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Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by RyanMcGreal »

tlrobinson wrote: post #43
iamdave wrote: post #6

Here's your rudiment/instrument notation zk = suspended cymbal bschk = snare pv = brush bk = bass tk = flam1 vk = roll tap kt = flam2 kttp = flam tap krp = hi hat tap pv = short roll th = better hi hat thp, ds = instant rimshot.

So, I went ahead and made a drum machine out of your notes using a bit of JavaScript... https://gist.github.com/721253 Load it as a bookmarklet using this: javascript:(function(){document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("script")).src = " https://gist.github.com/raw/721253/f70c2bdeaed54d9907a448504... EDIT: the bookmarklet is getting cut off by HN, see the first comment on the gist linked above. Unfortunately…

That's awesome!

If you want to pre-compose your beat and then paste it into Google Beatbox, you can use this simple GUI script:

https://gist.github.com/721611

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by currant »

csomar wrote: post #49
currant wrote: post #45

I think that this submission does not belong to the HN. It carries little educational value and I wouldn't call it deeply interesting (as described in ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html ). There isn't any effort to explain the beatbox effect. Also there are many voice synthesizers, google's is just the easiest accessible one. This is why the link seems to me just like a funny picture of a cat and I am deeply alarmed. (…

I find it funny and amazing, though. I like HN for its diversity. Every time, I find something new, but I also want it to be different. I'm just starting my day (morning here) and this post made laugh and in good humor.

There are other sites more suited for this task: reddit.com , reddit.com/r/programming , digg.com and others. As stated in http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html , "The worst thing to post or upvote is something that's intensely but shallowly interesting"

Re: Google Beatbox

#74

Post by ssharp »

kristaps wrote: post #63
kylec wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or this: say -v cello droid

Just went through the OS X speech synth voices and I recognized some being used in quite a few electronic music productions, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2NG28vKNw

Radiohead used the Mac voice a bit on their 'OK Computer' album. Obviously on 'Fitter Happier' and in the background on 'Paranoid Android'.

Re: Google Beatbox

#76

Post by bl4k »

ssharp wrote: post #74
kristaps wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just went through the OS X speech synth voices and I recognized some being used in quite a few electronic music productions, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2NG28vKNw

Radiohead used the Mac voice a bit on their 'OK Computer' album. Obviously on 'Fitter Happier' and in the background on 'Paranoid Android'.

say -v Fred Fitter, Happier, More productive

Re: Google Beatbox

#77

Post by potomak »

tlrobinson wrote: post #43
iamdave wrote: post #6

Here's your rudiment/instrument notation zk = suspended cymbal bschk = snare pv = brush bk = bass tk = flam1 vk = roll tap kt = flam2 kttp = flam tap krp = hi hat tap pv = short roll th = better hi hat thp, ds = instant rimshot.

So, I went ahead and made a drum machine out of your notes using a bit of JavaScript... https://gist.github.com/721253 Load it as a bookmarklet using this: javascript:(function(){document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("script")).src = " https://gist.github.com/raw/721253/f70c2bdeaed54d9907a448504... EDIT: the bookmarklet is getting cut off by HN, see the first comment on the gist linked above. Unfortunately…

I've created a new version of your great script, now it uses the javascript Audio() class.

https://gist.github.com/721554

This is the bookmarklet: javascript:(function(){document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("script")).src="http://bit.ly/googlebeat})()

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by iamdave »

tlrobinson wrote: post #43
iamdave wrote: post #6

Here's your rudiment/instrument notation zk = suspended cymbal bschk = snare pv = brush bk = bass tk = flam1 vk = roll tap kt = flam2 kttp = flam tap krp = hi hat tap pv = short roll th = better hi hat thp, ds = instant rimshot.

So, I went ahead and made a drum machine out of your notes using a bit of JavaScript... https://gist.github.com/721253 Load it as a bookmarklet using this: javascript:(function(){document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("script")).src = " https://gist.github.com/raw/721253/f70c2bdeaed54d9907a448504... EDIT: the bookmarklet is getting cut off by HN, see the first comment on the gist linked above. Unfortunately…

Awesome work, if you can append sounds to the next and create a string of phonemes instead of replacing after you click, that'd be even more awesome.

Re: Google Beatbox

#79

Post by nollidge »

ssharp wrote: post #74
kristaps wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just went through the OS X speech synth voices and I recognized some being used in quite a few electronic music productions, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2NG28vKNw

Radiohead used the Mac voice a bit on their 'OK Computer' album. Obviously on 'Fitter Happier' and in the background on 'Paranoid Android'.

Also, I believe Pixar used the Mac voice for the ship's navigation computer in WALL-E

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by eru »

ckuehne wrote: post #58
eru wrote: post #12

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Not really. At least not on a naive level. None of "pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk" occurs in any German word.

Fat zk e, Blit zk rieg, Hu pv erbot.

Apart from Fatzke, you are cheating. And even in Fatzke, it's not in one syllable.
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