TaoMix offers a unique way to play relaxing sounds on Android
I'm a big fan of apps and services that offer relaxing sounds. From pure white noise applications to services that make available dozens of different sound loops that suite all tastes.
I have discovered quite a few apps, programs and online service that make available these sounds, from Sleepy Time for Android over YouTube's impressive list of hour-long relaxing sound videos to applications such as White Noise Sleep System for Windows.
TaoMix for Android looks like many other applications of its kind on paper. It makes available a set of relaxing sounds that you can play and mix on Android.
What sets it apart is how you control those sounds. While you can pick any of the sounds for starters, all sounds that you add are displayed as icons on the screen that you can move around to increase or decrease how strong they are based on how close they are to the cursor on the screen.
TaoMix review
Here is how it works in detail. When you first start the program, tutorial screens are displayed to you that explain the core functionality.
If you follow the tutorial you add the first ambient sound right away and can move it around -- or the central cursor -- to get a feel for it.
You will notice that the sound gets stronger or weaker depending on proximity to the cursor.
The free version of TaoMix has a limit of three ambient sounds that you can mix together. It is also limiting the available songs, and while several great ones are available, rain, storm, white noise or wind, variations in each of these categories become only available if you purchase the full version of the app.
It is reasonably priced at €1.49 (probably $1.99 in US Dollars).
Another interesting feature of TaoMix is the option to set a sleep timer. If you set it, the app will play the select sound mix for the selected period of time and stop playback afterwards automatically.
There is also an option to control the playback volume from within the application, and save and load ambient mixes that you have created so that you don't have to re-create them whenever you start the app.
Playback continues in the background until you hit the stop playback button or the sleep time has been exceeded.
Verdict
The quality of sounds is quite good, especially the looping is done well as it is not really possible to discern the end and beginning of a sound while it is playing.
The free version offers several great sounds that many users of the application will likely find sufficient. It would however be great if the app would offer a preview option for the sounds that are only available in the paid version.
Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.