2 small requests that (I think) would help with the UX: consider moving (or duplicating) the play button - maybe directly in the middle below the editor, or on that panel itself. It took me a few confusing seconds to realise where it was. Also, could you consider making each fourth (or first) column a very slightly lighter grey? So if I want my kick on 1, 3, 10 and 11 it's really easy to see where to click without counting?
One thing I notice is that the generated beats are very alike. Yeah it makes sense to play snare on the 2 and the 4, and to have kicks always fall on the downbeat, but you'd get more creative grooves if you allow for some more variation there.
It could even be a slider that allows you to stray away from the common patterns.
Nice work! Nice that you also implemented an MPC-style swing. How do you generate samples? Are they also procedurally generated or are they chosen from a fixed set of samples?
I suppose you're not planning to release any sources for this...
This is great fun, congrats!
2 small requests that (I think) would help with the UX: consider moving (or duplicating) the play button - maybe directly in the middle below the editor, or on that panel itself. It took me a few confusing seconds to realise where it was. Also, could you consider making each fourth (or first) column a very slightly lighter grey? So if I want my kick on 1, 3, 10 and 11 it's really easy to see where to click without counting?
very nice, enjoy listening to the beats. also good to see something come out of Clojure land after a while
awesome tool! would be more usable to scroll horizontally as one page and ability to add verticals one at a time.
Dope!
One thing I notice is that the generated beats are very alike. Yeah it makes sense to play snare on the 2 and the 4, and to have kicks always fall on the downbeat, but you'd get more creative grooves if you allow for some more variation there.
It could even be a slider that allows you to stray away from the common patterns.
Really cool! How come you've chosen ClojureScript, and did you regret that choice in the 2 years you've been working on this?
To be clear, this is pure curiosity on my part as I love Clojure(Script) and am consistently missing it during my day job.
I think the question is for other projects: How come you've not chosen ClojureScript? ;)
Very nice! ClojureScript rocks. Just curious, did you use any React for this, or is it vanilla HTML interop?
> view-source:https://dopeloop.ai/beat-maker/js/main.js
> CTRL+F "React"
> 93 matches
Somewhere there is a React lurking :)
Guessing it's via Reagent as it's also mentioned 8 times, and is a fairly traditional approach to frontend with ClojureScript.
Nice work! Nice that you also implemented an MPC-style swing. How do you generate samples? Are they also procedurally generated or are they chosen from a fixed set of samples? I suppose you're not planning to release any sources for this...