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Re:Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers by moreati on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @08:33AM (#9333461)
> It seems to support 4 simultaneous notes at a time, using the computer keyboard (e.g., press down zxcv together), but if you hit a 5th key it's ignored.

I think that's a limitation of your keyboard. Here I can play zxcvbn, but I can't add a seventh note.

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Re:Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers by monitron on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @09:22AM (#9333801)
I can play six with my keyboard too! But I got a seventh to sound by hovering over it with my mouse pointer. So it seems like many simultaneous notes are supported. I only wish there were controls for the timbre of the sound.
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Re:Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers by rockdoe on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @11:53AM (#9334906)
I can play six with my keyboard too!

USB keyboards are limited to 6-key rollover. Using a PS/2 connector will fix that.

http://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/nydvp/why_does_usb...

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