Madeon's Adventure Machine

Creative

music looper

SHOW HN2015

85points
25comments
#314of 2,565 in 2015
Top 13%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.

Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Looks and works awesome

    From 1 comment
  • Fun way to introduce music production

    From 1 comment
    • Is there any intention of building this out into a broader music-making tool? I can think of a lot of ways this could be a great way for introducing people to music production in…
      mrdassani on HN

Objections

  • Black screen with cross-origin errors under HTTPS Everywhere

    From 1 comment
    • Black screen for me with a lot of "Cross-Origin Request Blocked" for resources from domain madeonwmas.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com Edit: seems this was caused by HTTPS Everywhere.…
      anon4 on HN
  • Not intuitive compared to Ableton Live

    From 1 comment
    • Ableton Live is not intuitive (personal experience), nor is it freely available on the web like this is, which is what I was trying to get at (but missed mentioning).
      mrdassani on HN

Requests

  • Broader music-making tool

    From 1 comment
    • Is there any intention of building this out into a broader music-making tool? I can think of a lot of ways this could be a great way for introducing people to music production in…
      mrdassani on HN

Questions

  • Looking for other WebAudio looper apps

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Novation Launchpad app

    From 1 comment
    • So, basically, Novation's Launchpad app in the browser, only with a far better presets. (Launchpad is originally Novation's controller for Ableton Live, and Maden (artist) got…
      golergka on HN
  • Ableton Live

    From 1 comment
    • It's called Ableton Live... they didn't invent the idea, but they're easily the most popular software for building and playing layered loops. Lots of artistry goes into authoring…
      jweather on HN
  • iDaft

    From 1 comment
    • Loved this and really like Madeon - also worth checking out the Daft Punk equivalent to this/very similar concept: http://www.najle.com/idaft/
      jayshahtx on HN
  • Incredibox

    From 1 comment

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