SoundCurtain: It’s like living full-time in Blade Runner

Remember the rain scenes in Blade Runner, where there was this constant flow of rain but always a sense of something going on in the background as well - someone talking or music playing or something going on, with a certain touch of melancholy?

I’ve mentioned SoundCurtain for the iPhone previously, but just recently have been using it a lot more in order to mask sounds while working in the open space office.  It’s amazingly effective at creating an isolation bubble while working.

Lately I’ve settled into using the “Rain Masker” mode for extended periods of time: it provides a baseline of rain sounds, as well as periodic thunderclaps, but the most intriguing part is the low background harmonics.  It sounds as if you’re walking down the street and a couple of blocks over there’s someone playing a trippy keyboard synthesizer in a lazy eight harmonic tune.  It’s like living in Blade Runner, but with a MacBook Pro in front of me instead of a pile of replicants.

Simply an amazing background for trying to get some serious work done.  I’ve mentioned SoundCurtain before, and have to give them kudos again.