Synthi
Creative
music synthesizer emulator
SHOW HN2016
68points
13comments
#561of 2,264 in 2016
Top 25%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive reproduction of the Synthi A
From 2 comments
What a great project, and what a great synth you have reproduced! This is an awesome musical instrument, nothing less. Really inspiring, thanks for making and posting it.
phazelift on HNWow, this is pretty extraordinary. I will be diving into the source of this one for sure.
jwarren on HN
Nice UI touches like radial knobs
From 1 comment
Appreciate the radial vs vertical choice on the knobs. Nice touch.
tacos on HN
Objections
Runs poorly in Firefox with about 500ms UI delay
From 2 comments
This is something I've been working on the past few months. It's still got some quirks but is mostly feature-complete. See https://github.com/AlexNisnevich/synthi-js for more…
alnis on HNThe Firefox issue is interesting – all UI interactions appear to have about a 500ms delay before the synthesizer output is affected. I can't figure out if it's an issue with…
alnis on HN
Requests
Add a virtual keyboard
From 1 comment
Great project! Any chance you could add a virtual keyboard easily enough?
fit2rule on HN
Add MIDI keyboard support
From 1 comment
P.S. Another thing I've had in mind was the ability to connect MIDI keyboards and have them mimic EMS DK keyboard behavior within SYNTHI-JS. I wasn't sure if it was possible to…
alnis on HN
Disable text selection in UI
From 1 comment
Great work. Lots of browsers recognise the style "-webkit-user-select: none;" which I think will greatly improve your UI.
chvid on HN
Alternatives named
VST plug-ins
From 1 comment
The cost of vst plug ins is crazy! Something like this would go for around $100. Great work.
baldfat on HN