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Show HN: Loopon is a multi-user beat maker in the browser

21 points by chapel 15y ago

johnnyg 15y ago
I like it a lot but can you support private rooms? People jump in my room and mess up my sweet track. :-0
- chapel 15y ago
  Unfortunately we didn't get time to add any private room functionality. Though as an unintended feature, the rooms list doesn't scroll so once it is past the fold users would have to be in there already or know the link.
- jdludlow 15y ago
  Yeah, this is pretty much unusable without private rooms. Too bad, because it looks like fun.
Geee 15y ago
Cool but doesn't work very well. On Chrome and W7.
- chapel 15y ago
  Are you referring to the sounds not appearing after you drop them? If so, that is a known issue, and sadly something we caught too late to fix completely. Luckily when you drop them, even though they don't appear on your end, they are being sent to the server and a refresh will most times have it where you dropped it.
  - Geee 15y ago
    Yeah, I have to refresh it constantly and then it works.
chapel 15y ago
If you are so inclined to vote, it would be appreciated. Sometimes the vote link/widget on the site doesn't work, but feel free to use the direct link: http://nodeknockout.com/teams/sponoders http://nodeknockout.com/teams/sponoders There is also more information about the project and the other guys that helped build it. I had fun, I kind of wish competitions like this came up more often.
haecib 15y ago
When you drop instruments in it often doesn't take. When you attempt to delete instruments it often does not. I think it works better as a whack-a-mole variant (trying to 'x' out instruments) since there are no private rooms and strangers just wander in and drop instruments all over your board. Cool idea though. Keep at it. Edit: I should add that it looks very slick. Well done there.
- chapel 15y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Yeah there are a few issues with the sounds, if we had maybe an hour more we would have been able to patch that before the competition ended.
JoshTriplett 15y ago
Looks interesting, but doesn't actually play any sound here. I'd guess perhaps you use Flash to play sound; a quick scan of the page source doesn't turn up any embed or object tags, but perhaps they get added from a script. Any plans to support the HTML5 Audio Data API or something similar?
- chapel 15y ago
  We had performance issues with the HTML5 audio api, and didn't have time to troubleshoot. Ultimately I would like to support it fully, but we did what worked at the time.
  - JoshTriplett 15y ago
    Understandable, and glad to hear that you've both tried it and that you plan to support it in the future! I look forward to trying Loopon as soon as it works without Flash, and if you need a beta-tester for the HTML5 version, let me know. :)
    - niftylettuce 15y ago
      Thanks Josh, we'll keep ya posted!
heynk 15y ago
I understand its a little buggy like everyone else is saying, but overall I had a ball using it for about ten straight minutes. It was annoying at first when random people started dropping beats in left and right, but it usually just made it even better. Thanks
- chapel 15y ago
  Thank you for the positive feedback. If it were any other situation, we would fix the bugs, but we don't get to. :( I am glad you enjoyed it, we are for sure going to improve on it and make it something great.
turok2step 15y ago
An exciting concept for musicians, as working together asynchronously isn't possible sitting together.
- chapel 15y ago
  Funny that we choose to make it asynchronously for technological reasons, but it makes sense on a lot of levels. I really am excited to push this to the next level so you could potentially make some real music with it.
sirclueless 15y ago
This app breaks the browser back button.
- chapel 15y ago
  Sorry about that. If we had even a few more hours, we could have tested it better. Thanks for the feedback.
Jarred 15y ago
The name sounds too much like Groupon.
Mizza 15y ago
Doesn't really work for me :( Nothing in FF, sort of works in Chrome, but not really. Sounds don't always play, and most importantly, the timing is way off. I've been waiting for somebody to do this properly for yeaaarsss.. so much fun potential here.
- chapel 15y ago
  What browser? What is happening? As I have said before, we are going to continue working on it. Once we hit another major release, we will be posting it again here.
nspragmatic 15y ago
It looks like GitHub for Mac, except with not-as-pretty button icons. http://mac.github.com/ http://mac.github.com/

21 points by chapel 15y ago

johnnyg 15y ago

I like it a lot but can you support private rooms? People jump in my room and mess up my sweet track. :-0

chapel 15y ago
Unfortunately we didn't get time to add any private room functionality. Though as an unintended feature, the rooms list doesn't scroll so once it is past the fold users would have to be in there already or know the link.
jdludlow 15y ago
Yeah, this is pretty much unusable without private rooms. Too bad, because it looks like fun.

Geee 15y ago

Cool but doesn't work very well. On Chrome and W7.

chapel 15y ago
Are you referring to the sounds not appearing after you drop them? If so, that is a known issue, and sadly something we caught too late to fix completely. Luckily when you drop them, even though they don't appear on your end, they are being sent to the server and a refresh will most times have it where you dropped it.
- Geee 15y ago
  Yeah, I have to refresh it constantly and then it works.

chapel 15y ago

If you are so inclined to vote, it would be appreciated. Sometimes the vote link/widget on the site doesn't work, but feel free to use the direct link: http://nodeknockout.com/teams/sponoders http://nodeknockout.com/teams/sponoders There is also more information about the project and the other guys that helped build it. I had fun, I kind of wish competitions like this came up more often.

haecib 15y ago

When you drop instruments in it often doesn't take. When you attempt to delete instruments it often does not. I think it works better as a whack-a-mole variant (trying to 'x' out instruments) since there are no private rooms and strangers just wander in and drop instruments all over your board. Cool idea though. Keep at it. Edit: I should add that it looks very slick. Well done there.

chapel 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah there are a few issues with the sounds, if we had maybe an hour more we would have been able to patch that before the competition ended.

JoshTriplett 15y ago

Looks interesting, but doesn't actually play any sound here. I'd guess perhaps you use Flash to play sound; a quick scan of the page source doesn't turn up any embed or object tags, but perhaps they get added from a script. Any plans to support the HTML5 Audio Data API or something similar?

chapel 15y ago
We had performance issues with the HTML5 audio api, and didn't have time to troubleshoot. Ultimately I would like to support it fully, but we did what worked at the time.
- JoshTriplett 15y ago
  Understandable, and glad to hear that you've both tried it and that you plan to support it in the future! I look forward to trying Loopon as soon as it works without Flash, and if you need a beta-tester for the HTML5 version, let me know. :)
  - niftylettuce 15y ago
    Thanks Josh, we'll keep ya posted!

heynk 15y ago

I understand its a little buggy like everyone else is saying, but overall I had a ball using it for about ten straight minutes. It was annoying at first when random people started dropping beats in left and right, but it usually just made it even better. Thanks

chapel 15y ago
Thank you for the positive feedback. If it were any other situation, we would fix the bugs, but we don't get to. :( I am glad you enjoyed it, we are for sure going to improve on it and make it something great.

turok2step 15y ago

An exciting concept for musicians, as working together asynchronously isn't possible sitting together.

chapel 15y ago
Funny that we choose to make it asynchronously for technological reasons, but it makes sense on a lot of levels. I really am excited to push this to the next level so you could potentially make some real music with it.

sirclueless 15y ago

This app breaks the browser back button.

chapel 15y ago
Sorry about that. If we had even a few more hours, we could have tested it better. Thanks for the feedback.

Jarred 15y ago

The name sounds too much like Groupon.

Mizza 15y ago

Doesn't really work for me :( Nothing in FF, sort of works in Chrome, but not really. Sounds don't always play, and most importantly, the timing is way off. I've been waiting for somebody to do this properly for yeaaarsss.. so much fun potential here.

chapel 15y ago
What browser? What is happening? As I have said before, we are going to continue working on it. Once we hit another major release, we will be posting it again here.

nspragmatic 15y ago

It looks like GitHub for Mac, except with not-as-pretty button icons. http://mac.github.com/ http://mac.github.com/