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Re: Music Grid

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Post by reitzensteinm » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:34 AM UTC

__max__ wrote: post #122

gfxgirl wrote: post #109

I'm not trying to be cynical but what is special about this verses that 1000s of similar sites that came before? Here's one of google's https://www.google.com/logos/2017/fischinger/fischinger17.ht... Here's Ableton's https://learningmusic.ableton.com/ Is there something special about this one?

I too feel a little cynical, because I built basically exactly this back in 2012. Before Google, and before Ableton. AFAIK, it was the first grid sequencer online. The first version used the Mozilla audio API, before Web Audio was even a thing. I wish I was credited for the inspiration somewhere, but I guess it's very possible that this is an independent reinvention. I called it MusicToy: http://maximecb.github.io/Mu…

Tone Matrix predates yours by many years and was popular at the time. If you weren't aware of it, you should charitably assume OP independently built this too.

Re: Music Grid

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Post by irshadshalu » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:36 AM UTC

theon144 wrote: post #14

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

This actually sounds great. Loved it.

> I assume it's using the pentatonic scale or other music theory trickery to make "anything" sound good? :)

I have no idea. But it works :D

Re: Music Grid

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Post by AnonC » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 6:30 AM UTC

This is so much fun. It would be great to have an export function that throws out an mp3 or aac file to share the music with others directly or use it (embedded) somewhere.

I tried several patterns myself and also tried the links others shared here. But now I’m left with the feeling that they all sound very similar. :(

Re: Music Grid

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Post by gregschlom » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 6:48 AM UTC

reitzensteinm wrote: post #141

__max__ wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I too feel a little cynical, because I built basically exactly this back in 2012. Before Google, and before Ableton. AFAIK, it was the first grid sequencer online. The first version used the Mozilla audio API, before Web Audio was even a thing. I wish I was credited for the inspiration somewhere, but I guess it's very possible that this is an independent reinvention. I called it MusicToy: http://maximecb.github.io/Mu…

Tone Matrix predates yours by many years and was popular at the time. If you weren't aware of it, you should charitably assume OP independently built this too.

Yes, was going to say the same thing. I was playing with Tone Matrix way back in 2006 I think. It was built with Flash, and died with the rest of the flash web.

Edit: original link to tone matrix: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/ToneMatrix

Re: Music Grid

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Post by rodorgas » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 6:57 AM UTC

Freezes on iPhone 6s, the music stays on though.

Re: Music Grid

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Post by voiper1 » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 6:57 AM UTC

bradleybuda wrote: post #39

My magnum opus: https://music-grid.surge.sh/#1352-1348-2568-2576-1290-1288-2...

Aww, when it ended it felt like we should have just been getting started!

Re: Music Grid

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Post by rishav_sharan » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 7:05 AM UTC

wbillingsley wrote: post #131

https://music-grid.surge.sh/#584-584-288-144-72-544-32-544-2... For those for whom Baby Shark is just too listenable Edit: someone suggested the Google version. Just to ruin your day twice... https://g.co/doodle/2c2ydxw

Why must you bring this evil into our midst!

Re: Music Grid

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Post by gfxgirl » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 7:26 AM UTC

fenomas wrote: post #134

gfxgirl wrote: post #109

I'm not trying to be cynical but what is special about this verses that 1000s of similar sites that came before? Here's one of google's https://www.google.com/logos/2017/fischinger/fischinger17.ht... Here's Ableton's https://learningmusic.ableton.com/ Is there something special about this one?

Ironically that google link seems to be broken in Chrome, because it predates the time in 2018 when chrome intentionally broke most/all existing webaudio content. (Ostensibly the change was meant to prevent pages from auto-playing sounds without user input, but in practice it broke pages regardless of whether they did so.) Details: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/web-audio-...