[HN Gopher] ToneMatrix
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ToneMatrix
Author : memalign
Score : 91 points
Date : 2023-06-29 17:51 UTC (1 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.maxlaumeister.com)
| atleastoptimal wrote:
| I remember downloading this as an iphone app 12 years ago
| Lorin wrote:
| Wish I could have a second pattern to play with!
| clamiax wrote:
| Just open more browser tabs.
| AceJohnny2 wrote:
| (disclaimer: music theory clueless)
|
| If it's using a pentatonic scale, why is the number of tones not
| a multiple of 5 (there are 16) ?
| weeniehutjr420 wrote:
| The grid includes three octaves of [C D E G A] plus one more C.
| (The highest and lowest note are both C.)
| cgijoe wrote:
| Best I could come up with:
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=QoEgAEFEgABC...
| 11002929 wrote:
| Something similar from a few years back:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23512297
|
| Morning coffee noodle:
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=AAAAtUgCIgAA...
| stronglikedan wrote:
| I love that it sounds like steel drums - one of my favorite
| instruments.
| uoaei wrote:
| Might have just stumbled onto a pleasant-sounding, neutrally-
| styled ringtone.
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=AAAAAAgAAIAA...
| omershapira wrote:
| Nice
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=QBAEhEAAAABA...
| B3QL wrote:
| I love that, easy and simple interface. Straight forward creation
| with nice sound. Fantastic music toy to play with.
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=%252F%252F8A...
| nologic01 wrote:
| 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...
| fat-chunk wrote:
| You're in for a surprise, https://audiotool.com is a fully-
| fledged DAW with advanced music synthesis running in the
| browser.
|
| It actually is where ToneMatrix originates from, and is still
| one of the useable synths in the DAW!
| turnsout wrote:
| Sadly people with those skills will make iOS apps or plugins,
| because it's so much more work to monetize a web app.
| gravitronic wrote:
| 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.
| jrajav wrote:
| Oh wow, this is so cool. Based on the layout and the sounds, it
| HAS to be heavily inspired by the Tenori-on
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_Tenori-on, and I for one am
| very here for that.
| k2enemy wrote:
| Very fun to play with. I wish there were an option to save the
| audio file so I could make my own phone alert.
| stronglikedan wrote:
| Just use a separate audio recorder app, since it doesn't have
| to be hifi for phone sound.
| mxuribe wrote:
| 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. :-)
| gregschlom wrote:
| This is a modern reimplementation of original version, which was
| a Flash app made by Andre Michelle (http://lab.andre-
| michelle.com), in the 2000's
| izzydata wrote:
| I remember having a .swf of this 20+ years ago. I wonder if I
| still have that somewhere on my computer.
| tenori-on wrote:
| The original ToneMatrix was in turn a knockoff of the Yamaha
| Tenori-on, which was actually a hardware product - a really
| pretty sophisticated if sometimes frustratingly limited self-
| contained controller/sequencer/synthesizer.
|
| Yamaha stopped making the hardware somewhere in the early
| 2010s, but released a couple of iOS software versions (TNR-i,
| emulating the original Tenori-on sounds, and later TNR-e which
| changed the sounds to be more EDM and less... Yamaha).
|
| Inevitably, as software is an eternal treadmill, Yamaha never
| bothered to update the apps past iOS 13 - but my TNR-W hardware
| still does the thing, much to the delight of my kids. (I bought
| one on a whim when my eldest was a toddler - it has survived 10
| years of her and then her younger sister's bashing. They're
| teenagers now! Yamaha makes quality stuff when they feel like
| it.)
|
| While it never set the world on fire, it also sold enough that
| used models are still around. If you do buy a used one, note
| that the original model with the metal case and white LEDs
| (TNR-W) are worth the premium over the newer white case/orange
| LED (TNR-O) models; the former are sturdier, have lights on
| both sides, and can run on AA batteries (TNR-O requires
| external power).
| Mizza wrote:
| Cute, could do with a bit more variety of sounds and sequencing
| abilities.
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=gAEAAAAIAAAH...
| yoz wrote:
| I'm having too much fun with this.
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=AAAGggIRACAM...
|
| and
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=SAJZDglYMUJI...
| wpietri wrote:
| Ooh, both of those are very cheery. Thanks for posting them;
| poking around on my own I was a bit intimidated.
| billfruit wrote:
| Great tool!
|
| I like how easy it is to a make song with just vertical nd
| horizontal lines
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=ABEAMQAh%252...
| munificent wrote:
| Here's a fun one:
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=AEEgCAQBIIAE...
|
| If I try very hard, I can focus on it as a single rising series
| of pitches. But otherwise, I here it more as a sixteen step
| repeating arpeggio.
| AceJohnny2 wrote:
| Ooh, I wonder if you could make a Shepard Tone [1]
|
| (I know nothing of music theory so I don't know how to
| implement it in ToneMatrix's scale)
|
| Edit: it appears making a Shepard Tone requires volume control
| of each sequence, which ToneMatrix cannot do.
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| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone
| tonymillion wrote:
| My new alarm clock.
|
| On a sidetone it would be great to export as a audio file
|
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=gCEQAIggBACA...
| gen_greyface wrote:
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=BAAgAAAAAAAg...
|
| love it
| mkhopper wrote:
| Could be useful as an alarm.
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=gEFAQqAEkAII...
| docheinestages wrote:
| https://www.maxlaumeister.com/tonematrix/?v=1&d=gIUAABCAgAmA...
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