#white-noise

#white-noise

The filmmaker Noah Baumbach can recall when he may have fallen out of love with his craft. He was shooting "White Noise," based on Don DeLillo's novel, "on a deserted highway in Ohio at 4 A.M. with a rain machine." "Oh, God, I don't know that I like doing this," he recalls thinking. "Am I doing this"-making movies-"only because I do it?"

Yogasleep Hushh 2 Portable Sound Machine for $30: The Hushh 2 is another great portable sound machine that you should consider. It has six sounds, three timer options, and a nice night light for softly illuminating your bedside table or guiding your way to the bathroom. The brand says this model is its most durable sound machine. I didn't fling it down the stairs, but it has held up to falling off my nightstand. - Medea Giordano

Most people are familiar with 'white noise' machines; just as white light is composed of all the visible colors, white noise incorporates all audible frequencies of sound at once.

The global white noise business is valued at $1.3 billion; TikTok is full of people trumpeting its powers; and Spotify users alone listen to three million hours of it daily.