{"id":33590,"date":"2021-04-16T16:10:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33590"},"modified":"2021-04-16T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:10:18","slug":"make-some-noise-ubuntu-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/make-some-noise-ubuntu-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Some Noise in Ubuntu Linux with Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blanket-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33591\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to make some ambient sounds? Try Blanket, an open-source tool with modern user interface.<\/p>\n<p>Blanket is a GTK application allows to play some ambient sounds including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Birdsong <\/li>\n<li>Summer night<\/li>\n<li>Rain, storm, wind.<\/li>\n<li>Coffee shop, fireplace.<\/li>\n<li>White noise, pink noise.<\/li>\n<li>Train, boat, and city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each sound has a volume control, so that you can get mixed sounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blanket.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33592\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the app supports playing even more sounds by adding your own audio files.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blanket-custom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33593\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Blanket in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p>The software has an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~apandada1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/blanket\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Ubuntu PPA<\/a>, which so far offers packages for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, and  Ubuntu 21.04.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open terminal from your system app launcher. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1\/blanket<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blanket-ppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"153\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33594\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> After that, run apt command to install it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install blanket<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/apt-blanket.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"280\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33595\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, open it from system app launcher and enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Blanket<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the PPA, either go to <i>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/i> or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:apandada1\/blanket<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the ambient noise player, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --auto-remove blanket<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to make some ambient sounds? 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