Online SID-Player
Creative
music player
SHOW HN2013
21points
17comments
#974of 1,739 in 2013
Top 57%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Lovely and awesome when it works, with nostalgic appeal
From 3 comments
This is awesome. Ring modulation and samples seem to be missing? I've been humming Hubbard's theme to "Nemesis the Warlock" this past week so I pulled that up and its ominous…
egypturnash on HNThis is lovely. It seems to bug out in Firefox 25 when I switch away from the tab it's on - any debugging info that would be useful?
mfincham on HNSounds like childhood :-)
benjamincburns on HN
Objections
Many tunes fail or sound wrong; ring modulation and samples missing
From 2 comments
This is awesome. Ring modulation and samples seem to be missing? I've been humming Hubbard's theme to "Nemesis the Warlock" this past week so I pulled that up and its ominous…
egypturnash on HNwould probably be awesome (love SID tunes), but I get noting in latest firefox beta, nothing in latest chrome, nothing in latest opera, and nothing in internet explorer 11. my…
tech-no-logical on HN
Does not work in some browsers, notably Firefox beta and Chrome background tabs
From 3 comments
This is lovely. It seems to bug out in Firefox 25 when I switch away from the tab it's on - any debugging info that would be useful?
mfincham on HNwould probably be awesome (love SID tunes), but I get noting in latest firefox beta, nothing in latest chrome, nothing in latest opera, and nothing in internet explorer 11. my…
tech-no-logical on HNWorks fin-ish in Chrome Version 31.0.1650.48 m. but if I put it into background tab it sounds like a broken record.
bane on HN
Requests
Use reSID for more accurate playback
From 1 comment
Thanks. Yes, some features are indeed missing. But most of the tunes are working fine. I am thinking to emscript reSID or something.
s-macke on HN
Make it work in Firefox
From 1 comment
He should update it to work with Firefox. Since Firefox 25 they have changed to Web Audio.
s-macke on HN
Questions
Why playback stops when switching tabs
From 1 comment
This is lovely. It seems to bug out in Firefox 25 when I switch away from the tab it's on - any debugging info that would be useful?
mfincham on HN
Alternatives named
JavaScript Amiga MOD player by gasman
From 1 comment
Also check out this JavaScript Amiga MOD player by gasman: http://jsspeccy.zxdemo.org/jsmodplayer/
chengsun on HN