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Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by bqmjjx0kac » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 8:23 PM UTC

MomsAVoxell wrote: post #30

bqmjjx0kac wrote: post #3

Nice work! It might be nice to hint to iOS users that they should disable silent mode via the little side toggle if they want to hear anything. Just a quirk of iOS that took me literally years to figure out -- I assumed it just didn't support the Web Audio API and went on with my life.

Do you mean the hardware slide toggle? I’m on an iPad on iOS and I can’t get sound working, no matter what. My iPad doesn’t have a mute toggle.

Yes, exactly. This is on an iPhone, to be clear. Maybe the control center on iPads has an equivalent software toggle? Sorry, that probably isn't very helpful.

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by kazinator » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 8:35 PM UTC

Is everything based on a division of the measure into 16 equally spaced beats?

There is so much more to rhythm.

Like, for starters, oh, triplet eighths?

They come up often, and with them, you can have a heavy form of swing (triple 8 swing).

Oh, never mind, I see this is geared toward a piece of drum machine hardware from 1980.

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by rajangdavis » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 8:38 PM UTC

This is great, thanks for sharing.

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by jader201 » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 8:42 PM UTC

Nice site!

One bit of feedback I don’t see mentioned. This may be an iPhone thing, but my experience is that the visuals are about a quarter beat ahead of the audio (at 60 BPM, so about 200-250ms off).

Not a big deal, but definitely enough to make it feel a bit off.

Again, could be just the nature of audio in Safari on iPhone.

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by moritzwarhier » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:03 PM UTC

bqmjjx0kac wrote: post #3

Nice work! It might be nice to hint to iOS users that they should disable silent mode via the little side toggle if they want to hear anything. Just a quirk of iOS that took me literally years to figure out -- I assumed it just didn't support the Web Audio API and went on with my life.

Thanks, I fiddled with the volume and would have given up without your advice.

And this web app is indeed very cool. Enviable idea & execution!

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by sarreph » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:09 PM UTC

This kinda reminds me of Funklet[0] that Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck) + Rob Stenson made a long time ago... A true gem if you're into funk + like midi drums.

[0] - https://goodhertz.com/funklet/

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by wigster » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:10 PM UTC

very cool.

i would suggest maybe the instruments vertical order should be reversed. i think it is more usual to have the bass drum at the bottom, thru snare up to hh etc.

i think this maps more like a piano roll with typical midi key/drum assignments.

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by wesz » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:21 PM UTC

sarreph wrote: post #46

This kinda reminds me of Funklet[0] that Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck) + Rob Stenson made a long time ago... A true gem if you're into funk + like midi drums. [0] - https://goodhertz.com/funklet/

Woah, thank you for this! It's pure gold:)

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by mamonoleechi » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:23 PM UTC

metalman wrote: post #9

Heres a stand alone android drum machine with some good sounds, dont know if its the patterns are portable. Drum On, tiny apk. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/se.tube42.drum.android/

thanks to share this ; i had no idea of the existence of this gem! the interface is a bit rough, but it does the job

Re: Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by ozornin » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:25 PM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #44

Nice site! One bit of feedback I don’t see mentioned. This may be an iPhone thing, but my experience is that the visuals are about a quarter beat ahead of the audio (at 60 BPM, so about 200-250ms off). Not a big deal, but definitely enough to make it feel a bit off. Again, could be just the nature of audio in Safari on iPhone.

Yes, I experience the same on desktop Safari.