The site recommends using the sound behind your music, and that certainly does create a certain ambiance—I particularly recommend Simon and Garfunkle. Overall I’d say this is a web application that does exactly what it sends out do, even if that something is very simple.

Features:

• Plays the sound of rain falling
• High-quality 15-minute loop
• Free and no sign up
• Similar tool: SoundSleeping.

Check out RainyMood @ www.rainymood.com

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RainyMood: Relax to the Sound of Rain and Thunder mp3

• WhiteNoisePlayer: Streams White Noise To Help You Sleep & Relax
• SoundSleeping: Listen To Relaxing Music Online
• NapSounds: Download Nap Sounds
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• WhiteNoise: Relax & Listen to White Noise on iPhone

You may ask, what’s the use of white noise? White noise is a term that describes sound with relatively wide continuous range of frequencies and uniform intensity. It could be the sound of raindrops, blowing wind, or crashing waves. This kind of sound has been proven to help you sleep, relieve stress, block distractions, soothe migraines, mask tinnitus and more.

To use WhiteNoisePlayer, just click one of the preset sounds available (fan, vacuum, wind, ocean, crickets, rain, and more). You can also adjust the volume, check the time, and set the alarm clock. WhiteNoisePlayer is a great tool if you are looking for soothing sounds before you sleep or even while you work.

Features:

• Free service.
• Several sound pre-sets available.
• Includes a digital clock and adjustable alarm clock.
• Helps you relax and fall asleep.
• Similar tools: SoundSleeping, iSerenity, NapSounds, SimplyNoise and WhiteNoise (iPhone).

Check out WhiteNoisePlayer @ www.whitenoiseplayer.com

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WhiteNoisePlayer: Streams White Noise To Help You Sleep & Relax

• SoundSleeping: Listen To Relaxing Music Online
• RainyMood: Relax to the Sound of Rain and Thunder mp3
• WhiteNoise: Relax & Listen to White Noise on iPhone
• SimplyNoise : Relax and Block Distractions with White Noise
• NapSounds: Download Nap Sounds

Those were the days when all that was needed to make a super game was a simple but engaging story-line, super cool characters (Remember Metal Gear? Anyone?) and a mono audio score.

Well, console games still have good story-lines and cool characters, but what is missing in the modern games are nice and simple game sound effects that don’t require a 5.1 setup to enjoy.

If you, like me, miss some of those (iconic) sound effects, as3sfxr is a nifty tool to relive those days of 16 bit mono sound effects and also save them on to your computer

Features:

• Absolutely free tool and requires no signup.
• Large collection of effects built-in.
• Simple slider controls to modify sounds.
• Ability to save sound files as .sfx or export in the .wav format.
• Download sounds you like.

Check out as3sfxr @  www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/?gaming.

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as3sfxr: Generate & Save Game Sound Effects

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Start by choosing one of the six different themes like Calm Ocean or Rain Forest and then add custom sounds to it. If you don’t want the sounds to go on all night, simply set a timer to shut the app off. You can also use the built-in alarm clock to wake up to these soothing sounds.

Features:

• Listen to sounds of nature on your iPhone.
• Choose from 6 different nature themes.
• Choose the sounds you want to hear.
• Built-in timer and alarm clock.
• Customize through volume control and recurring sounds.
• Use bookmarks to remember your settings.
• Similar sites: SoundSleeping, iSerenity, NapSounds, SimplyNoise and WhiteNoise (iPhone).

Check out CustomSoundsOfNature @ iTunes App Store (Via LifeHacker)

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CustomSoundsOfNature: Listen to free, soothing and relaxing sounds On iPhone

• WhiteNoisePlayer: Streams White Noise To Help You Sleep & Relax
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• Strobox: Share Lighting Diagrams Using Your iPhone
• Soungle : Free Sound Effects Website
• SoundSnap: Search, Save and Share Sound Effects

After you have recorded the track, you can send it to someone as a ringtone, save it as MP3, or share it online with friends across your social networks.

Features:

• Sing and record karaoke online.
• Share your own version of popular songs and tracks.
• Buy the studio recorded backing tracks (karaoke, sheet music, guitar tabs) from the site store.
• The only equipment needed is a microphone.
• Enter music competitions.
• Vibrant community of music lovers. View most recent and popular member recordings.
• Download member tracks for free.
• Share your music online on Facebook, Twitter etc.
• Similar websites: Myna, KissTunes and KaraokeParty.

Check out PureSolo @ www.puresolo.com

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PureSolo: Sing & Record Songs Online

• Myna: Digital Audio Recording Mixer & Music Editor
• iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer
• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• Soungle : Free Sound Effects Website
• SoundSnap: Search, Save and Share Sound Effects

You can also add sound to your Facebook profile.

Features:

• Free people and crowd sound clips.
• Play online or download onto you computer.
• Add to your Facebook profile.
• All sounds are free.
• Similar tools: SoundBible, SoundJay, FindSounds and Soungle.

Check out AudienceSounds @ www.audiencesounds.com

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AudienceSounds: Fun Collection Of Crowd & People Sounds

• Soungle : Free Sound Effects Website
• SoundSnap: Search, Save and Share Sound Effects
• SoundJay: Free Collection Of Sound Effects
• SoundBible: Free To Download MP3 & WAV Sounds
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player

Musipedia is an online service (which self proclaims to be inspired by Wikipedia) that helps users find songs and compositions without knowing their names or words. It gives people a set of online tools to find the song by whistling, tapping, using piano keyboard or drawing notes.

For those who are musically minded, you can play out the tune using provided keyboard (comes in both Flash and Java versions) or drawing notes. The system will then compare the tune against its database to find your song. Don’t worry – it doesn’t have to be perfect; just recognizable.

Now me, I cant even read music let alone replicate it so I went for the easier option; whistling. Using a microphone (most laptops have them built in these days) you can whistle the tune for a few seconds so that Musipedia can recognize the song and give you the results. Just make sure your microphone is set up correctly and you’re not too close as this will distort the sound.

If you liked this site you may also check other tools that can help you find a song without knowing its name like MelodyCatcher and Midomy profiled earlier.

Try out Musipedia @ www.musipedia.org (by Dean Sherwin)

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Musipedia: Find Song Without Knowing Its Name Or Words

• MelodyCatcher: Melody Search Engine
• iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• StereoMood: Plays Music According To Your Mood

Start by selecting little squares on the matrix with your mouse. You can adjust volume and speed (tempo) of the tune or clear the pattern with “CLR” button at the bottom. If you want to save and play the tune later, simply copy-paste the pattern from the matrix.

Below is the sound pattern for the theme from the movie “Beverly Hills Cop”.

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Copy and paste this pattern onto the matrix to hear it.

Features:

• Free online music synthesizer
• Create tunes by selecting sound patterns with your mouse on a 16×16 matrix
• Copy sound pattern from the matrix and paste it to play the tune later
• Press “get+share” tab on the top-right to get embed codes for your tune or send by email
• Share your tune online by forwarding its unique URL
• Similar tools: ToneMatrix, Electro-House Blender and BimTones.

Check out iNudge @ www.inudge.net

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iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer

• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• PureSolo: Sing & Record Songs Online
• Myna: Digital Audio Recording Mixer & Music Editor
• Musipedia: Find Song Without Knowing Its Name Or Words
• MelodyCatcher: Melody Search Engine

Using the site is easy, just try to reproduce the melody by clicking on virtual piano keys. When you have something resembling the tune, hit on the “Search” button. MelodyCatcher searches the web and returns a list of what it thinks are similar tunes. You may listen to melodies online and download any tune you like.

If you are finding it hard to play the virtual piano the site lets you also use the regular text search instead. Or alternatively you may try few other websites mentioned in recent MakeUseOf about how to find a song by its lyrics.

Features:

• Search for melodies online.
• Enter tunes using virtual piano.
• Modify and correct melody by deleting notes or dragging them up/down.
• Regular text lyrics search is also available.
• Download any melody you like to your computer.
• Free and no sign up.

Check out Melody Catcher @ www.melodycatcher.com

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MelodyCatcher: Melody Search Engine

• Musipedia: Find Song Without Knowing Its Name Or Words
• iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• StereoMood: Plays Music According To Your Mood

Myna’s audio editor is pretty straightforward to use with a nice drag ‘n drop interface. When it comes to editing tracks, you can either upload your own file or select something from free library of music tracks, intros, loops and ends in variety of genres. When the audio is ready, it can be exported back to your computer, saved online and shared with others.

Watch the demo video below: