djent
Creative
music generator
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21 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 4 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score +0.48.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Sounds really good and impressive for random generation
From 3 comments
Excellent work ! I saw many random music generators, and this might be the best. I showed it to a coworker playing in a metal band, he's stunned ! It sounds really good.
anonjdgpogjsop on HNIt seems to be based around the classic Meshuggah formula. Basically, pick an unusual time signature and play the guitars and kick drum in that time signature. The kick drum…
actsasbuffoon on HNVery well done. The music was addictively responsive to even the smallest settings change.
dshapiraa on HN
Fun and addictive to use
From 3 comments
Wicked fun and glad to get a chance to test it out. Excellent results with tweaking parameters, at least to my ears. Functional and appealing, well for those into this sort of…
6stringmerc on HNThe first web app that blows my knees out! Excellent work!
QuantumRoar on HNThis is hilariously good. Great work
Futurebot on HN
Useful for inspiration for guitarists
From 1 comment
I love it! The instrument selection is good. It generates some brutal riffs with catchy rhythms. As a guitarist, I think this tool is great for finding inspiration and maybe…
whorace on HN
Objections
Settings link is hidden and not prominent
From 2 comments
Can you make the settings link more prominent. I left the page before even noticing it. Came back because of the comments.
billmalarky on HNBetter, but in my opinion it should be styled as a button not just text. It doesn't feel like a part of the tool since it appears outside of the initial box. I understand you put…
billmalarky on HN
Safari error message appears in Chrome on iOS
From 1 comment
The "safari bug" error message appears for me even though I'm using Google Chrome, not Safari, on my ipad. Is that intentional?
6502nerdface on HN
Requests
Add download option for generated tunes
From 1 comment
I'm impressed. Congrats! I would love to be able to generate a 3 minutes long tune with this On Android's Chrome the URL shown under "Share this URL:" weirdly glitches the…
column on HN
Support other genres such as techno, deep house or power metal
From 2 comments
Amazing job :) I'd love to see it with deephouse or techno sounds. It's so tempting to fork the repo. Here's my madness: http://djen.co/#share/opYJd9
kowdermeister on HNCan we get some european power metal style generators in place? :P
mlinhares on HN
Export MIDI or allow own samples
From 1 comment
Really interesting project. Can you give a brief description of the algorithm? Also, would it be possible to export MIDI, or some other format where you could drop in your own…
bravura on HN
Questions
How does the algorithm work
From 2 comments
Really interesting project. Can you give a brief description of the algorithm? Also, would it be possible to export MIDI, or some other format where you could drop in your own…
bravura on HNIt seems to be based around the classic Meshuggah formula. Basically, pick an unusual time signature and play the guitars and kick drum in that time signature. The kick drum…
actsasbuffoon on HN
Are the audio samples licensed under MIT
From 1 comment
I'm a electric guitar player myself, and that's amazing. The source code is MIT (https://github.com/RossMcMillan92/djent) but I wonder if the same applies to the audio samples.
sebhack on HN
Alternatives named
Acid Defender WebAudio game
From 1 comment
While not quite what you're looking for, "Acid Defender" is a WebAudio game that generates random acid house sequences as part of the game play:…
cpeterso on HN
Chord progression arpeggiator on CodePen
From 1 comment
Along these lines, someone posted a neat Web Audio driven chord progression arpeggiator yesterday: http://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/full/qNrZyw/ Comments:…
BHSPitMonkey on HN