Show HN: Synesthesia, make noise music with a colorpicker(visualnoise.ca)
35 pointsby tevans32 days ago6 comments
  • hecanjoga day ago
    Lovely! Edit: you might want to consider adding a limiter to the output, it makes a lovely crackling effect but it's easy to flatline the output until it fizzles out completely, it'd be more curious to hear the denser textures.
    • tevans321 hours ago
      Thanks! And thanks for that suggestion.

      I added a limiter to the output and an envelope to my synth object, but after a bunch of experimenting with different settings for each, the flatlining effect was still there. Throttling beyond the note+release's duration did fix it, but that also removed the layering effect of overlapping chords. I think some of those were interesting and wanted to keep them. The last thing I tried was setting the attack to 0.01 and I think that fixed the flatlining issue?

      • hecanjog20 hours ago
        Sounds great now -- I'm not getting the DC stuttering when I play around with different colors anymore.

        It seemed like the source is minified, but I didn't look that closely -- I'd be curious to hear more about your sonification scheme.

        Edit: nevermind I found a link to the source & explanation in another comment! https://github.com/tevans-3/synesthesia

  • zenmac21 hours ago
    What is the LICENSE?
  • bitwizea day ago
    That's cool. I've been playing through the Quake Brutalist Jam collections recently, and this sounds almost like ambient music from one of those maps.
  • yzydserda day ago
    synthesia
  • christopherscota day ago
    oh my god, so LOUD lol - i didn't read the post just clicked the link LMAO
    • tevans321 hours ago
      I'm sorry!

      I know this doesn't help you now, but I changed the default volume to be significantly lower...

  • mcjiggerloga day ago
    RIP my phone's speakers. Maybe I should have read the post first..
    • tevans321 hours ago
      I'm sorry, this was an oversight on my part!

      I adjusted the default volume, so that "painfully loud" is now opt-in by default...