NoiseCraft
Creative
modular music platform
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
19 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.59.
Design: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, polished UI and design
From 4 comments
Thank you! Musician here, this is the first music-related ShowHN I ever loved at first sight like this. Amazing, sounds awesome and looks gorgeous.
yesenadam on HNHats off. Great interface and i enjoyed making a few simple beats which is probably a very small part what the system is capable of. Thank you
necro on HN> One of my all-time favorites is this one: https://noisecraft.app/101 I have to agree. Already spent 10 minutes only with the cutoff and res. Impressive work on the app, kudos!
ogig on HNAbsolutely great work! UX is actully pretty good and I think it helps understanding some usefull basics. I remember using it a while ago, I think I'm guilty of this one…
Orionos on HN
Works well across examples, with no errors
From 3 comments
I've used various forms of these audio tools in the past (MAX, PD) and this is a very impressive piece of work. First, I haven't seen one implemented with web technologies…
greg7gkb on HNAwesome! It worked quite alright on my mobile i have to say.
quijoteuniv on HNI'm on a pixel 6, using chrome and it worked rather well.
nickphx on HN
Novel web-based audio tool compared to MAX and PD
From 2 comments
I've used various forms of these audio tools in the past (MAX, PD) and this is a very impressive piece of work. First, I haven't seen one implemented with web technologies…
greg7gkb on HNThis is deeply impressive. I remain in principle opposed to web-centric audio app development, but this is probably the first one I've seen that puts a couple of small explosive…
PaulDavisThe1st on HN
Fun to play with, even for non-musicians
From 2 comments
I'm not a musician or even musically inclined, but I'm really enjoying this! Thanks for creating and sharing it.
jethronethro on HNAn amazing project, really fun to play!
terrycody on HN
Objections
Main page is overwhelming for newcomers
From 1 comment
do you have a tutorial how to use it? the main page is a bit overwhelming
ushakov on HN
Help page does not scroll on iOS
From 1 comment
I can’t seem to scroll the help on iOS. Workaround is to use reader mode in Safari.
localhost on HN
Does not work on iPad
From 1 comment
doesn't work on my ipad
_throwawayaway on HN
Requests
Export to other software or audio file
From 1 comment
This is amazing and I've only tried it out for about 20 minutes now. I'm just learning about MIDI and sequencers and such. Is it possible yet or will it be possible to export…
raptor99 on HN
Better tutorial or help documentation
From 2 comments
do you have a tutorial how to use it? the main page is a bit overwhelming
ushakov on HNThere is a help page to get you started: https://noisecraft.app/help It's pretty basic but I invite people to open pull requests to improve it. This video shows how (an older…
maxime_cb on HN
Questions
Can projects be exported to other software or an audio file?
From 2 comments
This is amazing and I've only tried it out for about 20 minutes now. I'm just learning about MIDI and sequencers and such. Is it possible yet or will it be possible to export…
raptor99 on HNYou can save it locally to a file that's in a JSON format and easy to parse. That can allow you to run it locally, or you could build some kind of exporter. Right now to export…
maxime_cb on HN
How long has the project been in development?
From 2 comments
Very impressive. How long have you been working on this?
lbj on HNSince 2019 on and off in my spare time. I've found motivation comes and goes and I actually spent one year not working on it at all, but resumed work in 2021.
maxime_cb on HN
Alternatives named
MAX and PD (Pure Data)
From 1 comment
I've used various forms of these audio tools in the past (MAX, PD) and this is a very impressive piece of work. First, I haven't seen one implemented with web technologies…
greg7gkb on HN