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Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#21

Post by edibleEnergy » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:02 PM UTC

Nice! I read a little bit about the Web Audio API but haven't gotten a chance to try anything with it yet, this sounds awesome.

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

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Post by testoruin » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:23 PM UTC

awesome stuff, i love it, also i forked it but cant share the url. google api changed but nothing happens when i hit share riff. where are the files saved? keep up the awesome work!

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#23

Post by billmalarky » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:28 PM UTC

Can you make the settings link more prominent. I left the page before even noticing it. Came back because of the comments.

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#24

Post by Futurebot » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:30 PM UTC

This is hilariously good. Great work

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#25

Post by frogboy » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:10 PM UTC

billmalarky wrote: post #23

Can you make the settings link more prominent. I left the page before even noticing it. Came back because of the comments.

How does that look now?

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

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Post by cpeterso » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:13 PM UTC

eddywebs wrote: post #12

kowdermeister wrote: post #9

Amazing job :) I'd love to see it with deephouse or techno sounds. It's so tempting to fork the repo. Here's my madness: http://djen.co/#share/opYJd9

I would be down to work on deep house and techno fork with you !

While not quite what you're looking for, "Acid Defender" is a WebAudio game that generates random acid house sequences as part of the game play:

http://cappel-nord.de/webaudio/acid-defender/

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

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Post by gmarx » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:26 PM UTC

Tried three times and like one. Pretty good. Sounds like Helmet

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#28

Post by rajangdavis » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

Amazing!

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#29

Post by grimmdude » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:52 PM UTC

Ha, I love this. Love the name too, great job

Re: Show HN: Randomly generated metal riffs using Web Audio API and React

#30

Post by billmalarky » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 6:01 PM UTC

frogboy wrote: post #25

billmalarky wrote: post #23

Can you make the settings link more prominent. I left the page before even noticing it. Came back because of the comments.

How does that look now?

Better, but in my opinion it should be styled as a button not just text.

It doesn't feel like a part of the tool since it appears outside of the initial box.

I understand you put it outside of the box because it loads more boxes below the entire tool, and now that I know about it it makes "sense." But my initial impression is to ignore anything outside of that box.

I think your best bet for brand spanking new users is to place it as a button inside the box in between the "generate rift" and "play" button to make it stand out.

You're literally hiding 80% of this tool from initial users. I clicked "generate" a few times then bounced at first.