Eigendrum
Creative
drum synthesis
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
18 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 25 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Privacy: 0 for, 12 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 6 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 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
Cool, fun interactive tool that sounds great
From 4 comments
This is so dang cool. I’m sorry that all people can do is complain!
willf on HNI just entertained myself with this for 30 minutes.
stdatomic on HNI approve.
eigenblake on HNthis is pretty cool
joeyoung111 on HN
Useful for seeing link between wave equations and cymatics
From 1 comment
What a great visualizer tool! Observation: I never saw the link between Wave Equation Solvers, Finite Element Analysis (Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, etc.) and Cymatics -- until I…
peter_d_sherman on HN
Fun to design drums and play with modes
From 2 comments
Very cool. Number keys and QWERTYU (or clicking the rows on the right) trigger the "modes" in isolation, which are surprisingly microtonal. Also you can draw your own drums!…
andai on HNThis is very fun to play with and design different drums. I was able to make one that had 4 connected but distinct regions giving different pitches, then within each of those…
fl4regun on HN
Objections
Cookie consent and ad trackers are intrusive or illegal under GDPR
From 4 comments
This website has a list of data vendors 200 pages long, and it forces you to uncheck each one if you don't consent. I decided to close the tab rather than deal with this illegal…
stavros on HNNot a fan of the cookie dialog. Had to close the page as there was no easy way to reject the ad cookies.
letier on HNMake it possible to reject all cookies in one click. What you have now is ridiculous.
abcd_f on HNI wanted to try it but it talks to share my data to the 1192 partners of yours. How do you have so many partners, and what they do?
bromuro on HN
Audio does not work on mobile Safari unless mute is off
From 3 comments
Audio doesn’t seem to work in mobile safari.
dkdbejwi383 on HNI didn’t get any sound on an iPhone either
totetsu on HNYou need to disable mute.
wickedsight on HN
SSL error and site downtime during DNS migration
From 2 comments
Anyone else seeing "net::ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH"? Happens both in Firefox mobile and another browser that's a thin wrapper around Google's Chromium Webview. I'm…
lucb1e on HNWebsite is offline.
Hacker_Yogi on HN
Copy reads like AI-generated text
From 2 comments
> Pitch here is a reference: the note a circle of this area would sound. Tension and density are yours, and so is fade, which is material and air. Where each shape's own…
gwerbin on HNIf the author is here, do yourself a favor and rewrite the app's labels from Claudese to English. "what the shape does not decide: Pitch is size and tension; fade is material and…
valleyer on HN
Requests
Make a VST or plugin version
From 3 comments
This would be quite nice as a VST/CLAP for music production!
_flux on HNI would love you to get all this in JUCE or w/ever and make a plugin. have you seen https://differentinstruments.com/ ?
thetimewotitis on HNshould be a vst intrument
karloproducer on HN
Add material or skin tension controls and presets
From 2 comments
I love it. I wish I could select materials.
Jeff_Brown on HNGreat! I vote for a skin tension control.
chrisjj on HN
Support drum bodies such as bass drum and snare
From 1 comment
It seems to simulate only the membrane, and not the body of the drum, so no bass drum, no snare and no hi-hats?
codedokode on HN
Questions
Can it simulate a didgeridoo or donut shape
From 2 comments
Can you do this for a didgeridoo?
brcmthrowaway on HNNow try to draw a donut.
amelius on HN
Can it generate sounds of a specified duration
From 1 comment
This is brilliant! I wish I had seen this a few years back! Q: Generating higher quality sounds with a specified duration (e.g. within a 300ms margin) -- is it possible with your…
rpastuszak on HN
Alternatives named
Different Instruments (differentinstruments.com)
From 1 comment
I would love you to get all this in JUCE or w/ever and make a plugin. have you seen https://differentinstruments.com/ ?
thetimewotitis on HN
Aatish Bhatia dissonance explorer
From 1 comment
Wow, thanks for sharing. The video shows this tool, which has a 3D harmony/dissonance explorer, which can be used as a makeshift musical insturment. https://aatishb.com/dissonance/
andai on HN