Endel

Creative

generative ambient music

SHOW HN2018

12points
9comments
#1,572of 2,155 in 2018
Top 73%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.

Design: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • A fan who uses it to sleep

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Audio sounds glitchy with an obvious track switch

    From 1 comment
    • FWIW, the website just seems to load https://work.endel.io/8_stream.mp3 via an IceCast server. Huh. And if your preferred media player doesn't like MP3s directly you can also use…
      exikyut on HN
  • Scheduling sessions is confusing; play button not obvious

    From 3 comments
    • I'm clearly missing something: I don't understand why I schedule a session instead of just starting one. Do I need to be a user of the Music for Programming podcast to understand…
      alanfalcon on HN
    • But that doesn't explain why you can't just start a session.
      pc86 on HN
    • lol, totally didn't realize either that the play button wasn't just there for show.
      xori on HN

Requests

  • Explain the calendar scheduling feature

    From 1 comment
    • I'm clearly missing something: I don't understand why I schedule a session instead of just starting one. Do I need to be a user of the Music for Programming podcast to understand…
      alanfalcon on HN

Questions

  • Why schedule a session instead of just starting one

    From 2 comments
    • I'm clearly missing something: I don't understand why I schedule a session instead of just starting one. Do I need to be a user of the Music for Programming podcast to understand…
      alanfalcon on HN
    • But that doesn't explain why you can't just start a session.
      pc86 on HN

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