[j7ake]

So what is the solution to drown out ambient noise for example a noisy work place?

[niccl]

I can't recall where I got this, but I find the generated noise really good at reducing the distraction from co-workers' conversations, and it's not as boring as straight noise

  play -n synth  brownnoise synth pinknoise mix synth sine amod 0.2 60

'play' is from the SoX package

[icosa]

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerat... is oddly helpful. The unintelligible babble sounds cover up real chatter.

[ebg13]

Brown noise?