soothing appliance sounds

[Cybrvanr]

check out some of these white noise CD's designed to soothe babies to sleep....I think I can enjoy them myself! They have all sorts of appliance sounds on them like air conditioners, fans, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, and yes even washers and dryers! My favorite, although non-appliance, I think has to be the distant thunderstorm

... While we enjoy the sounds of our machines humming away for us, I never thought they would be recorded to a CD and marketed!

 

[frigilux]

Are we missing a link to them, Steve?

The mellow see-sawing sound of my 2006 Frigidaire toploader agitating is a very soothing, gently rhythmic sound.

 

[laundryshark]

O Yes! I'll Never Forget!

When our family shared a house with the neighbors, my room was in the basement. As a celler dweller, the Maytag A806 type washer was on the other end of the basement floor. Every time somebody needed to run the washer, I always wanted to take a nap, even when I had homework to do. The irony was the machine vibrated a lot during the spin cycle, only due to the fact that the washer was not sitting on a completely level surface. I figured this out one day by holding down the machine. As long as I was holding the machine in place, it spun so quietly that the neighbors thought the machine was broken. LOL! Then, of course, there were other times *in my childhood* when either a dishwasher or a washer were such sootheing sources for causing me to fall asleep.--Laundry Shark

 

[jasonl]

Here's the linkie

http://www.purewhitenoise.com/

 

[jasonl]

BTW

The Washing Machine is a later Maytag Dependable Care.

 

[jasonl]

The dryer sounds like a Frigidaire. I'm not sure what the DW is.

I would definitely get the Fan, Air Conditioner, DW, Washer and Dryer

 

[maytagmark]

I can't sleep in total silence,if the power goes off I wake up,my favorite is the window a/c and the fan,It was cold for a few days so I had both turned off,just the TV on,the other night I had just the fan on and I slept through the alarm. The washer is a different story, when I bought the house I had a Roper washer and the laundry room is next to my bedroom and I said no doing laundry while I'm sleeping,all those direct drive noises,Thunka Thunka Thunka,then in the spin cycle it shook all over the place,I replaced it with a Dependable Care Maytag from the 90's,the last of the real Maytags and the laundry room is quiet again. Mark

 

[DADoES]

I grew up with window a/cs so MUST have some background "white noise" to sleep. Ceiling fan on high is sufficient for summertime until the weather changes enough that it causes too much chill. Then I use either the central blower running continuously, or a small circulating fan, or a space heater if justified. Radio or TV doesn't work for me.

As for appliance sounds, I used to record the 1962 Whirly (JCPenny cassette recorder, microphone dangling down behind it), and later the KDI-17a, and fall asleep listening to them.

 

[frigilux]

I'm an erratic sleeper at the best of times and my doctor has suggested a blacked-out, silent bedroom. But the TV is usually on all night. I run it through a sound system, so I can turn the picture off but still have sound through the stereo. I like it. It feels too desolate when it's absolutely quiet. But it probably does tend to wake me up often during the night.

 

[laundryshark]

And to Help Me to Relax and Pass the Time...

I have all these demo sounds of washers, dishwashers, and related commercials to listen to. I am always open to collecting even more.--Laundry Shark

 

[tolivac]

Maybe I should have put this on the KA mixer thread-but the sound of an older-Hobart-KA mixer and Sunbeam mixer was sort of soothing--to the taste buds!Also I sleep with a fan going-was from when I lived in an apartment to cover the other sounds-now that I live in a house still need the fan-it covers the neighbors dogs-and when I slept at someone elses house requested a fan.Guess I got addicted to the fan sound!