Version 1.
Each of the buttons for the different instruments is clickable. Once clicked, one of three musical patterns is played. There are 2 instances of each instrument a design choice i made to augment the current shortcomings my flash program has to fully fledged drum machine programs. Most basic beats created are from the same 4 instruments i've used here, but in those programs one benefits from having the program time beats for them, and match them up accordingly. I figured that my drum machine would function differently, throwing digital timing completely out the window, and letting the individual play with timing manually.
Sound is something that takes a while to get right, especially in a program such as this, where the options one gives the user in sound clips and repetition has to work together regardless of the combinations chosen. There are 2 copies of each clip just incase one would like to extend tracks, or try to get interesting effects by overlapping some. I've noticed that one can create some dynamic patterns by clicking multiple patterns of the same instrument.
For the color scheme of this, i decided to take a departure from my usual pastel preferences, and focused on something a bit basic, to reflect the drum machine's ease of use and current functions. Is this new scheme aesthetically pleasing? Or is it more of an eyesore? What about the functionality of the program? Do u see the benefit of letting individuals time their instruments manually? Or would you prefer a synchronization feature?
(Note: In retrospect, i notice that i could get more realistic combinations of music if I have volume sliders set to each individual instrument, as opposed to one master volume control.
8 comments:
Really nice how it can build up into something. Nice execution. Since the drum was used alot i guess all three of them should have their own certain zing
it's pretty difficult to make beats in sync and i dont understand why they have single hits and double hits and the difference between A B and C. needs some work.
I think each selection of each instrument should have a different variation of the sound. So far it just has the same sound looping over each other and it gets chaotic. I had some of the same problems when dealing with the control sliders. So I understand.
Yes definitely what anthoney said I'm having trouble getting the beats to match up with the images placed
I like the idea of the fruity loops interface though.
awesome man
the only thing that bothers me is that sometimes it sound like the same colors are producing different sounds and other times it sounds like all the colors produce multiples of a sound. that scan thing you did would be cool added to this project.
This is a really cool idea. It might work better if you had a number of different spaces to put notes, and then were able to put any sound you want in those spaces instead of just the sound for that particular category.
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