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The intro was thought as a way to onboard users that don't know much about MIDI (or MOD or NSF or VGM), but it can definitely be improved. I'll play…",[56,63,67],{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"JavaScript","maker",[60],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"10307950","It's a mixture of patches from different soundfonts, the primary being the amazing Arachno. 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Need a way to share songs however.",[98,113,120],{"value":99,"source":77,"evidence":100},"Intro is too wordy and slow",[101,105,109],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"10307189","dpc_pw","Very interesting project, but intro is way too slow.",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"10306653","sepharoth213","Wow, this is sick. Quite a wordy intro, however. I kept thinking that most people would ctrl+a backspace rather than try to delete the whole thing by holding backspace,…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"10307284","tcdent","The actual experience is way more compelling than the animated intro. Ditch the explanation (which isn't even worded very well) and bring users right into the experience. 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