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Re:Music for Programming by jkalmadi on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @07:56PM (#12851217)
Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love!

Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours.

It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :)

Link: http://brain.fm/HN

Re:Music for Programming by gnuvince on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:35PM (#12851392)
Very cool of you, I was debating the $149 price tag, but at $30 I just paid before I could think of a reason not to.

Quick question: is there a way to use an audio player (e.g., Audacious, RhythmBox, VLC) to stream the music without using a web browser? The animated light curves in the background make the browser use 100% of a whole CPU core, which isn't ideal, especially when using a laptop on battery.

Re:Music for Programming by jkalmadi on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @10:08PM (#12851759)
Eeeek we getting fixing this asap. Until then iOS app is best bet.
Re:Music for Programming by devdoomari on Monday November 07, 2016 @11:58PM (#12897778)
how about approximating those sine-wave curves with bezier curves?

ps: I'm getting my salary on Nov. 11th so could you extend your offer until then?

Re:Music for Programming by oriel on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @01:14PM (#12857048)
Plug of my own. I'm a maintainer on an OSX toolbar plugin called BeardedSpice. Simple mapping of play/pause/etc/ keys to website audio players.

I was really happy to see we already had a controller strategy for brain.fm. You guys are making great stuff.

Re:Music for Programming by mixedCase on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:34PM (#12851388)
Hey, I'm really digging the Focus music. I was wondering to what headphones are you guys tuning it. It sounds awesome on my studio monitors, but it sounds like crap on my ATH-M50 cans due to the bass going over its limit unless I keep it to a rather low volume.
Re:Music for Programming by intopieces on Thursday November 03, 2016 @01:30AM (#12861816)
I use Bose Q25s. The noise cancellation + constant noise of brain.fm are perfect for putting me in a bubble
Re:Music for Programming by gremlinsinc on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:58PM (#12851501)
Hey you coming out w/ an android app any time soon? Would love to try the relax while I sleep. Just bought the pro deal.
Re:Music for Programming by jkalmadi on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @09:16PM (#12851569)
Yup! 80% done, sprinting to release it.
Re:Music for Programming by inanutshellus on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @11:12PM (#12851997)
Whenever I hear a programmer say "80% done" I think of the contractor's version: "two weeks", from the old '80s movie Money Pit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xGgWIw5tU

Re:Music for Programming by oriel on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:46PM (#12859100)
The joke at my old work was 'basically done'. Meaning they spent a weekend equivalent on a prototype. Management heard 'done' the rest of us heard 'not production ready'.
Re:Music for Programming by HeavyStorm on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @05:42AM (#12899153)
Here is, 'done, just needs testing'.
Re:Music for Programming by drewstiff on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:01AM (#12853136)
Great, that means you only have 80% left to do!
Re:Music for Programming by gremlinsinc on Thursday November 03, 2016 @10:23PM (#12869889)
well generally I think however long the first 80% takes, the last 20% will take 1-2 times that.. but cool that they're working on an android version, I'm patient and can wait. Loving brain.fm it actually works to keep me focused.
Re:Music for Programming by zyx321 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @09:14AM (#12854317)
So it's a paid service, but it won't tell me the price (or the limits on free accounts) until I give it my email... No thanks.
Re:Music for Programming by sdrothrock on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:58AM (#12852950)
That's a great offer! I'm chiming in to say that it made it a no-brainer for me as well and I signed up. I'm also interested in an Android app. :)
Re:Music for Programming by r4w8173 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:03AM (#12852968)
Just checked out your site and it is great. The sound is superb and it really helps focusing. Also, your offer is super generous.

However, you only accept credit card payments. I would never give my credit card info to a random site just to read a month from now that they've been hacked.

Is there a reason you are not accepting PayPal or BitCoins? It seems that you are not using one of those big payment processors either.

Re:Music for Programming by mpitt on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:23AM (#12853026)
According to the FAQs they use Stripe.
Re:Music for Programming by r4w8173 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:32AM (#12853043)
My fault. Indeed they submit to stripe. Sorry for the mistake.
Re:Music for Programming by r4w8173 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:29AM (#12853038)
The form was pointing to their own website.
Re:Music for Programming by dantiberian on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:04PM (#12851258)
That coupon code shows a negative price for the lower level memberships, not sure if that means you will be paying us for it :)
Re:Music for Programming by jkalmadi on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @10:10PM (#12851770)
that would be a revolutionary business model

it's a tiny bug, fixing now!

Re:Music for Programming by i5h4n on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:47AM (#12853082)
I just tried it for an hour or so and it does seem great. Bummed on the lack of an Android app though... would've helped me immediately.

Anyway, I read your comments that it is nearly 80% done so I'll give it a shot and signup. The mobile version on Chrome browser works decently well so I think I'll manage with that till then.

Re:Music for Programming by iLemming on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:00AM (#12889402)
Very cool of you guys offering such a big discount. Tried to sign-up, saw the banner (about the discount), chose lifetime subscription (even without trying) but my card still was charged $149.99. ;( Is there a way to fix this? I mean it totally maybe worth it, yet I wasn't ready to spend that much.
Re:Music for Programming by iLemming on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:43AM (#12906441)
Oh, I just got refunded. Thanks!
Re:Music for Programming by cx_newton on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:40AM (#12854058)
Impulse purchased this last night without really knowing what it was but boy was i impressed! Incredible really what you've done here and the developement team here loved it to! Well Played chaps!
Re:Music for Programming by iamthepieman on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:48AM (#12854119)
I just spent 50 bucks for a yearly subscription to one of your competitors a week ago. My biggest complaint about them is that I can't get a list of tracks that I've really enjoyed and there's no upvote, play more like this feature. I don't care about social "likes" but some songs in an otherwise great playlist are just really grating and throw me right out of the focus window. It would be nice to say "don't play this again"
Re:Music for Programming by didsomeonesay on Thursday November 03, 2016 @01:02PM (#12865766)
Signed. There are some other feature requests in this thread so I chime in:

- As someone else commented, the helicopter-like tremolo on some tracks can be quite irritating. When I find it, I skip. Unfortunately sometimes it starts later in the track and breaks focus. It would be nice to customize track preferences.

- A minimal web mode, no animations, no inspiring quotes.

- Android app but I hear you are working on this...

- Downloadable/offline tracks (if that's not part of the mobile app already; haven't tried iPhone).

Thanks!

Re:Music for Programming by jader201 on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @11:46PM (#12852105)
I'm a little late to the party. I bought the lifetime license from an earlier link that had it at $40.

My question is, is the tremolo/pulsating nature of the chords (sort of sounds like a helicopter) on most of the music a side-effect to the AI generated sounds, or is this by-design? If by-design, are there settings I could tinker with? If not, feature request. :)

I'm starting to find this a bit unnerving after extended periods, but it could be a personal preference.

Re:Music for Programming by mangeletti on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:01AM (#12853823)
Only some of the tracks have this. It's by design.
Re:Music for Programming by stefek99 on Thursday November 03, 2016 @12:04PM (#12865151)
Previously I was cleaning cookies / local storage (to have more free sessions). Then I downloaded MP3 and created playlists. At $29 I have no other option but to buy it... HURRAY! . . . . brain.fm is like matrix, I admit!
Re:Music for Programming by ffredrikk on Thursday November 03, 2016 @06:36AM (#12862778)
Extremely cool of you to do this. Discovered the service yesterday, tried it, was amazed (hopefully not placebo) and today signed up (lifetime deal).
Re:Music for Programming by t0s on Monday November 07, 2016 @08:16AM (#12890750)
Is it possible to have a similar deal again since from the comments seems there are a lot of developers interesting in your service ? Thanks!
Re:Music for Programming by timkofu on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @01:18PM (#12857110)
When is an Android app coming?
Re:Music for Programming by tonteldoos on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @09:19PM (#12860859)
Clicked it, tried it, impulse bought. Seems worth it so far :)
Re:Music for Programming by Cub3 on Thursday November 03, 2016 @12:15AM (#12861541)
Assuming theres no Android app?

Any ETA?

Re:Music for Programming by intopieces on Thursday November 03, 2016 @12:41AM (#12861642)
I think you can still run it in the browser. Not quite the same, I know (the iOS app is nice), but I think it might do for now.
Re:Music for Programming by andyjohnson0 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:36AM (#12854032)
Awesome. Subscribed!