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  • Music Pattern Generator v2.2

    December 30, 2020
    MPG 2.2 Snapshots panel

    Music Pattern Generator is updated to version 2.2 with the new Snaphots functionality. Snapshots store the current state of all processors running in the app. A snapshot can be instantly recalled, making it possible to quickly change many settings in one go. 

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    categoryDesktop program, Euclidean rhythms, General, Javascript, MIDI, Music, Web MIDI
  • Kibo Keyboard

    September 16, 2020
    Kodaly Kibo

    Earlier this year Italian company Kodaly proposed a collaboration. They created the Kibo MIDI controller instrument and I enjoy making web apps for musical use. Together we will explore how the Kibo instrument and online apps can be integrated. As a first experiment I made the Kibo Keyboard app.

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    categoryGeneral, Javascript, Kodaly Kibo, MIDI, Music, Physics, Web Audio, Web Bluetooth, Web MIDI, WebGL
  • How to use Music Pattern Generator

    December 14, 2019
    MPG 2.1 dark mode

    Music Pattern Generator is an app to create musical rhythms. It generates patterns of MIDI notes. It runs online in the browser, or can be downloaded and installed as a desktop application. This article gives an overview of the app and describes how to use it.

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    categoryEuclidean rhythms, General, Javascript, MIDI, Music, Web MIDI
  • Music Pattern Generator v2.1

    December 13, 2019
    MPG 2.1 screenshot

    Music Pattern Generator is the new version of my old Euclidean Pattern Generator. Instead of Java it’s now written in JavaScript. So it runs in the browser. But if you prefer there are desktop installers for Linux, Windows and Mac as well.

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    categoryDesktop program, Euclidean rhythms, General, Javascript, MIDI, Music, Web MIDI
  • JavaScript desktop programs with NW.js

    May 3, 2019

    This is an overview and tutorial of how to create desktop programs for Linux, Mac and Windows using NW.js. NW.js is a framework for building desktop applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It works by combining a JavaScript app with Node.js and Google’s Chromium browser engine into a single desktop program.

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    categoryGeneral, Javascript, Web Audio
  • Volca-Freesound

    December 23, 2018

    Volca-Freesound is an online app to load samples on the Korg Volca Sample. It selects random samples from the freesound.org database. So it’s not a sample manager like Vosyr or Caustic Editor. This app chooses random samples by itself. You can only control the maximum length of the samples and which Volca slots to overwrite,…

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    categoryJavascript, Music, Web Audio
  • Single-line 3D text

    November 10, 2018
    webgl screenshot

    I wrote some JavaScript to create single-line 3D text using the three.js library to render 3D on a canvas using WebGL. Three.js can already render text with its TextGeometry class, but I wanted something simpler: single-line fonts.

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    categoryJavascript, WebGL
  • Force Touch and Web Audio on the iPhone

    November 30, 2016
    3d touch iphone

    Since a few weeks I have an iPhone 6S. It has 3D Touch, Apple’s technology to detect pressure on the phone’s screen. It takes some time getting used to. Things unexpectedly happen when you press down on the screen. But it feels naturally very soon. It’s like a third dimension after swiping across the surface…

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    categoryJavascript, Web Audio
  • Generating MIDI with physics

    October 5, 2016
    Tinguely sculpture

    This is an idea for an application that generates MIDI notes from moving machine parts. Not real machines however, but software simulations. Cogs, wheels and gears that rhythmically rotate and drive each other and while doing so transmit their rotation, torque and most importantly their collisions as MIDI notes and CC messages.

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    categoryJavascript, MIDI, Music, Physics