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Re: ToneMatrix

#11

Post by stronglikedan » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 3:14 PM UTC

I love that it sounds like steel drums - one of my favorite instruments.

Re: ToneMatrix

#12

Post by mxuribe » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 3:37 PM UTC

k2enemy wrote: post #8

Very fun to play with. I wish there were an option to save the audio file so I could make my own phone alert.

I just tried yt-dlp, but its too generic for it to "know" how to download - so didn't work...so i think the suggestion from @stronglikedan is the next best thing...Of course, the absolute best thing would be to propose such a new feature on their github repo. :-)

Re: ToneMatrix

#13

Post by uoaei » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 3:49 PM UTC

Might have just stumbled onto a pleasant-sounding, neutrally-styled ringtone.

https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=AAAAAAgAAIAA...

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#14

Post by atleastoptimal » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 4:13 PM UTC

I remember downloading this as an iphone app 12 years ago

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#15

Post by gregschlom » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 4:34 PM UTC

This is a modern reimplementation of original version, which was a Flash app made by André Michelle (http://lab.andre-michelle.com), in the 2000's

Re: ToneMatrix

#16

Post by gravitronic » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 4:37 PM UTC

nologic01 wrote: post #3

very cool. you'd think that with the web audio api there would have been an explosion of creative takes on music generation (like this one) but I am not sure it has happened...

Since 2020 I built https://sequencer.party

Supports third-party plugins in a format called WAM2 (Web Audio Module version 2).

Collaborative, like Google Docs. Sign in and start a session, invite people. Turn a knob, and it turns for everyone.

Supports audio, midi, and video as well.

Supports custom Javascript sequencers (Function Sequencer plugin). You can (collaboratively) write a little javascript program, give it knobs dials and automateable parameters, and have it emit MIDI events.

There's some usability issues to still work on but it's quite fun to jam on. I used to host twitch sessions where people could sequence my TR-909 and minimoog, and then hear the instruments played back over twitch.