill out | another signup form is an investment. | vmception wrote: | I skipped the tutorial and was right into a scene with no | signup? | gabereiser wrote: | Really? Because I ended on a scene that was unusable without | signing up | ssnistfajen wrote: | There is a (very stylized) cross mark on the top right | corner which you can click to get rid of the signup screen | and then hit the play button for music to start playing. | Clearly the process needs a few more iterations of | improvement. I get why prompting signups is important but | without making it less intrusive a lot of potential users | will simply walk away when they already have an existing | solution of productivity tools + Youtube playlists. | kristiandupont wrote: | If you are into binaural beats, you can try listening to this: | https://soundcloud.com/kristiandupont/brainwave-for- | meditati.... | | I made it with a piece of software many years ago (seriously! | It was a DOS program). It's the sound that most consistently | puts me into a trance. I put it on Soundcloud to make sure I | wouldn't lose it, because I have no way of recreating it and | all the apps and videos I have found don't work nearly as well | for me. | carlgreene wrote: | I definitely did not have to sign up to listen to music. Took a | few more clicks than I'd like but still was able to hear stuff | within 5-10 seconds | brendoelfrendo wrote: | There's an "x" in the top right on the sign-in screen that lets | you bypass the sign up process and use the service logged out. | I'm with you, though, that I almost closed the tab when | prompted to sign in; I don't really see the need to make an | account until and unless I want to be a premium user. | niemenmaa wrote: | Some music starting to play in background would definitely be | great. Btw, I just tried both endel and brainfm and both | required me to sign up before i could listen to any music. | cultofmetatron wrote: | maybe something changed but back when I signed up for them | both, I'd listen to the free tracks without signing up. they | proved their value and I ended up signing up so I could get | the whole catalog. | selykg wrote: | Don't do that, I could see that being bad too. Unable to stop | or pause is another problem. The various screens to get | started just need to go away. | oan wrote: | Hey there, I appreciate the feedback and the tutorial | screens will definitely go away as soon as the landing page | will be live later next month. Can I ask what you mean by | unable to stop or pause? | selykg wrote: | It was a direct response to auto-playing when loading the | page. I think if you did that but popped the screens you | do now you pose a problem of people that load the page | but don't have the ability to pause. Imagine a work | environment as an example of that. | butterlesstoast wrote: | I presume they might mean ability to play and pause with | either integrated phone controls or keyboard play pause. | In other words, it should be simple to pause the | background music if needed. Lovely application! I'll use | it at work tomorrow. | oan wrote: | Hey there, answering as this is an app of mine and I like to | hear people's feedback. You don't actually need to do any sign- | up or navigate the tutorials to use the website, there are both | an X on the top right and a 'leave tutorial' button to go | directly to the play button/mixer | orphea wrote: | Also it suggests to check out two Premium backgrounds that are | free until... three days ago. Quite a tempting offer. | xwowsersx wrote: | Everything I click on results in a pop-up directing me to go | premium, including links that don't have that little icon | indicating it's only available for premium subscribers. | rayrag wrote: | I've downloaded few mixes with relaxing music from YT and created | a playlist in my foobar, it's simple and it doesn't require | browser. I also recommend some radio streams: | | https://somafm.com | | http://echoesofbluemars.org/ | | https://plaza.one/ | no-dr-onboard wrote: | Somafm's DEF CON channel is factually the best working music. | ilrwbwrkhv wrote: | Somafm digitalis has been my beat since 2008ish | applecrazy wrote: | Reminds me a lot of https://lifeat.io/. No affiliation. | Hbruz0 wrote: | That's amazing, are the videos live ? | LegitShady wrote: | they are not. you can load and reload them to see their | starting point. | blueflow wrote: | This is basically lofi-girl as a service. | kblev wrote: | Anyone knows a good radio for dub techno? Something like CMYK's | uploads on YouTube. | r3trohack3r wrote: | I've been compiling a list of focus inducing songs on Deezer. | | My method is to vet a random playlist by listening to it during | an intense coding session. If I can make it through without | getting distracted I add it to my focus playlist. | | I have a subsequent vetting process where - if at any point when | listening to a song on my focus playlist - a song grabs my | attention I'll remove it. | | It's grown to over 75 hours of music at this point. I can listen | to it for days on shuffle without hearing anything familiar which | helps keep it in the background. | | https://deezer.page.link/JChycwJz7ArqGDtRA | aunetx wrote: | That's great, thanks for sharing! However you will soon hit the | 2000 songs limit on the playlist, if Deezer did not remove it | already. | r3trohack3r wrote: | Ha! I already hit it. That's why the playlist isn't any | longer. | | You're the first person I've met who knows this limit. Every | time I complain about the 2k limit in my social circles, I | get these weird looks like they're saying "who'd ever need | more than 2k songs?" | tra3 wrote: | Is it possible to convert this to Spotify or YouTube music? | r3trohack3r wrote: | No idea. Deezer is DRM free, has a deep catalogue, has a | solid API, and provides high fidelity files. I have no use | for other services. Personally I'd recommend them. As an | example of a personal project I've built on their API: | https://audile.app (a random album on every page load) | | Unless you have an online service you won't be able to keep | this playlist in sync on another platform as I continue | cultivating it. I do keep a backup of the playlist in the | event Deezer disappears. | tra3 wrote: | Fair enough. I'm pretty coupled to Spotify's ecosystem so | for anyone on Spotify here's the first 200 songs: | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IcZx8V66DzI2apfnutcvq | | I used a service (soundiiz) that only allows 200 songs to | be converted for free. | subzero06 wrote: | This is great | death916 wrote: | nice vibes. Monetization kinda in your face, but I dig the site. | chrisweekly wrote: | I'm happy with my personally curated "Flowstate" Spotify | playlist, comprised of tracks I can put on repeat for deep work | sessions: | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UScdOAlqXqWTOmXFgQhFA?si=... | sha256sum wrote: | Reminds me of lofi.cafe, same concept but without creepy login | screens and "onboarding processes". | [deleted] | junon wrote: | Yep. Three taps in and I'm already hitting "premium" screens. | No thanks. | katcher wrote: | The best onboarding is to let your users use the product | without all the pop ups, Next buttons and registrations for | spam. | oan wrote: | Very sorry if the login screen looks creepy ahah, definitely | got to improve that side. The tutorial will go away as soon as | the landing page is live later next month. I do know lofi.cafe | as it's from a fellow italian developer, but I think the | concept is quite different. Thanks for the feedback! | holoduke wrote: | Just type in something you feel in YouTube and you get that kind | of music. Relaxed coding music, tavern programming music, melodic | slow dungeon music, dark church chill music. Celtic modern | electronic lounge music, wizard fantasy medevil dubstep relaxed | music, sad jungle music, back to 90s synthwave modern music, | truckers traffic jam music. You name it. I am amazed how many | genres there are out there. I listen it all the time. | sinamim wrote: | free alternative: https://www.lofi.cafe/ | a_bored_husky wrote: | another free alternative: https://lofi.limo/ | pbronez wrote: | I've settled on https://www.brain.fm/ for this. I really like how | I can dial the music in for the desired effect. For me, it's more | convenient and effective than searching playlists. | tra3 wrote: | Brain.fm was a good deal when lifetime memebrships were | available. It's not worth the current monthly fee. | r2_pilot wrote: | I lucked out and did the lifetime membership. It mostly stays | unused but it's fun to have sometimes. | tra3 wrote: | Yeah, I wish I got it too. I was pretty great to drown out | distractions without being distracting itself. I hesitate | to confirm or deny whether it actually made me more focused | or relaxed. | prakhar897 wrote: | Yours is great but I love this one :) | | https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/ | fcurzel wrote: | Been using for the last few hours, pretty good! | throwaway6734 wrote: | https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/ | | Is my go to. The web design is slick, all tracks are downloadable | mp3s, and the tracks are great background noise ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-05-22 23:00 UTC)