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Re: Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API

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post #43

How do you trigger the audio output for ios (iphone)?

It should just work if you start tapping notes or press play. Make sure the phone's sound toggle is not muted. I'm not sure of any other reason it wouldn't work. Are you using Safari?

On iOS Chrome, no audio at all.

Re: Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API

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post #42

Moonlight Kirby: https://draw.audio/s/x8xihkzei Very fun! A small 'bug', folding and unfolding the left panels change the aspect ratio of rectangle pads. I think it would cool to have a tutorial. I know nothing about music but it could be fun to learn some of it while trying how some patterns sound.

Thanks for sharing the cute Kirby! I'm curious about the bug. Would you mind sharing what OS and browser you're on?

I tested both on Firefox and Chrome (on Linux). One key point is that I set the zoom to 150%; when it's the case, the vertical size of the left panel changes when (un)folding, which changes the aspect ratio of the right panel.

Re: Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API

#83

My favorite use of this toy is making something for one scale, and changing the scale. I end up getting these unique ... I'll call them "harmonic textures" each time, even though they're using the same "note pixel" layout. Very intuitive way to experiment with music, and I guess you can make art with it too. Flower Garden: https://draw.audio/s/hngnldoov I'm not a fantastic artist, admittedly. And it doesn't help when…

I came to same conclusion but my thoughts were 'boy idk what I'm doing here'

Re: Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API

#84

Is the "bounce back and forth mode" supposed to be inconsistent when bouncing off each edge? Bouncing one way appears to add an extra note, when the pattern is resetting. Example: https://draw.audio/s/z2gcctra8

Fixed!

Re: Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API

#85
post #55

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This is fun, but would be even better if you could randomly seed it or have some starting default. Cool quick demo!

Good idea, I made some improvements like that. https://matthewbilyeu.com/tone-of-life.html?saved=AAAAAAAACB...

awesome!

Re: Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API

#86

Hello HN community! Out of my love for synthesizers and web development, I created a free audio sequencer called draw.audio, which includes selectable scales, waveforms, effects, LFOs, and more. While there are other “tone matrix” style webapps out there, I couldn’t find one that quite scratched the itch for a large grid layout, modern design, and easily accessible modulation controls. So that was the inspiration, al…

What if you placed another matrix below where the duration could be adjusted based on whole,half, quarter and 16th.

Love the app!

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