I'm a DJ/TUI nerd and as much as I want to like this, I don't think the keyboard will ever be the right input or mode for DJing. Maybe my mental model is an outlier, but multi-point physical controls are critical for so much of what's happening while DJing — the master level controls, effects, cueing, individual track controls, and even just being able to physically manipulate playing tracks. It just doesn't map to a TUI, or perhaps more importantly, it just doesn't seem fun. How does the TUI transition this? What makes a TUI the right interface?
Termixer (TUI DJ Mixer)
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#12I guess this is a boring and predictable thing to say, but I miss seeing a project like this and being excited about it. Instead I looked at the codebase, see that it seems LLM-generated and assume it hasn't had much thought or care put into it, so I'm not really motivated to even try it out. Sorry. :-/
> assume it hasn't had much thought or care put into it
> I'm not really motivated to even try it out
That's a little uncharitable. I get where it's coming from, because I also still feel a tinge of (hypocritical) disappointment when I realize things are built with LLMs, but I truly think we need to start moving past this. It's not a giant corporation trying to scam you out of your hard earned money by passing slop off as a lovingly crafted product: it's somebody's pet project, somebody who clearly had a fun "what if" idea and was able to materialize it over time, with a TBD amount of care/iteration/refinement. I think it's something worth engaging with. Worst case scenario it sucks, like many cheapo projects do -- best case scenario it's awesome and/or it sparks a new interesting idea in somebody else.
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#13This has "I got doom to run on my smart fridge" vibes, which are pretty fun vibes tbh
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#14Cool! Plz do VJing next
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#15I'm a DJ/TUI nerd and as much as I want to like this, I don't think the keyboard will ever be the right input or mode for DJing. Maybe my mental model is an outlier, but multi-point physical controls are critical for so much of what's happening while DJing — the master level controls, effects, cueing, individual track controls, and even just being able to physically manipulate playing tracks. It just doesn't map to a…
I think for algorave stuff it's great because I'm already at the keyboard, but I totally agree with you otherwise. I was thinking (way too complex at this point) of adding control macros to be able to "turn" 2 knobs at once, because that's something real hands and knobs can do, but not this TUI atm.
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#16This has "I got doom to run on my smart fridge" vibes, which are pretty fun vibes tbh
I've actually gotten it running on the steamdeck which is freakin dope and hilarious
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#17Cool! Plz do VJing next
I was thinking of doing something like aaa (ASCII art animation) to play videos in the pads section...
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#18Finally, I can ssh to the booth from a tablet and take a dump mid-party.
Hahaha
Audio works over RDP too
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#19Honestly this seems like it would be a sick party trick. Combine with some strudel.cc and it could be pretty cool little setup.
Exactly! And ghostty shaders!!
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#20I guess this is a boring and predictable thing to say, but I miss seeing a project like this and being excited about it. Instead I looked at the codebase, see that it seems LLM-generated and assume it hasn't had much thought or care put into it, so I'm not really motivated to even try it out. Sorry. :-/
I'll come out and say it, heavily AI-assisted. First rust project, and wanted to dive on in with something that I'd been wanting to make. Lots of iteration, almost entirely free opencode tier models and agentic edits. I know what behavior I'm looking for though, and rust is pretty good at finding obvious errors (clippy too). It's not a production app, and it's just for fun, so ya. :)