Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns

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Post by wesz » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 1:05 PM UTC

Originally started as a project to restore patterns from now defunct website 808.pixll.de just for myself, but eventually i decided to share it with others. I've seen this website mentioned a couple of times on HN:)

Currently it only supports Roland TR-808, but there will be more.

Show HN: I built a website for sharing drum patterns
drumpatterns.onether.com

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

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Post by lasarkolja » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

Can't open the link, no https

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

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Post by bqmjjx0kac » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:17 PM UTC

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.

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Post by cdiamand » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:33 PM UTC

Great stuff! You're missing a few bass drum notes in "When the levee breaks"

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

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Post by donbrae » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:40 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.

Or as the developer you can play some silent audio in the background via an `` element: https://github.com/donbrae/onscreen-piano-keyboard/blob/main.... This will ensure the Web Audio API produces sound even with the ‘silent’ switch active.

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

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Post by spapas82 » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:50 PM UTC

I had built something similar (but much less refined) for greek rhythms https://boombox-agw.pages.dev/

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

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Post by chaosprint » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

I would be happy to port some patterns to Glicol (https://glicol.org/)

only suggestion: support https...

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

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Post by desertmonad » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC

Great work and nice site. Add generic midi so patterns can be mapped to any voice!

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Post by metalman » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC

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/

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

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Post by phyzix5761 » Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 6:03 PM UTC

chaosprint wrote: post #7

I would be happy to port some patterns to Glicol ( https://glicol.org/ ) only suggestion: support https...

Honest question. What is the current obsession with https for things that don't need to be secure like looking at drum patterns?