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Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by joeypickles »

staplung wrote: post #4

Cool, but I don't see how it's sorting anything. It just seems to play a randomized arrangement of the slices. You can re-randomize as much as you like but there's no sort option as far as I can see.

It randomizes slices of the sample and begins to play the slices in the random order. Meanwhile it begins the bubble sort algorithm at a pace that matches the tempo, sorting the slices into their chronological order. Throughout, it only plays the unsorted slices. (I was kinda hoping it would play the sorted sample at the end.)

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by hyperhello »

staplung wrote: post #4

Cool, but I don't see how it's sorting anything. It just seems to play a randomized arrangement of the slices. You can re-randomize as much as you like but there's no sort option as far as I can see.

You're right. It doesn't play the sorted parts, which is strange. I expected to have a series of random-then-controlled slices with the random part getting shorter and the controlled part getting longer, but it really is just a shortening loop of random beats.

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Post by quag »

braebo wrote: post #14

No sound on iPhone. Shame Apple is so hostile to the web. Tragic really.

iOS seems to mute the web audio apis when the phone is in silent mode (the switch on the side of the phone). If you toggle it on, then this site (and many others) play sound.

I have no idea why it works this way and it’s frequently annoying.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by hnlmorg »

zonkerdonker wrote: post #5
eieio wrote: post #2

(the amen break is one of the most commonly-sampled drum breaks in popular music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break )

And a tragic story at that: >Coleman died homeless and destitute in 2006. It was unlikely he was aware of the impact he had made on music. Neither he [band leader Spencer] nor Coleman received royalties for the break.

I’ve heard conflicting accounts about their knowledge and royalties.

While I’m certain they didn’t receive royalties from all artists, I heard many 80s artists did. And Amen Brothers took others to court. So they would have know about the use of the break.

I will admit I haven’t done any independent research into this matter personally. Just echoing accounts I’ve read and taking their reports at face value.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

quag wrote: post #15
braebo wrote: post #14

No sound on iPhone. Shame Apple is so hostile to the web. Tragic really.

iOS seems to mute the web audio apis when the phone is in silent mode (the switch on the side of the phone). If you toggle it on, then this site (and many others) play sound. I have no idea why it works this way and it’s frequently annoying.

Why wouldn't it work that way? Whether it's a hardware toggle like on iPhone or a software one like in Android, I want silent to mean silent. Not "silent but if a web page decides to play sound it can".

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by ricardobeat »

hnlmorg wrote: post #10
dylan604 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you play it to the end? It's absolutely sorting from smallest to largest. Unless you have a confused understanding of a bubble sort, it's doing a bubble sort

Not the OP but I stopped listening pretty quickly because I was confused about how it was sorted. It wasn’t until I read your comment that I realised the sorting happened while you were listening rather than before hand.

Same! thanks for saving the experience for me :)
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