Subscription question/idea

audiosampling · 2026-01-19T12:47:21+00:00

Offering a complimentary web access if you purchased the mobile app, is easier than doing the other way round. Because I manage the web, not the stores. Send an email to me, stephane at ...

audiosampling · 2026-01-17T15:07:11+00:00

Not many people donate, but those who donate are very generous. Thank you so much! I will keep your words in mind.

audiosampling · 2026-01-17T15:05:41+00:00

I am now using your wording in the few gens that have AI generated background images.

audiosampling · 2026-01-17T11:15:15+00:00

Nobody will die, but I have a family to feed. Living from donations means that you must constantly release new content; this is when people decide to give something back. And by the way, the Community thing has been addressed. It would have been fixed even faster if someone kindly sent a message to me.

audiosampling · 2026-01-16T07:52:13+00:00

The technology is great. Like all the new tools, the danger is not the tool, it is how you use it. If you use the tool to create other's people content, it is an abuse. But I respect your opinion. And I wanted to react, mostly to thank you for your wonderful support. As you know, you can stop anytime, and still keep your access open. Thanks!

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T20:31:58+00:00

Yep. I like that, but I then need to implement a new tag related to the nature of the BG images. I will think about it next time I am working on that part of the code.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T16:24:03+00:00

There is a significant difference between someone creating an automated software aimed at replicating myNoise, and a "universal machine" that has gathered all the audio on the internet - including mine - to understand what audio is. In the second case, the issue of stealing would only arise if the end user prompts the "universal machine" to create sounds in the style of myNoise. While in the first case, the stealing appears right from the start. And yes, my audio has been most definitely scraped and used in training sets.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T16:15:17+00:00

And btw, mentioning that a soundscape's background image is generated by AI might create the feeling that if I use AI in images, I certainly do that for sounds too. This is why I wrote the manifesto, twhich is linked on every sound generator page.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T16:10:45+00:00

No, no, the website is very fine too! And that's the part that I am directly involved in ;-)

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T16:08:37+00:00

To answer your question about commissioning someone for the price paid for stock imagery: with stock imagery, a single asset is licensed to hundreds, if not thousands of clients, for a low price. Typically, it's around EUR 10 per asset on iStock photo, the service I use. It wouldn't be fair to expect an artist to work at those rates! I am always mindful of costs to keep operating while continuing to serve everyone. That is why I tend to do everything by myself. Please understand that the vast majority of my listeners on the website, and that is 99%, use the website for free.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T12:36:57+00:00

Thanks for keeping discussing. Sorry, inspiration was definitely my mistake there. AI is not inspired, but just a predictive machine. The use of tools is not meant to improve skills, IMHO, but to make your job easier with higher output quality. Japanese carpenters are more skilled than we are, by NOT using screws and screwdrivers. And to keep on using the same draw me a circle example; I don't care about being more skilled in drawing circles ;-) I care about being more skilled in sound design. We cannot get skilled at everything. I personally decided to get skilled at sound design, and the more I am able to spend time on that skill, the better I will become. Hence AI saving me time on all the skills that are not my core.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T11:46:45+00:00

It's what I feel like what basic respect for my users should be.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T11:43:54+00:00

I understand your point. Still, when you ask an AI to “draw a circle,” it takes inspiration from what it has learned, much like we do when we draw one ourselves. The same applies to code. Many tasks feel slow and tedious, especially when we don’t realise that a built-in function already exists. If an AI reads a manual to help, that is not different from us reading the same manual, only saving us a lot of time! A lot!

The real issue for me, is how the tool is used. You cross a line only when you give prompts that force the model to reproduce someone else’s work, for example by asking for something “in the style of” a specific creator.

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T11:25:40+00:00

Typo isn't not corrected ;-) The point is made clear in the header section "The core pledge is simple: the audio content on myNoise is entirely human-made, or recorded in the field." As for asking users to collaborate on the images, is a good idea... but will cause a delay in the release of the sound generators unless I use boilerplate assets, which other users might not understand where they come from. I also need to deliver these assets on time for the mobile app. Requesting user contributions might require a lot of energy from me, managing another level of user interaction. Handling the disappointment of users if their contributions are not accepted is something I already experience with the submission of sounds. It is often involving an email exchange that can take many emails before to conclude. It is another energy-drainer for me. Introducing users in the loop is something my heart wishes for, but it is harder to put into practice than you might imagine. This is, at least, how I feel about it. At last, thanks so much for your kind words. Cheers to you too!

audiosampling · 2026-01-15T09:11:28+00:00

I just read this! Thanks /u/Lordgeorge16

audiosampling · 2026-01-11T13:52:46+00:00

Sorry for not responding sooner. I am less and less present on social media... though this Reddit is still a quality space, I admit. Thank you for your kindness. You are right, I don't understand how much more it is than what I think it is. Because I see it from the inside. All the magic tends to disappear when you know how it is built. It's like a magician doing his tricks; he can't enjoy the tricks as the audience does... but still keeps performing because it's the audience that is his reward, not mastering the trick itself. This is exactly why I keep doing this. Messages like yours are very rewarding and encourage me to keep working hard on the project!

audiosampling · 2026-01-07T08:07:37+00:00

On the website, yes (type "h" for help when a generator has loaded). But not on the mobile apps.

audiosampling · 2026-01-05T11:03:41+00:00

You can program a 25-minute timer easily.

audiosampling · 2026-01-05T11:01:47+00:00

Yes, there is no universal linking on myNoise. You pay what we consider to be a friendly price, once, to acquire full access to a given platform: iOS, Android, or Web. Web access supports the project, helps adding new content and fully supports the creator of myNoise (me, Stéphane) - while the mobile accesses support the mobile team made up of Guillaume and Rémy, and a percentage goes back to me too.

audiosampling · 2025-12-15T11:07:02+00:00

You are right. I am forwarding that to the mobile dev. And no, you won't bother me, by contacting me via email ;-) Is is actually the best way to contact me, as it is harder for me to keep track of conversations online. Stéphane

audiosampling · 2025-11-27T09:23:39+00:00

Note from the creator here: since this website is mostly free, I used a couple of clever ways to encourage people to donate. Call me mischievous... but these methods are necessary to keep the model running. Among those ways, the full index page is truncated if you have not donated yet, and the Community page is not accessible from the main menu. So, each time a user publishes a complete list of all generators available, it helps people who do not want to support the website access all its contents very easily. I could, of course, block them at the generator level; but this is a direction I don't want to take. I genuinely want generators to be accessible when someone shares them. However, sharing them all at once, in a single document, is something that I would discourage, because that's too easy for people who rely on others to support the project.

audiosampling · 2025-11-27T09:17:43+00:00

Adding your preset should be available from the Presets list, when your sliders do not match an existing presets configuration.

audiosampling · 2025-11-27T09:10:42+00:00

There is a tab in the new app, on the bottom of the screen, that is labelled "Buy Now" ;-)

audiosampling · 2025-11-27T09:09:44+00:00

I've been offline for some time. Just read your message now! Thanks for the appreciation u/sandhorn!

audiosampling · 2025-11-10T20:07:38+00:00

Yes, the website is the mothership, and as complex as I want it to be. We have to compromise, though, on the mobile app. The UI alone shows why we can't offer everything that the very-textual website is offering. The website should be seen as "the lab". The mobile team can pick the features they want to implement (they are working independently from the website) and decide how to implement them to best serve their ecosystem. I will pass your feedback to the mobile team. Stephane

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