93 pointsby talccc2 hours ago21 comments
  • TomGarden5 minutes ago
    Had fun with this on my phone! Any chance of calculating velocity based on speed of pick movement? I'm sure some super basic ASDR and maybe a low-oass would get you to a very satisfying place
  • _spduchamp18 minutes ago
    This looks great!

    I noticed that the strumming seems a bit off on chord changes. A good default is to let strings that don't change on chord change to continue to ring through. Just think about the strings as actual strings and the kinds of things that happen to them when you play.

    Also, different songs will have different techniques like bar chords that may have less brightness, palm muting etc.

    I'm working on a physical guitar digital luthier kit right now as part of a project at Toronto Metropolitan University working with disabled musicians. Our aim is to release it so anyone can build one.

    Here is our documentation of examining an existing assistive guitar built a few years ago in the UK. https://www.designingsoundfutures.org/kellycaster-mark-1/

    Now we're taking lessons learned from that and working on robust versions for touring musicians, and variations to adapt to different assistive and artistic needs.

    Great to see others doing nifty work with this guitar based music stuff.

    • talccc5 minutes ago
      Thanks, great input! Letting the shared strings ring through chord changes makes a lot of sense and I will look at it. Song techniques like palm muting are on the list too.

      Your project sounds wonderful. Good luck with it, I'd love to see it when it's out.

  • jamesdelaneyie3 minutes ago
    Really really enjoyable, but how do I turn on drive for the electric guitar?
  • waerhert31 minutes ago
    Very well done! When adding a chord on a key, I'm missing a small preview of the chords as they appear in the autocomplete list, or would be nice to be able to assemble a chord on a fretboard view. What made you start work on this app? And what is the logic behind how the chords are laid out on the keyboard?
    • talccc16 minutes ago
      Thanks! Both good ideas, noted.

      I wanted to play some chords when Im away from my guitar and none of the browser online guitars I found were at the level I was looking for.

      The keys follow the song's key: A row = the 5 main chords (I IV V vi ii), Q row = their sevenths Z row = color chords

  • orliesaurus14 minutes ago
    I just spent 30 minutes playing with this. It's incredible, well done to the author!
  • SamInTheShell12 minutes ago
    This is kinda cool, but it's nowhere near as fun as being able to play the real thing. Sounds better IRL.

    It is nice that it shows the chords.

    • Sherveen8 minutes ago
      What an insightful contribution.
  • ssteeper25 minutes ago
    It's great! As far as I can tell, the toggle for Let ring is not working: when i disable it, notes still ring out after letting go of the key (in solo mode on electric guitar currently)
    • talccc12 minutes ago
      Thanks for reporting! I will look into it. Did it happen on all notes?
  • LewisOrton37 minutes ago
    Before I knew it, ten minutes had gone! good job
  • ZeWaka13 minutes ago
    This is super fun, thanks!
  • Rygianan hour ago
    Why does it show a left-handed guitar on Player view, and a right-handed one on Audience view?
    • talccc39 minutes ago
      Hi Rygian, Good catch.

      Player view does show a left handed guitar. Two reasons: 1. matches what a right handed player sees looking down at their own guitar: low E on top, neck on the left. 2. players without guitar, to lined up with the pc keyboard that is on the left.

      True Audience view is like you watch right hand guitar player.

  • mbil23 minutes ago
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  • fellowniusmonkan hour ago
    This looks very interesting, I may finally learn wonderwall.
    • talcccan hour ago
      Thanks you, Good luck with wonderwall!
  • iambenan hour ago
    This is absolutely amazing. Well done.
  • gtruong78an hour ago
    This is great, great design, great functionality, TY!
  • jrflo44 minutes ago
    Holy shit, this is incredible. As a guitar player this actually feels like playing a guitar. So cool.

    Only suggestion I would have would be to make all 6 strings strummable independently in the chord instead of just the 4, so you can do finger picking on it.

    • talccc30 minutes ago
      Good idea. I've added it to the list of upcoming improvements. Thanks!
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  • lefstathiouan hour ago
    This is excellent. Thank you.
    • talcccan hour ago
      Enjoy (; and tell your friend
  • paaloeyean hour ago
    That's awesome!
  • vegnusan hour ago
    Sick, love it
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