This replica of my tinnitus was created using the free program called Audacity. http://audacityteam.org/
I had to generate 3 different 'tones' and combine them before I felt the high-ish noise was close to what I hear.
I then had to search Freesound for something that I only hear beneath the high pitch noise when my house is very quiet, which is something like the sound of strong wind outside a closed window or a power station a mile away. It took me a few hours, and even then I had to manipulate the sound considerably.
Thanks to felix.blume for
http://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/167684/#comments
This natural wind sound file was equalized and leveled several times, then the sound level was reduced to blend with the high pitch. But it still wasn't right. So, not being an expert with Audacity, I just went down the list of 'effects', trying each one, until I found "Paulstretch", which somehow increases the time length of your sound file, without stretching as in 'elastic', which would deepen the existing tones, and apparently, without copying and pasting. The sound does change somewhat, becoming just slightly ragged, but it's a very interesting effect for this application and actually got used on both elements to produce the final sound.
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I hope no one enjoys this sound and can't imagine that anyone will. It makes me feel slightly sick.
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Info edited 28 Oct 2021: With my tinnitus at it's current level, I will never, now, be able to reproduce it again, primarily because I can't hear any sounds I create in a detailed way. And secondly, because hearing this version of the sound these days is just too uncomfortable. 🥲
Type
Mp3 (.mp3)
Duration
25:09.549
File size
23.0 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bitrate
128 kbps
Channels
Stereo
Comments
8 years, 11 months ago
Now that I listen to it here, it doesn't seem the same as when I produced it on Audacity, and not quite as I remember.
It's close to what I seem to hear all day and night. Actually it's difficult to truly quantify it, as whatever noise tinnitus is, it will always be objective to the hearer. So the sufferer can never truly describe how it sounds, because it is specific to their own hearing system.
I now think this should have less bass, and the high pitch should be slightly different, not a lot though.
I'll try and do another version soon. This one is still horrible, and one or two other tinnitus sufferers may consider it's at least kind of realistic.
