Strudel Flow
Creative
music sequencer
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How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
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What HN said
What people liked
Very clean, well-built UI
From 2 comments
The UI is very nicely built, but I found the actual music making experience very unintuitive. I really didn't know how to build my own thing from scratch. I loaded the Funky Beat…
ericyd on HNVery nice demo of React Flow and I like the neo brutalism theme in the settings. Not sure if it is intended or not: on Android Chrome your "Pad" and "Beats" have no indicators of…
dr_kiszonka on HN
Neo brutalism theme liked
From 1 comment
Very nice demo of React Flow and I like the neo brutalism theme in the settings. Not sure if it is intended or not: on Android Chrome your "Pad" and "Beats" have no indicators of…
dr_kiszonka on HN
Objections
Music-making experience is unintuitive for building from scratch
From 1 comment
The UI is very nicely built, but I found the actual music making experience very unintuitive. I really didn't know how to build my own thing from scratch. I loaded the Funky Beat…
ericyd on HN
Play/pause indicator is confusing
From 1 comment
The UI is very nicely built, but I found the actual music making experience very unintuitive. I really didn't know how to build my own thing from scratch. I loaded the Funky Beat…
ericyd on HN
Loop restarts when an instrument changes
From 1 comment
The UI is very nicely built, but I found the actual music making experience very unintuitive. I really didn't know how to build my own thing from scratch. I loaded the Funky Beat…
ericyd on HN
No sequence position indicators on Android Chrome
From 1 comment
Very nice demo of React Flow and I like the neo brutalism theme in the settings. Not sure if it is intended or not: on Android Chrome your "Pad" and "Beats" have no indicators of…
dr_kiszonka on HN
Requests
Add a dedicated play and stop button
From 1 comment
The UI is very nicely built, but I found the actual music making experience very unintuitive. I really didn't know how to build my own thing from scratch. I loaded the Funky Beat…
ericyd on HN
Include default example items or preset loaded by default
From 1 comment
The UI is very nicely built, but I found the actual music making experience very unintuitive. I really didn't know how to build my own thing from scratch. I loaded the Funky Beat…
ericyd on HN
Put live demo link at top of readme
From 1 comment
Super minor nit: Put "Live demo: <link>" at the top of the readme. Github's project url thingy is hard to notice tucked into a sidebar.
hombre_fatal on HN
Rename Synths to Samples or Sounds
From 1 comment
Very nice demo of React Flow and I like the neo brutalism theme in the settings. Not sure if it is intended or not: on Android Chrome your "Pad" and "Beats" have no indicators of…
dr_kiszonka on HN
Questions
Is the project being developed further?
From 1 comment
Very nice demo of React Flow and I like the neo brutalism theme in the settings. Not sure if it is intended or not: on Android Chrome your "Pad" and "Beats" have no indicators of…
dr_kiszonka on HN
Alternatives named
Tidal Cycles
From 1 comment
For context: tidalcycles is a music programming language strudel is an implementation for the web For example, here's a Stranger Things inspired song in strudel:…
dharmatech on HN