Show HN: Theremin I/O • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by nandemo » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 9:36 AM UTC

evincarofautumn wrote: post #22

rwinn wrote: post #16

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We are working on a video! We have one but we felt that it didn't show how cool the app actually is :) I'll link it here if you would care to give us some feedback on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Hvg1JxnRY

That is a well produced video, and while I doubt any video can adequately convey the experience of using something like this, it comes near to the mark as makes no matter. Two unfiltered reactions: discretised theremins are missing the point of a theremin, and defocusing to avoid device frame rate issues isn’t worth it—just simulate screen images.

Yeah, this needs a "fretless" version. It's interesting how the discretised version sounds much less creepy, though.

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by jbergstroem » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 10:08 AM UTC

Just tried the app. Cool stuff! Managed to hook the midi out up with Traktor. Here's a movie of the beatmasher in action: http://bergstroem.nu/theremin.m4v

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by JonnieCache » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 10:29 AM UTC

Very nice. You might want to consider supporting OSC as well as midi. The mobile platform is providing a way to break from that horrible proprietary 1970s protocol, and you can do your bit to help out!

I really should write that essay about how midi is an evil tyrant holding back musical expression.

Also OSC will allow you to have less "discrete" notes, so it might actually sound like a theremin.

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by hamburglar » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 10:34 AM UTC

rwinn wrote: post #26

hamburglar wrote: post #24

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Can I just say that, while the scrolling worked without issue for me, it was useless and annoying, and the number of problems other people are having with it made me wonder why you'd go to the trouble. As respectfully as I can say it, this is the very definition of dancing baloney. You had to put effort into this dorky effect that is arguably worse than a plain scrollbar, and to add insult to injury, now you're havin…

Yeah the scroll didn't come out as well as well as I had hoped. I went trough the trouble because I like experimenting with user interactions. I saw what Apple did with the locked scroll for their new iPhone promotions and wanted to do something like that but less restrictive. Initially i had a implementation that didn't lock you in but tried to predict where you where going and adjusted scroll speed accordingly. Whi…

We've all committed that class of crime at one point or another. Kudos for being willing to hear some blunt feedback.

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by mrrazz » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 12:30 PM UTC

Interesting app. Also, the website's source code seems to contain a secret code. When you type it in, it unlocks teh funnies :-)

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by mharju » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 12:39 PM UTC

rwinn wrote: post #18

mharju wrote: post #17

Bought it. Does not seem to work properly with iOS6.1 and iPhone 4s. Hopefully there'll be an update on this!

If you send me an email at johan@theremin.io we can try to sort it out.

It works now! Had to boot my phone for some reason. Looking good :)

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by tehlark » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 12:58 PM UTC

Very neat, now I'll spend the rest of the day attempting to master Good Vibrations.

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by zamnedix » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 1:04 PM UTC

This site is literally just a black page for me on Chromium/Crunchbang.

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by minikrob » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

Just write "disco" anywhere in the page. The creator left a surprise. Cool webGL work.

Re: Show HN: Theremin I/O

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Post by pit » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 1:59 PM UTC

Kerrick wrote: post #12

rwinn wrote: post #3

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That sucks, what OS and browser are you using?

Same thing happened to me. Safari Version 7.0 (9537.71), OS X 10.9 (13A603) Screencast: http://i.imgur.com/7uigOMg.gif Couldn't two-finger scroll, couldn't click the navigation circles, and when I dragged the scrollbar manually it'd snap to the top when I let go.

What'd you use to make the screencast?