Comments on: JS-909: Drum Machine, No Flash

By: zachleat

zachleat — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:12:27 +0000

I thought was a standardized tag that relied on your browser (and local machine) configuration to play the audio (or whatever) clip. Is this not an important facet of the open web, to allow clients to handle the content how they see fit? Maybe if he had used OGG instead of WAV, that would have made you naysayers happy.

I had fun with this, nice work!

By: eyelidlessness

eyelidlessness — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:55:34 +0000

This is a neat proof of concept.

The visualizations seriously alter the timing, however, and really demonstrate the limitations of a browser-only solution (to anything) in an application where timing is important.

By: jefposkanzer

jefposkanzer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:54:28 +0000

I don’t run either Flash or Quicktime so I am SOL!

By: tj111

tj111 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:05:22 +0000

I will never install Quicktime on my computer. I like the idea, but Flash is the way to go here.

By: Fyzbo

Fyzbo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:53:55 +0000

Who cares if it doesn’t use flash if it requires quicktime. Flash has a larger user base and is much less intrusive then quicktime. There really seems to be no point to this.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:10:54 +0000

Looks absolutely fantastic!! Except I won’t be using/trying it due to quicktime dependency. Shame.

By: Kashati

Kashati — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:10:56 +0000

Nice work, but doesn’t run under firefox linux.
I can hear only the first soundstep when triggering a new step in a part.

I did something very similar last year, with quicktime as the sound output device, but it was only a quick hack in my lunch break.
It’s all HTML, CSS and some sound files. No flashy graphics :-)
Blogpost about it:
http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/10/lauflichtdrums.html
The drum machine with 606 sounds:
http://www.frischglanz.com/lauflichtdrums/

By: RoryH

RoryH — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:58:39 +0000

Give me Flash dependency any day over Quicktime!

By: vsync

vsync — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:54:39 +0000

Great success! XD

By: p01

p01 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:49:45 +0000

Neat but the QuickTime dependency makes this approach a No-no for me. :\

By: ccan

ccan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:46:33 +0000

Nice work!

The only drawback is, it’s dependent on Quicktime to play sounds.

Or at least, in my machine (Firefox 3.0.4, Vista in Mint condition)