[HN Gopher] Music Grid
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Music Grid
Author : SeventhEpoch
Score : 89 points
Date : 2020-06-13 20:11 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (music-grid.surge.sh)
(TXT) w3m dump (music-grid.surge.sh)
| lloeki wrote:
| Fun! Went with a bluesy 3 beats, 5 bars total.
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| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#644-8-2304-660-0-2372-672-14-12...
| brundolf wrote:
| Doesn't seem to work on mobile Safari :( UI works but there's no
| sound
| andy318 wrote:
| I made something totally random and it still sounds good!
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#0-0-512-8-128-4-256-64-0-516-14...
| asurty wrote:
| That was fun! Somehow I feel like I came up with a tune that
| already exists - https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#256-80-256-40-256-32-256-288-12...
| tomlue wrote:
| I added to yours! Fun! https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#272-80-256-40-256-32-256-288-13...
| mkaic wrote:
| And I have added to the both of yours! It needed some B A S
| S.
|
| https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#2320-2128-2304-2088-1280-1056-1...
| swagasaurus-rex wrote:
| Getting some fantasy worldmap vibes
| JansjoFromIkea wrote:
| RE: audio on iOS
|
| Just a heads up as I've had the same issue with a (way more
| confusing and less fun) thing I done, you need to turn off the
| silent switch on iPhones to hear the audio. Maybe detect the
| device and include a prompt?
| [deleted]
| arvinaminpour wrote:
| My masterpiece https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#2569-20-130-0-40-64-544-21-72-1...
| JeanMarcS wrote:
| Funny ! I just put something that was visually appealing and it
| worked
|
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#1040-2080-1088-32-16-136-64-32-...
| alexilliamson wrote:
| Slightly OT.
|
| It seems like there is an uptick in music production-related
| posts on HN lately. Which is awesome.
|
| Has it always been like this and I'm just now noticing? Or, if it
| is a recent phenomenon, do we think it's because folks are trying
| to connect more with arts, in light of everything going on?
|
| Anyway, this is very cool and I'm happy to see it!
| grimmdude wrote:
| Very cool! Would be fun to add a MIDI export feature, could use
| my MidiWriter library https://github.com/grimmdude/MidiWriterJS
| scrozier wrote:
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#26-2561-71-711-26-2592-23-663-4...
| scrozier wrote:
| Small bug? I added a 16th row, and when you follow my link it
| shows all 16, but the "Rows:" in the header says 15.
| superfrank wrote:
| Welp... My first reaction was to draw a penis and it didn't turn
| out bad at all, IMO
|
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#2114-1365-2730-1365-2730-2322-2...
| alexandercrohde wrote:
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#1152-128-1152-128-1280-648-320-...
| staz wrote:
| I really like it. https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#192-16-1024-1024-1-160-192-128-...
|
| Now I need to find a way to export the sound and use it as my
| ring tone
|
| edit: found how to do it via audacity
| https://askubuntu.com/questions/229352/how-to-record-output-...
| lukevp wrote:
| That was enjoyable to play with! Thanks for sharing. I think it
| would be nicer if it didn't use the anchor tag for storing data
| which messes up history, especially since it has a built-in share
| that generates a URL that can recreate the song. It would be cool
| if it just read the URL in once on load and didn't update it
| unless share was clicked.
| thinkloop wrote:
| To me the mistake is not having the back/forward buttons honor
| the different states. It would be a nice built-in undo/redo.
| dclowd9901 wrote:
| Once I added a bunch of notes, it seemed like the player was
| dropping some. Maybe channel limitations?
| jedberg wrote:
| The use of binary in the URL is very clever. Great way to make it
| shareable with a reasonable length url.
|
| Also, if you really wanted to, you can write a program to
| construct these URLs.
|
| Edit: I wrote the program:
| https://gist.github.com/jedberg/37e9680806bc517925daeaae4798...
| [deleted]
| [deleted]
| DecoPerson wrote:
| Neat. It would be nice if the grid didn't clear when increasing
| the row count.
|
| I like the share feature! https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#64-2691-64-2694-32-2380-32-2368...
| salimmadjd wrote:
| very cool and simple. If you don't have a perfect pitch how do
| you know which notes you are playing?
|
| Should I assumed the first column is the middle C?
| holler wrote:
| This is pretty cool! but hitting "back" after adding multiple
| notes did not work (it got stuck). Could you use query params
| instead of hash?
| arondeparon wrote:
| Nice! Had fun playing with this. Gave me a retro vibe :-)
|
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#392-0-392-1024-1-64-1056-1-64-1...
| KLVTZ wrote:
| here's another take: https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#512-1026-16-512-1024-536-0-576-...
| jackielii wrote:
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#320-576-512-514-514-512-1024-20...
| dTal wrote:
| I'm sure I used to have this as an Android app like, 10 years
| ago. Can anyone remember what it might have been called?
| scrozier wrote:
| What scale is this? It's major, but no seventh tone...?
| swagasaurus-rex wrote:
| B C# F# G# C# D# E G# B C# F# G#
|
| Based off what I hear here:
|
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#0-0-0-1025-1-2-4-8-16-32-64-128...
|
| One might assume it's B Major with no 7th, but I think it
| sounds more like C# Minor/Dorian with no 6th.
| moron4hire wrote:
| Would be awesome if it had a selector to change the mode
| while keeping the same grid selections.
| adamnemecek wrote:
| I've been working on an IDE for music composition
| http://ngrid.io. I'll release it soon.
| bradleybuda wrote:
| My magnum opus: https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#1352-1348-2568-2576-1290-1288-2...
| jedberg wrote:
| I made a program to randomly generate a URL for this that will
| make "music":
|
| https://gist.github.com/jedberg/37e9680806bc517925daeaae4798...
| mellowdream wrote:
| This design exists in the form of the more complex Yamaha Tenori-
| on, which was featured by Four Tet in There Is Love In You -
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M20ukzn_rsw
|
| It's also expensive, now 500 USD on eBay - so it's nice to see a
| version of the product getting put together on the web :)
| alkonaut wrote:
| I like the beautiful design finish of Tones.fm
| https://www.tones.fm/
| pierrec wrote:
| Tones.fm is incredibly well done. However I suspect that,
| compared to this, the additional complexity creates a bit more
| hesitation for visitors to actually start playing with it. And
| the demos, while great, also paradoxically reduce the
| likelihood that the average visitor will actually play with it.
| Maybe the ideal compromise would start off like Music Grid
| here, but also have additional features subtly hidden but
| easily accessible.
|
| Discussed at the time:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16552777
| moron4hire wrote:
| I get a lot of crackling on my Pixel 2 with this.
| moron4hire wrote:
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#1024-1-2624-0-1024-1281-2048-0-...
| roland35 wrote:
| Thank you to the creator of this! I am actually working on a
| hardware version of a sound grid similar to this! I was inspired
| by a much older version of this which was written in Flash and
| doesn't work too well (there is also a 5 year old Android app
| [1]). It's awesome to have something which actually works on a
| modern phone.
|
| My idea for a sound block toy is similar but instead of having a
| grid it's a line of blocks which light up and play a tone. The
| tone will be adjustable with buttons or gestures and can be
| rearranged.
|
| I also need planned out a life size grid which people collaborate
| and step on to light up the notes. Obviously this concept is very
| interesting to me!!
|
| https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.njnelson.t...
| omnibrain wrote:
| Something like the Polyend Seq sequencer or (if you want to
| include sound) the Synthstrom Audible Deluge?
| maxlaumeister wrote:
| > I was inspired by a much older version of this which was
| written in Flash and doesn't work too well
|
| If you're talking about Tone Matrix, I rewrote it in JavaScript
| to work on modern browsers and phones.
|
| Check it out if you're so inclined:
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/
| mkchoi212 wrote:
| "Hit Play button. You'll figure it out ;)"
|
| Peak user instructions. Overall, great job :)
| [deleted]
| aherz wrote:
| This is great! Someone like me who has no musical talent can make
| some pretty cool sounding stuff. https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#512-2052-2048-0-2560-0-0-2304-0...
| aaossa wrote:
| Had a lot of fun playing this. Here's my contribution to this
| thread, inspired in some old games:
|
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#768-3092-768-3840-320-3092-320-...
| maxlaumeister wrote:
| This is very similar to my own open-source project ToneMatrix
| Redux!
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/
| aalazz wrote:
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#1028-680-4-1024-1028-1152-2080-...
| moron4hire wrote:
| I like this one. It has a nice rhythm to it, like a chase scene
| in an 8-bit video game.
| [deleted]
| d0m wrote:
| It's cool that anything sounds great
| 702pjc wrote:
| https://music-grid.surge.sh/#17-2114-4-2208-20-2048-20-2112-...
| choma wrote:
| When somebody ask me how to pronounce my username: https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#384-320-128-0-384-64-384-64-384...
|
| EDIT: I don't know anything about music but... wouldn't it make
| sense to run left-to-right instead of top-to-down?
| JeanMarcS wrote:
| My guess is that it makes more sense on a smartphone to
| continue down than right ?
| theon144 wrote:
| Super cute!
|
| I assume it's using the pentatonic scale or other music theory
| trickery to make "anything" sound good? :)
|
| First try, came up with https://music-
| grid.surge.sh/#4-2048-8-2114-2-2370-2-2112-321..., am happy
| butz wrote:
| Playback always starts on second row - possible off-by-one error?
| And a dedicated "Play from start" button would improve
| experience.
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