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by hellbanner 4191 days ago
How do I make the music?
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I couldn't figure it out either. Can make single effects with keyboard, but clicking the tiles generated a line but no noticeable effect.
every letter corresponds to a beat! Dashes are spaces between beats! Tweet from either the web-app or from Twitter like so '[dd--dd--ddo---o---o---o] #MMODM'
What is the vertical line? Why does clicking on a box not turn on/off that box? Is there some other way to turn on a box? Is there some way to generate the "[dd--dd--ddo---o---o---o]" for me, so I don't have to figure out the syntax myself and make sure I have the right length of string? Is there some way outside of twitter to try a string like "[dd--dd--ddo---o---o---o]" to see what it does, before I post it to my friends on Twitter?

I like to think I'm not the average clueless user, but this site really confuses me :) Looks like with a little polish and user testing, it could be fun, though!

It doesn't encourage play at all and doesn't even tell you what its supposed to do. Its honestly one of the most frustrating interfaces I've seen. It feels like it would be powerful, but its so unintuitive in even the most basic function of setting beats it fails miserably.