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A singing synthesizer for the browser with automatic 3-part harmony

Shown by zebproj on Dec 26, 2024. Click the card to turn it over.

208points

34comments

#377of 3,515 in 2024

Top 11%of 2024 by points

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MixedNo clear lean

9 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

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

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Fun and beautiful to play with
From 3 comments
- This is awesome fun. Reminds of Google Blog Opera and Pink Trombone. Can we have multiple voices when using multiple fingers please? Edit: I can't sing or play music but this is…
  smusamashah on HN
- so beautiful. I can imagine using this a lot if some buttons are added (start/stop harmony, view note/resonance, etc). great job
  varunneal on HN
- Fun! I'd love the option to increase (double?) range. It would sacrifice precision somewhat, so a toggle would be ideal. A toggle for quickly visualizing notes would also be…
  brunorsini on HN
Useful for practicing singing
From 1 comment
- This is such a great way to practice! Thank you for creating it! Could you perhaps add pitch indicators on the side and multi touch support? Or maybe it's open source?
  fhackenberger on HN

Usually only one voice plays at a time, multi-touch unclear
From 2 comments
- 95% of the time, I can only get 1 voice at a time. 5% of the time, I can get 2 or 3 voices at a time (1 variable pitch, the others fixed pitch) but I have no idea what input…
  hunter2_ on HN
- This is awesome fun. Reminds of Google Blog Opera and Pink Trombone. Can we have multiple voices when using multiple fingers please? Edit: I can't sing or play music but this is…
  smusamashah on HN
iOS Safari selects text and drag gestures interfere
From 2 comments
- This is so fun. One note: on iOS Safari on my iPhone, it really believes I’m trying to select everything, do drag and drop, etc. I’m sure someone here knows the proper CSS…
  zellyn on HN
- in Chrome, on my iphone, I can get a cool effect that looks like a glitch, but I wonder if it is a feature. If I hold a note a certain way, where the browser does a “select all”,…
  ycombiredd on HN
No explanation of how the harmony works
From 1 comment
- I'm sorry but I can see a small keyboard with selected notes, can some one describe what makes it 3 parts harmony ? Is it a song thing ? Some chord thing ? There is no…
  makapuf on HN

Add recording and layering of snippets
From 2 comments
- This thing is amazing can you add recording? Perhaps some samples you or visitors create? Then add a little sampler for beat and it’s a fantastic tool
  ldenoue on HN
- This is awesome! It would be great if you could record a snippet then layer your recordings.
  joshuaheard on HN
Add help text or a tutorial
From 2 comments
- 95% of the time, I can only get 1 voice at a time. 5% of the time, I can get 2 or 3 voices at a time (1 variable pitch, the others fixed pitch) but I have no idea what input…
  hunter2_ on HN
- I'm sorry but I can see a small keyboard with selected notes, can some one describe what makes it 3 parts harmony ? Is it a song thing ? Some chord thing ? There is no…
  makapuf on HN
Wider range option
From 1 comment
- Fun! I'd love the option to increase (double?) range. It would sacrifice precision somewhat, so a toggle would be ideal. A toggle for quickly visualizing notes would also be…
  brunorsini on HN
Multi-touch support
From 2 comments
- This is awesome fun. Reminds of Google Blog Opera and Pink Trombone. Can we have multiple voices when using multiple fingers please? Edit: I can't sing or play music but this is…
  smusamashah on HN
- This is such a great way to practice! Thank you for creating it! Could you perhaps add pitch indicators on the side and multi touch support? Or maybe it's open source?
  fhackenberger on HN

How does the automatic harmony work
From 1 comment
- I'm sorry but I can see a small keyboard with selected notes, can some one describe what makes it 3 parts harmony ? Is it a song thing ? Some chord thing ? There is no…
  makapuf on HN
Can multiple fingers produce multiple voices
From 1 comment
- This is awesome fun. Reminds of Google Blog Opera and Pink Trombone. Can we have multiple voices when using multiple fingers please? Edit: I can't sing or play music but this is…
  smusamashah on HN