CLAVIER-36
Creative
generative music instrument
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How HN took it
9 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Performance: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Sample-rate grid execution is a technical achievement
From 1 comment
River (the software author) worked on this during his time at the Recurse Center and it’s been amazing to see him develop it all from scratch in C. (I contributed 2.5 lines of…
gregsadetsky on HN
Wire system and design improve on Orca
From 1 comment
CLAVIER is amazing, the wire system alone is such a huge improvement over ORCA, and it's now feasible to make much larger patches and refactor safely, kudos to River for all the…
rwhaling on HN
More consumer friendly than Orca, with a clearer feel
From 1 comment
Cool project. I've referred people to Orca before--and the lack of "built in instruments" (and maybe the flow visualization) was a stumbling block. This feels more "consumer…
nielsbot on HN
Objections
Site does not work well on mobile; no mobile version
From 3 comments
If you share this link on a public forum like HN you might want to add more than an error message for mobile devices so people might be incentivized to switch to desktop or…
pell on HNIn the video, within the first 10 seconds, I should understand the offering of the product by seeing it. You can get into the details later but right now I've got no idea what's…
kristopolous on HNApologies for the long video! I didn't want to rush too much as it's supposed to serve as a tutorial. CLAVIER-36 is a musical instrument, so it will necessarily take some time to…
gregsadetsky on HN
Intro video is too long to show the product quickly
From 1 comment
In the video, within the first 10 seconds, I should understand the offering of the product by seeing it. You can get into the details later but right now I've got no idea what's…
kristopolous on HN
Site slow or failing to load for some users
From 3 comments
Can you see if you can serve the static files over cdn, might speed up the site loading speed. claviar.wasm took 4 minutes to load here. 200MBPS connection
xeonax on HNIt doesn’t seem to load…
qwertytyyuu on HNUK and Firefox 128-esr on linux appears to be loading and working ok
2b3a51 on HN
Requests
Run on Steam Deck or a Steam version
From 2 comments
I want to run this on a Steam Deck!
Teknomadix on HNPlease wishlist it on Steam, it will help get the word out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3614060/CLAVIER36/ A Steam version is definitely coming - the biggest question re…
gregsadetsky on HN
CDN for static files to speed loading
From 1 comment
Can you see if you can serve the static files over cdn, might speed up the site loading speed. claviar.wasm took 4 minutes to load here. 200MBPS connection
xeonax on HN
Add more than an error message on mobile
From 1 comment
If you share this link on a public forum like HN you might want to add more than an error message for mobile devices so people might be incentivized to switch to desktop or…
pell on HN
Questions
How to start learning this kind of software and what to search for
From 1 comment
This project is really cool, love it! How would someone start learning and implementing something like this? Like, I don't even know what keyword to put into Google. Are there…
goatking on HN
Name origin
From 1 comment
Off topic: where did you get the name from? There's a town Clavier (Claviere in French) in the Italian/French alps.
santiagobasulto on HN
Alternatives named
Orca
From 2 comments
Looks great, I'll have to play with it this weekend! Has a scent of Orca https://github.com/hundredrabbits/orca
eggy on HNCool project. I've referred people to Orca before--and the lack of "built in instruments" (and maybe the flow visualization) was a stumbling block. This feels more "consumer…
nielsbot on HN
Ooda and Zoa on iOS, Midinous on Steam
From 1 comment
See also [0] Ooda and Zoa on iOS and [1] Midinous on Steam 0: https://www.audiosymmetric.com/ooda.html (same person for Zoa) 1: https://midinous.com
chris_st on HN