Online SID-Player

Creative

music player

SHOW HN2013

21points
17comments
#974of 1,739 in 2013
Top 57%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.

Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Lovely and awesome when it works, with nostalgic appeal

    From 3 comments
    • This is awesome. Ring modulation and samples seem to be missing? I've been humming Hubbard's theme to "Nemesis the Warlock" this past week so I pulled that up and its ominous…
      egypturnash on HN
    • This is lovely. It seems to bug out in Firefox 25 when I switch away from the tab it's on - any debugging info that would be useful?
      mfincham on HN
    • Sounds like childhood :-)
      benjamincburns on HN

Objections

  • Many tunes fail or sound wrong; ring modulation and samples missing

    From 2 comments
    • This is awesome. Ring modulation and samples seem to be missing? I've been humming Hubbard's theme to "Nemesis the Warlock" this past week so I pulled that up and its ominous…
      egypturnash on HN
    • would probably be awesome (love SID tunes), but I get noting in latest firefox beta, nothing in latest chrome, nothing in latest opera, and nothing in internet explorer 11. my…
      tech-no-logical on HN
  • Does not work in some browsers, notably Firefox beta and Chrome background tabs

    From 3 comments
    • This is lovely. It seems to bug out in Firefox 25 when I switch away from the tab it's on - any debugging info that would be useful?
      mfincham on HN
    • would probably be awesome (love SID tunes), but I get noting in latest firefox beta, nothing in latest chrome, nothing in latest opera, and nothing in internet explorer 11. my…
      tech-no-logical on HN
    • Works fin-ish in Chrome Version 31.0.1650.48 m. but if I put it into background tab it sounds like a broken record.
      bane on HN

Requests

  • Use reSID for more accurate playback

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks. Yes, some features are indeed missing. But most of the tunes are working fine. I am thinking to emscript reSID or something.
      s-macke on HN
  • Make it work in Firefox

    From 1 comment
    • He should update it to work with Firefox. Since Firefox 25 they have changed to Web Audio.
      s-macke on HN

Questions

  • Why playback stops when switching tabs

    From 1 comment
    • This is lovely. It seems to bug out in Firefox 25 when I switch away from the tab it's on - any debugging info that would be useful?
      mfincham on HN

Alternatives named

  • JavaScript Amiga MOD player by gasman

    From 1 comment
    • Also check out this JavaScript Amiga MOD player by gasman: http://jsspeccy.zxdemo.org/jsmodplayer/
      chengsun on HN

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