Pixeltune
Creative
music player
SHOW HN2024
80points
52comments
#982of 3,515 in 2024
Top 28%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstPerformance: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Sounds very good and is a slick, nice-looking player
From 4 comments
Works flawlessly, sounds very good. Already improved my day!
loa_in_ on HNAmazing interface and player! I'm finding a lot of this music as great background for work. It seems especially the 16 bit and 32 bit game system music seemed to hit a sweet spot…
ugh123 on HNI’m really digging the background visuals. It reminds me of the old Playstation home screen background animation.
teeuwen on HNThis is a really slick player! I have a feature request though. I noticed almost right away that NSF (NES/Famicom) songs are in stereo and seem to have some sort of reverb filter…
zeta0134 on HN
Archiving effort and preservation of game music
From 2 comments
Hey Tom! This is fantastic project, I see myself using it daily. But the best part of it all is your dedication to preserving the midi culture and the art form itself. (game)…
faraggi on HNDo you have any plans to let people download the music collection in bulk? eg a direct download or via archive.org? You mention in your FAQ that preservation is a big goal of…
fourfour3 on HN
Objections
Reverb added to some cores with no way to turn it off
From 2 comments
Love this! I've been working on and running https://sfc.fm for about 7 years now so very similar interests! One thing I did notice was the in the SPC emulation, particularly in…
superfamicom on HNThis is a really slick player! I have a feature request though. I noticed almost right away that NSF (NES/Famicom) songs are in stereo and seem to have some sort of reverb filter…
zeta0134 on HN
Songs cut off by a fixed time limit
From 2 comments
Is it possible to loop a song infinitely? This is a standard feature for chiptune emulation playback programs (vgmstream, GEP, foobar2000, Audacious, Droidsound-E, etc.).
nyanpasu64 on HNAlso SID files play for a fixed amount of time, so long-ish ones cut during playtime. I know HVSC has a database that defines track length, not sure for the others though.
snowram on HN
Icons and fonts fail to load in Safari due to CORS
From 1 comment
Really love this, kudos for making it! Can listen to the Sonic 2 soundtrack on loop for hours. Just a note to say that on MacOS Safari none of the icons or fonts seem to want to…
tlh on HN
Some files like Famitracker modules play incorrectly or are misclassified
From 1 comment
Looks like there are a bunch of Famitracker modules (.ftm files) that are converted to MIDI but should actually be converted to NSF like any other NES song.
snowram on HN
Requests
Option to loop songs infinitely or longer time limit
From 2 comments
Is it possible to loop a song infinitely? This is a standard feature for chiptune emulation playback programs (vgmstream, GEP, foobar2000, Audacious, Droidsound-E, etc.).
nyanpasu64 on HNAlternatively: what’s the reason _not_ to allow this?
monkpit on HN
WebMIDI support for hardware synths
From 1 comment
I'd love to see WebMIDI support similar to https://chiptune.app/ I have a SC-8820 - it can simulate a SC-55/SC-88/SC-88 Pro (the SC-55 in particular is what a lot of VGM MIDIs…
fourfour3 on HN
Show track duration
From 1 comment
This is just lovely. Nice trip through nostalgia, when I was 12 years old, I had a period where I listened to a lot of mods from the amiga demo scene to the eternal bafflement of…
sersi on HN
Bulk download of the music collection
From 1 comment
Do you have any plans to let people download the music collection in bulk? eg a direct download or via archive.org? You mention in your FAQ that preservation is a big goal of…
fourfour3 on HN
Questions
Can songs loop infinitely?
From 1 comment
Is it possible to loop a song infinitely? This is a standard feature for chiptune emulation playback programs (vgmstream, GEP, foobar2000, Audacious, Droidsound-E, etc.).
nyanpasu64 on HN
Size of the music collection on disk
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, what is the size on disk of the music collection? (485k songs)
squigz on HN
Alternatives named
chiptune.app / Chip Player
From 2 comments
I'd love to see WebMIDI support similar to https://chiptune.app/ I have a SC-8820 - it can simulate a SC-55/SC-88/SC-88 Pro (the SC-55 in particular is what a lot of VGM MIDIs…
fourfour3 on HNReminds me of https://chiptune.app/browse
s5ma6n on HN
vgmstream, GEP, foobar2000, Audacious
From 1 comment
Is it possible to loop a song infinitely? This is a standard feature for chiptune emulation playback programs (vgmstream, GEP, foobar2000, Audacious, Droidsound-E, etc.).
nyanpasu64 on HN
sfc.fm
From 1 comment
Love this! I've been working on and running https://sfc.fm for about 7 years now so very similar interests! One thing I did notice was the in the SPC emulation, particularly in…
superfamicom on HN
chipmachine
From 1 comment
There's also this which you can run on a Raspberry Pi (not a web player) https://github.com/sasq64/chipmachine
29athrowaway on HN