Just intonation keyboard
Creative
music instrument
SHOW HN2023
331points
61comments
#123of 3,109 in 2023
Top 4%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Performance: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Sounds good and responsive, with little latency
From 1 comment
I want to say first off that this is super cool, and I really applaud you for shipping it. The tones sound pretty great on my machine, and the button pressing is good. I don't…
zengid on HN
Interesting educational and creative experiment
From 2 comments
A very interesting and educational musical experiment. Are you planning to expand, maybe to a plugin? Max4Live would likely be viable. Thank you.
IndySun on HNFantastic, this is great work. Takes me back to my undergrad days studying Ben Johnston’s JI systems for my own compositions.
jcpst on HN
Fun to play with
From 1 comment
Well that was marvellous to play with! Thank you.
quickthrower2 on HN
Objections
Layout is not intuitive and needs an instruction manual
From 2 comments
I want to say first off that this is super cool, and I really applaud you for shipping it. The tones sound pretty great on my machine, and the button pressing is good. I don't…
zengid on HNI think you need far more basic practical examples how to play the thing, just figuring out a random major chord was a hassle and I still have no idea how to play some specific…
zokier on HN
Hidden state makes it hard to track modulation
From 2 comments
I want to say first off that this is super cool, and I really applaud you for shipping it. The tones sound pretty great on my machine, and the button pressing is good. I don't…
zengid on HNThis is exceedingly cool, thank you for putting it out there. A small suggestion: when you press the purple buttons, it would be neat to see the green numbers change by the…
cscheid on HN
Hard to play basic chords without guidance
From 1 comment
I think you need far more basic practical examples how to play the thing, just figuring out a random major chord was a hassle and I still have no idea how to play some specific…
zokier on HN
Requests
Show internal state or current stack of ratios
From 2 comments
I want to say first off that this is super cool, and I really applaud you for shipping it. The tones sound pretty great on my machine, and the button pressing is good. I don't…
zengid on HNShowing the internal state is a pretty good idea. I'll see if I can port over my visualization from my desktop version; it'll show the absolute pitches of the notes on a real…
ad8e on HN
Temporary modulation keys held only while pressed
From 1 comment
This is exceedingly cool, thank you for putting it out there. A small suggestion: when you press the purple buttons, it would be neat to see the green numbers change by the…
cscheid on HN
MIDI output and recording
From 2 comments
This is super cool! It would be awesome to be able to record the notes to a sequencer, and then play them back, optionally sending via Web MIDI API[1], so that one could control…
Pr0ject217 on HNIt's possible to generate 12 ET too, by rounding all the keys and harmony changes. Just as 12 ET is a good approximation to Just Intonation, Just Intonation is also a good…
ad8e on HN
Show absolute note names on keys
From 1 comment
I think you need far more basic practical examples how to play the thing, just figuring out a random major chord was a hassle and I still have no idea how to play some specific…
zokier on HN
Questions
How to play a specific chord such as C major
From 2 comments
I think you need far more basic practical examples how to play the thing, just figuring out a random major chord was a hassle and I still have no idea how to play some specific…
zokier on HNI don't know how practical that is, but you can figure it out analytically. In equal temperament, you can find the frequency ratio of two notes in an interval by raising 2 to the…
adrianmonk on HN
Whether the desktop version or source code will be released
From 2 comments
Ooh there's a desktop version?? :-)
NikolaNovak on HNDo you have a GitHub I can follow?
codetrotter on HN
Alternatives named
Lumatone isomorphic keyboard
From 1 comment
The Lumatone is a high quality isomorphic keyboard. There's software to control the layouts, and you can use layouts other people have created:…
AndrewPGameDev on HN
Janko chromatic keyboard
From 1 comment
This is me playing a keyboard with a "Janko" chromatic layout: https://youtu.be/82xaEGgiiRs I gave it a shot but found it difficult to unlearn a decade of traditional piano…
yayitswei on HN
Music Mouse
From 1 comment
Very cool! Have you seen music mouse [1]? I wonder in what ways this intonation keyboard concept could be mapped into a 2d touch interface, maybe with some ideas from music…
dsp_person on HN
Eventide Misha Eurorack module
From 1 comment
This is great. And if you're into alternative keyboard layouts, Eventida Misha [1] is a Eurorack module with an interesting interval based keyboard, where the keys move up/down a…
elric on HN