Show HN: Beats, a web-based drum machine

87 pointsposted 12 hours ago
by kinduff

24 Comments

adrianwaj

10 minutes ago

Very nice. Would be great to see a "tap bpm" instead of setting numerically, also a way to run offline, and lastly a way to submit drum covers of popular tracks that used say the Linn 9000 and TR-808 drum machines - with those sounds available!

To really make it interesting, have a way to switcheroo the drum tracks of some cloud music to layer in one's own version instead.

utopiah

2 hours ago

Very neat! I had a https://www.crowdsupply.com/wee-noise-makers/wee-noise-maker... but I don't always carry it with me. I do have my phone though most of the time in my pocket so having this on, Web based, is great! The author of ToneJS is very kind, if the documentation wasn't clear you might want to reach out to help clarify it.

PS: didn't check it but being a PWA to work offline would be quite neat, just in case the subway or train goes through a spot without connectivity.

djmips

33 minutes ago

Fascinating, first time I've seen an open source project written with ADA.

ferg-in-japan

3 hours ago

Wow this is cool! Inspiration to try making something like this myself. The 8-bit aesthetic looks great too. It would be cool if users could edit the tones - maybe a way to expand in the future.

nilram

11 hours ago

Not great waveforms, to my ear. Decent UI for a first cut -- trying it out, I found it really addictive. Makes me want to learn more about beats.

lagniappe

8 hours ago

Lots of crackling and popping in firefox on macos, pretty cool otherwise

yellowapple

2 hours ago

Same, with Firefox on Linux (via Flatpak). The UI's great, though.

ofrzeta

3 hours ago

No crackling here (Firefox/M4 Air).

exodust

3 hours ago

I'm getting a little popping on Firefox Windows, which disappears if I remove the kick step on second row of the default bosa nova. Nice work anyway, the UI is immediate and instant play.

hmokiguess

10 hours ago

Nice UI but your examples don’t feel right to me. Bossa nova sounds nothing like bossa nova.

kinduff

10 hours ago

I agree, let me see if I can tweak it so it sounds a bit more like it.

cyrusradfar

3 hours ago

This made my day. Love this, thank you!

hmcamp

8 hours ago

I like it. I think I’ll eventually take a whack at making something similar. Thanks for sharing

brikym

7 hours ago

Nice. I love how you're not using a framework just pure javascript.