Show HN: Make audio loops online(makeloops.online)
67 pointsby bilalba3 days ago10 comments
  • oliwarya day ago
    Fun! Well done.

    I created a loop in the drum mode, and then wanted to add a melodic track to it, so I clicked the melodic button. This erased my drum pattern instead - would be good if they could play over each other, and would not be erased by switching.

    • bilalbaa day ago
      Yes I understand what you're saying! I'll fix this.

      Edit: Fixed!

      • junona day ago
        Seems you can only have one drum and one melody track, can't add a new one? When I try it stops playing the other tracks.
        • bilalba13 minutes ago
          I just saw your comment, I couldn't reply to it there, but I just added the edit layer feature, along with other QOL features.

          Also, did you try the preview with loop button? It's in the preview drop down. It should let you preview the grid along with what's already in the loop.

        • bilalbaa day ago
          You have to add them to the Looper with the "Add to the Looper" button. I need to think of a better UX for that. Let me know if you have ideas!
          • junon20 minutes ago
            I did that, so maybe I'm just missing something but after adding them to the looper and deleting the notes to start a new layer, the old layer doesn't play anymore.

            I'd suggest instead of making the loop layers and editors "siblings" ontologically, instead default on app load to have a single layer, then have the option to add more layers and switch between them - add layer then edit, instead of creating a layer and adding it to a list.

            I really do like the randomization though, it actually sounded surprisingly nice. Took me a moment to realize what was happening but it's actually a seemingly simple feature that's hard to achieve in full blown DAWs.

  • antback2 days ago
    It looks great. A couple of features that would make it truly useful are currently missing:

    - Save/Load and Import/Export functionality.

    - The ability to edit loops after they have been added.

    Thanks for sharing.

    • bilalba11 minutes ago
      - I added the Save/Load feature that saves your sessions within your browser.

      - Added the option to export as .wav

      - Added ability to edit loops on the grid, along with some other QOL features!

    • bilalba2 days ago
      Thank you for checking it out and really appreciate the feedback! I'll be on it.
  • fassssst2 days ago
    It’s a bit low effort. If you like this kind of thing I’d suggest

    https://roland50.studio/

    • bilalbaa day ago
      Yes I agree, it is currently a side-project that is 2 days old! Also brilliant suggestion, played with it and really liked it!
  • saaaaaama day ago
    This is great! Really intuitive and clean.

    It would be nice if when you add a note in the “melodic” set it played it as you add it, rather than having to add them then preview the loop.

    • bilalbaa day ago
      That's a good feature request. Implemented!
  • mettamagea day ago
    I created this pattern.

    I wish it was shareable but couldn't find the share feature.

      Steps  | 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
  -------|-----------------------------------------------
  Kick   | X  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  X  .  .  .
  Snare  | .  .  X  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  X  .
  HH Cls | .  X  .  X  .  X  .  X  X  .  X  .  X  .  .  X
  HH Opn | .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .
  Clap   | .  .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  X
  Rim    | X  X  X  X  X  X  .  X  .  X  .  X  X  .  X  .
  Tom L  | .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .
  Tom M  | .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
  Tom H  | .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
  Crash  | .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
    Perhaps fun fact: I uploaded the screenshot into Gemini and asked it to transform it into ASCII. Claude made a less pretty one.
  • richrichardssona day ago
    Minor bug:

    if you manage to Mute a synth part between the note on and note off events it will continually sound until pressing stop, even if un-muting that part.

    • bilalbaa day ago
      Yup I've noticed that. I'll try to fix it.

      I tap the stop button again to make it stop.

  • selvaprakasha day ago
    Love it! I've been planning to learn music. This pushed me further.
  • treavorpasan2 days ago
    Love it, I got no musical background. But got me hooked.
  • handfuloflight2 days ago
    Very fun. Needs an educational mode.
    • bilalbaa day ago
      Thank you, I'll work on it!
  • nfbxa day ago
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