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Love this. Even though it doesn't sound 100% real, it's still just such a relaxing sound, it may well become be go to work music.

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I agree with you, it doesn't sound as real as I wished it to be. Cat Purr was a request of many early myNoise users. At beginning, I kept explaining all the reasons why the myNoise sound player was not designed for playing a cat purr (it was initially designed to play random-phase and flat spectrum noises such as white noise and rain) and why I wouldn't implement a cat purr. Then, I gave up and programmed it, just to stop people asking :D It is not the myNoise sound I am the most proud of, but it seems that people like it (or the concept).

So the sound is completely artificial, constructed by you?

( It is very convincing. )

Based on real recordings, but with a lot of processing.

Our two cats seemed to think it was worth investigating when I played it for them - presumably thinking that my iPhone was a very odd looking cat!

How did you get your two cats to peacefully purr in front of a high-quality microphone?!

It was not about getting the cats close to my microphones, but getting the microphone close to the cats :D

Which one are you the most proud of?

To serve as a noise blocking white noise machine (that is the main use of the site) but only with natural sounds, this one is my favourite (try with the Animate feature) : http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator.p...

In general, all the latest ones have my preference, as I am perfecting my skills, day by day. I am quite happy with the last one added two weeks ago: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/circularBreathSoundscapeGen...

Check this one if you like sung voices: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/himalayanVoicesSongGenerato...

our office has been listening to jungle life and absolute rain all week at work. we love your site. if/when an android app comes out i'll definitely buy it.

While it might not sound 100%, my cats reacted as soon as it started playing and they normally ignore speaker sounds so there's that. I think they were much happier with the purr than when I try to get a reaction from them by playing kitten cries on YouTube. Very cool project and, like others have said, very relaxing sound. Nice work!

Cat Purr is one of my favorites. I blend it with one of the water sounds, which effectively blocks out most office noise and creates a calm, soothing space.

Also, my cat freaked out a little when I played it for her.

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