Jazzroom
Creative
collaborative music jamming
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun little idea to play with
From 3 comments
Fun little thing to toy around with, for sure. :) The delay did drive me nuts, though, but I imagine that is quite a difficult hurdle to conquer with such latencies. Reminds me…
norova on HNI like the piano the best of the three.
DTrejo on HNVery erratic for me. Lovely idea though, very much looking forward to using!
mariuskempe on HN
Objections
Notes lag noticeably after key press
From 3 comments
Fun little thing to toy around with, for sure. :) The delay did drive me nuts, though, but I imagine that is quite a difficult hurdle to conquer with such latencies. Reminds me…
norova on HNThe notes had too much of a delay for me to play anything decently. I like the idea though.
theschwa on HNThe piano could really use more notes, and lag is a bit of an issue. But cool project!
mcav on HN
Piano has too few notes
From 2 comments
Three suggestions: 1. There needs to be a way to get a reference to a room (so I can give it to friends) since I'm yet to find a room where anybody else plays anything. 2. Would…
alextgordon on HNThe piano could really use more notes, and lag is a bit of an issue. But cool project!
mcav on HN
Rooms are empty, no one else to play with
From 2 comments
Three suggestions: 1. There needs to be a way to get a reference to a room (so I can give it to friends) since I'm yet to find a room where anybody else plays anything. 2. Would…
alextgordon on HNCollaborative? No one else seems to be in the rooms I get assigned to...
aba_sababa on HN
Requests
Way to share a room reference with friends
From 1 comment
Three suggestions: 1. There needs to be a way to get a reference to a room (so I can give it to friends) since I'm yet to find a room where anybody else plays anything. 2. Would…
alextgordon on HN
Choose or switch instruments
From 1 comment
Three suggestions: 1. There needs to be a way to get a reference to a room (so I can give it to friends) since I'm yet to find a room where anybody else plays anything. 2. Would…
alextgordon on HN
Switch to keydown and add a metronome
From 1 comment
switch to using keydown (that's how real instruments work) and add a metronome, and this might be usable!
shawndrost on HN
Questions
Why notes play on key release
From 2 comments
Notes play on key-UP, rather than down, so that might one cause of the delay.
dshankar on HNTo everyone having concerned about the delay, it's not a network issue. It's because notes play on key-UP, rather than down. (Because we're silly like that). Let go of the key…
sthatipamala on HN
Alternatives named
NINJAM
From 1 comment
For people who like this sort of thing, try ninjam: http://ninjam.com/ By the same dudes who wrote winamp.
makmanalp on HN
ASIO4ALL
From 1 comment
If there is anyone else out there thinking 'Yeah! It sucks writing music using my onboard soundcard!' check out Asio4All http://www.asio4all.com/ Its a windows package that has…
JonnieCache on HN
Node.js chat jukebox fork
From 1 comment
When I started playing with node.js I forked their sample chatroom application to add a shared jukebox. Put on a song in the chatroom and everyone hears it.…
akkartik on HN