Comments for Bits'n'Bites http://www.bitsnbites.eu Tue, 01 May 2012 03:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on The SoundBox synth by Michael Deal http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=155#comment-1661 Michael Deal Tue, 01 May 2012 03:02:46 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=155#comment-1661 Phenomenally cool work you're doing here! I'm one of the authors behind MIDI.js; a basic sequencer in Javascript that plugs into Web Audio API. The major downfall of MIDI.js is the loading time; it loads a .JS file that contains an object of notes referencing a base64 encoded OGG file. Integrating into something like Soundbox could change that, allowing for multi-instrumental MIDI songs played back through the browser without the bandwidth restriction. Caching the generated notes using the FileSystem API would make it so the files would not have to be re-generated, so the second time the user visited the application, it would load super-fast. My one question would be; are you tied to the GPL3 license, or would you consider more permissive licenses such as the MIT or CC at some point? Either way, amazing work and contributions to the community, you've blown my mind ;) Phenomenally cool work you’re doing here! I’m one of the authors behind MIDI.js; a basic sequencer in Javascript that plugs into Web Audio API. The major downfall of MIDI.js is the loading time; it loads a .JS file that contains an object of notes referencing a base64 encoded OGG file. Integrating into something like Soundbox could change that, allowing for multi-instrumental MIDI songs played back through the browser without the bandwidth restriction. Caching the generated notes using the FileSystem API would make it so the files would not have to be re-generated, so the second time the user visited the application, it would load super-fast. My one question would be; are you tied to the GPL3 license, or would you consider more permissive licenses such as the MIT or CC at some point? Either way, amazing work and contributions to the community, you’ve blown my mind ;)

]]> Comment on Let’s make some music – online! by m http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1612 m Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:03:28 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1612 Actually, I haven't published the format (invented by Ferris/Youth Uprising) nor the code I use to parse it (in Sonant Live, it's actually done in PHP). However, there is an untested JS-implementation here: http://sonantlive.bitsnbites.eu/tool/gui.js (see the binToSong() function) - that should point you in the right direction at least. I have some yet-to-be-published work in the pipe that will perhaps make things easier for you, any day now... Actually, I haven’t published the format (invented by Ferris/Youth Uprising) nor the code I use to parse it (in Sonant Live, it’s actually done in PHP). However, there is an untested JS-implementation here: http://sonantlive.bitsnbites.eu/tool/gui.js (see the binToSong() function) – that should point you in the right direction at least. I have some yet-to-be-published work in the pipe that will perhaps make things easier for you, any day now…

]]> Comment on Let’s make some music – online! by david http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1608 david Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:16:52 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1608 I've done a windows C-code port of sonant and want to add capabilities such as parsing a .snt file so I don't need to recompile each time. Have you published the parser for the .snt format or do you have a description for it so I don't have to recreate your work? I’ve done a windows C-code port of sonant and want to add capabilities such as parsing a .snt file so I don’t need to recompile each time.

Have you published the parser for the .snt format or do you have a description for it so I don’t have to recreate your work?

]]> Comment on Let’s make some music – online! by wullon http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1582 wullon Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:44:17 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1582 Thanks, and no problem do what you want with it! Thanks, and no problem do what you want with it!

]]> Comment on Let’s make some music – online! by m http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1581 m Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:28:40 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1581 Really nice track - you managed to squeeze out some nice instruments there (hope you don't mind if I use some of them as presets in the future). I put up the song on the Sonant Live front page. I was actually already half-way through reverse-engineering the song data from the demo, but this was simpler ;) Really nice track – you managed to squeeze out some nice instruments there (hope you don’t mind if I use some of them as presets in the future). I put up the song on the Sonant Live front page. I was actually already half-way through reverse-engineering the song data from the demo, but this was simpler ;)

]]> Comment on Let’s make some music – online! by wullon http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1580 wullon Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:12:49 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1580 Hi, Great job for the Sonant JS port. We used a modified version in Fabrik (http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=59071). Thanks for your comment btw :). Here is the .snt if you want to include it in the list of examples: http://adinpsz.org/data/adinpsz_-_Fabrik.snt (The 2 main constraints: * 4 tracks (for the final filesize) * fit the intro mood (not too "synthetic" sound) Hi,

Great job for the Sonant JS port.

We used a modified version in Fabrik (http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=59071). Thanks for your comment btw :) .

Here is the .snt if you want to include it in the list of examples: http://adinpsz.org/data/adinpsz_-_Fabrik.snt
(The 2 main constraints:
* 4 tracks (for the final filesize)
* fit the intro mood (not too “synthetic” sound)

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]]> Comment on Compression of JavaScript programs by Alex Scott http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=20#comment-1298 Alex Scott Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:23:11 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=20#comment-1298 Will you continue to develop on CrunchMe? Will you continue to develop on CrunchMe?

]]> Comment on Let’s make some music – online! by ApOkwARG http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1164 ApOkwARG Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:47:30 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=68#comment-1164 Nice project you got there! It got me quite interested in trying the original Sonant as well, but it seems the download is restricted and there is no working mirror to be found. Could you please e-mail me a copy of the software? Sorry to bother you, haha! Nice project you got there! It got me quite interested in trying the original Sonant as well, but it seems the download is restricted and there is no working mirror to be found. Could you please e-mail me a copy of the software? Sorry to bother you, haha!

]]> Comment on Doing a sound synth in JavaScript by Charles http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=1#comment-945 Charles Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:02:52 +0000 http://www.bitsnbites.eu/?p=1#comment-945 To clarify: "good work" is that which makes simple what would seem complicated to *others in general* - not just to *me* ;-) To clarify: “good work” is that which makes simple what would seem complicated to *others in general* – not just to *me* ;-)

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