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Re: Google: Les Pauls 96th birthday

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Fun for educated musicians, perhaphs, for ordinary users it would just mean a larger chance to hit the "wrong" notes.

I wish it had octaves above and below though. It's hard to play anything in a minor key, because the relative minor starts on the 6th and then you only have like 4 notes above that.

the shift key could have worked... and frankly if it's Les Paul I think I should at least be able to play a few power chords ;)

Re: Google: Les Pauls 96th birthday

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Is this made with javascript?

from a superficial look, it seems like the sound is actually being played through flash. it looks like the doodle is canvas though, which suggests the interface is in javascript. too bad they didn't synthesize the sound with javascript as well. their web audio api is great. firefox has a (somewhat) equivalent api. :)

It really doesn't seem like sound playback is there yet, except in Flash.

Re: Google: Les Pauls 96th birthday

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I have to be the only person who just didn't like this. Trying to get a class full of teenagers to work when everyone was busy playing the guitar was a headache :P

Beautiful and creative, sure, but having what's essentially persistent sound in a web page just rubs me the wrong way.

Re: Google: Les Pauls 96th birthday

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post #81

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I wish it had octaves above and below though. It's hard to play anything in a minor key, because the relative minor starts on the 6th and then you only have like 4 notes above that.

the shift key could have worked... and frankly if it's Les Paul I think I should at least be able to play a few power chords ;)

You are. Only one though.

Re: Google: Les Pauls 96th birthday

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post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from a superficial look, it seems like the sound is actually being played through flash. it looks like the doodle is canvas though, which suggests the interface is in javascript. too bad they didn't synthesize the sound with javascript as well. their web audio api is great. firefox has a (somewhat) equivalent api. :)

It really doesn't seem like sound playback is there yet, except in Flash.

look more into the apis i referenced. not only is javascript playback there, but even the synthesis is possible through javascript.
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