Home-made earplugs

[Q]

Noise in my apt. is ok, but in the morning I can hear my roomates moving around b/c the walls are so thin.

What is the best to block out some noise? I don't have cotton balls ATM, by the way. Kleenex MIGHT work but I don't think it's compact enough, etc.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Ear plugs are pretty cheap, why not buy some?

 

[Leros]

Stick a pencil through your eardrum

or

Try drowning it out with some nice classical music or something, then go buy proper ear plugs instead of inserting weird things in your ears

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Quintox
Noise in my apt. is ok, but in the morning I can hear my roomates moving around b/c the walls are so thin.

What is the best to block out some noise? I don't have cotton balls ATM, by the way. Kleenex MIGHT work but I don't think it's compact enough, etc.

ever tried sleeping to some white noise, like a fan?

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Ear plugs are pretty cheap, why not buy some?

It's 11PM, and I don't want to drive out to Walmart

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Quintox
Noise in my apt. is ok, but in the morning I can hear my roomates moving around b/c the walls are so thin.

What is the best to block out some noise? I don't have cotton balls ATM, by the way. Kleenex MIGHT work but I don't think it's compact enough, etc.

ever tried sleeping to some white noise, like a fan.

I like white noise but nothing to make it. A fan would be great but I don't have one ATM. TV and music I can't sleep with it on.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Quintox
Noise in my apt. is ok, but in the morning I can hear my roomates moving around b/c the walls are so thin.

What is the best to block out some noise? I don't have cotton balls ATM, by the way. Kleenex MIGHT work but I don't think it's compact enough, etc.

ever tried sleeping to some white noise, like a fan.

I like white noise but nothing to make it. A fan would be great but I don't have one ATM. TV and music I can't sleep with it on.

http://music.download.com/luxe...8371_32-100418283.html

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Quintox
Noise in my apt. is ok, but in the morning I can hear my roomates moving around b/c the walls are so thin.

What is the best to block out some noise? I don't have cotton balls ATM, by the way. Kleenex MIGHT work but I don't think it's compact enough, etc.

ever tried sleeping to some white noise, like a fan.

I like white noise but nothing to make it. A fan would be great but I don't have one ATM. TV and music I can't sleep with it on.

http://music.download.com/luxe...8371_32-100418283.html

That is actually really cool

 

[xanis]

I say just deal with it for tonight and go get some earplugs tomorrow. I bought a pack at CVS for like $2.50 and it was well worth it.

 

[biggestmuff]

Are you a smoker? Tear off the filters from a couple of smokes. Dense foam. Thin strip of a shirt or sock rolled tight. Think of something, McGyver.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Are you a smoker? Tear off the filters from a couple of smokes. Dense foam. Thin strip of a shirt or sock rolled tight. Think of something, McGyver.

Only thing I smoke is fools who try and race my 96' Accord with $24 WalMart spinners son

 

[Jeff7]

Goldwave

Tools -> Expression Evaluator
Noise
- White or Brown

Take your pick.
You can use the Effects menu to change the pitch. Turn it into a low-frequency rumble if you want to. A bandpass filter over White Noise, set to 20-150Hz does the trick nicely.
Just don't blow out your subwoofer.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Quintox
Noise in my apt. is ok, but in the morning I can hear my roomates moving around b/c the walls are so thin.

What is the best to block out some noise? I don't have cotton balls ATM, by the way. Kleenex MIGHT work but I don't think it's compact enough, etc.

ever tried sleeping to some white noise, like a fan.

I like white noise but nothing to make it. A fan would be great but I don't have one ATM. TV and music I can't sleep with it on.

http://music.download.com/luxe...8371_32-100418283.html

That is actually really cool

:beer:

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Are you a smoker? Tear off the filters from a couple of smokes. Dense foam. Thin strip of a shirt or sock rolled tight. Think of something, McGyver.

Only thing I smoke is fools who try and race my 96' Accord with $24 WalMart spinners son

Use your receipt from Walmart, then, chief.

 

[uberman]

This isn't homemade, but my John Deere dealer used to have good cheap disposables.

 

[Bryophyte]

Just buy some. They're cheap.

 

[Bryophyte]

dp

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Just buy some. They're cheap.

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Just buy some. They're cheap.

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Ear plugs are pretty cheap, why not buy some?

Originally posted by: Xanis
I say just deal with it for tonight and go get some earplugs tomorrow.

 

[Kelemvor]

Can just tune the TV to a station that doesn't work and turn the volume down...

You can also download the Ocean Waves sounds and things like that and loop them on the PC.

 

[nakedfrog]

Marshmallows?