Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers

Re:Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers by UUMMUU on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @10:49AM (#9334420)

Nit picking but it would probably be better to have the white keys be a-s-d-f-etc. just because they're the home keys and where my fingers felt more natural. Awesome idea though and I love that browsers are capable of this.

Edit: If there's a reason for not having this be this way, I apologize; I'm a drummer and not privy to computer based synth.

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Re:Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers by diydsp on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @11:19AM (#9334637)

Your idea is interesting feedback. There is a legacy associated with this pattern, though: Going back to at least 1989 (Amiga Protracker family), people have been using this layout because it allows two simultaneous octaves, one at qwertyuipo and one at zxcvbnm,./

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Re:Beep.js – toolkit for building browser-based synthesizers by UUMMUU on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @02:22PM (#9335972)

That's what I'd figured because it was just so interestingly laid out but I was just thinking about finding the home keys and knowing where to begin. Once again, entirely speaking as someone coming from zero keys playing experience.

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