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muted.io

Simple Tool to Hear and Visualize the Overtone Series

muted.io

#overtone series#harmonics#sine waves#music theory

50points
6comments
#967of 2,570 in 2022
Top 38%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.

Design: 2 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Nice visualization of the sum of overtones and polished site

    From 2 comments
    • Also nice to see: visualization of the sum.
      tgv on HN
    • That is a nicely polished site. Love the chord cheat sheet.
      sovok on HN
  • Chord cheat sheet is useful

    From 1 comment
    • That is a nicely polished site. Love the chord cheat sheet.
      sovok on HN

Objections

  • Low 55 Hz base frequency is hard to hear or produce on some devices

    From 2 comments
    • Very nice, I always love your tools! My phone can barely produce 55 Hz output, maybe a slider for changing the fundamental frequency would be interesting? Also, I think the email…
      Eduard on HN
    • Nice. A couple of quick thoughts: - It might be educational to show the sum of sine waves in addition to the components. - 55 Hz is really low as the base frequency. I think…
      codeflo on HN
  • Email sign-up at the end shows an error

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice, I always love your tools! My phone can barely produce 55 Hz output, maybe a slider for changing the fundamental frequency would be interesting? Also, I think the email…
      Eduard on HN
  • Mobile page jumps when toggling single tones

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool! I wish the frame with the string visual wouldn't disappear when no tones were playing. On mobile I wanted to hear one tone at a time, each in succession, but the page…
      aradox66 on HN

Requests

  • Add a slider to change the fundamental frequency

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice, I always love your tools! My phone can barely produce 55 Hz output, maybe a slider for changing the fundamental frequency would be interesting? Also, I think the email…
      Eduard on HN
  • Show the sum of sine waves alongside components

    From 1 comment
    • Nice. A couple of quick thoughts: - It might be educational to show the sum of sine waves in addition to the components. - 55 Hz is really low as the base frequency. I think…
      codeflo on HN
  • Keep the string visual visible when no tones play

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool! I wish the frame with the string visual wouldn't disappear when no tones were playing. On mobile I wanted to hear one tone at a time, each in succession, but the page…
      aradox66 on HN

Questions

  • Is the harmonic numbering nonstandard (first overtone called first harmonic)?

    From 1 comment
    • Nice. A couple of quick thoughts: - It might be educational to show the sum of sine waves in addition to the components. - 55 Hz is really low as the base frequency. I think…
      codeflo on HN

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