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Piano emulator in HTML5 (mpdreamz.github.com)
46 points by Mpdreamz 5444 days ago
7 comments
mikepurvis 5444 days ago
What about this requires canvas? Seems like it could be done very simply with just divs (and audio elements, of course).
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kreddor 5444 days ago
Here is another amusing alternative made using youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD-sSolVDiY
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vladikoff 5444 days ago
Crashes my Chrome OS (beta channel) browser tab, though when it loaded once there was no sound.
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Mpdreamz 5444 days ago
Thank you, I'm using 12.0.742.122 myself but i doubt its chrome rather this thing not being memory profiled at all just yet.
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pbhjpbhj 5444 days ago
No probs with it on FF Nightly (6.0a1 2011-04-22).
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xpaulbettsx 5444 days ago
This is cool, but I don't know on what planet "C, Eb, F#" is a major chord. Seems to be off by a half-step (i.e. should be C, E, G)?
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Mpdreamz 5444 days ago
Thank you for catching this :) just committed the fix for this.
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rednum 5444 days ago
Yes, the major should be (C E G). (C Eb F#) looks like a C dimnished, though I think it would be better written as (C Eb Gb).
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xpaulbettsx 5444 days ago
True - for some reason I have this affinity to certain notes being sharp and certain ones being flat (i.e. F# > Gb, but Eb > D#), even though the rule is that it should be consistent based on the key.
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paulbjensen 5444 days ago
An amusing alternative:

http://sweetmusicapp.com

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rl41 5444 days ago
Didn't freeze for my Opera 11.50. Great job, I like musical tools this this a lot!
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aw3c2 5444 days ago
Completely froze Opera 11.50 for me.
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