BillyDM

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by BillyDM 3y ago
The writer of the blogpost here. The popularity of this post has really caught me at an awkward time. I want to clarify some things: https://billydm.github.io/blog/clarifying-some-things/
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Alright, I get it. Non-4/4 time signatures are in much higher demand than I originally thought. * edit - I'm not trying to sound mean. I just want to make it clear for those who may have not read my other comments on this HN post.
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Noted! I am planning on having a flashy website and also YouTube videos showing it off (once it's ready of course). A lot of focus is being put into the UI and making it pretty, which I believe is important in making first impressions.
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Neat!
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Nice. I have not heard of rubberband. I'll definitely take a look into it! For FFT I believe there is a native fft crate in rust which we'll likely use. I just haven't gotten around to making any spectrometers yet. We're
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Thinking about it some more, it might be more accurate to call it a "proof of concept" rather than MVP.
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Oooh, that clip launching stuff looks nifty! I'll have to try it out. I'll also take a look at temporal. You definitely have a point when it comes to avoiding mistakes of the past. Your help and guidance is appreciated!
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by BillyDM 5y ago
That is a great question. While I'm not going through all the dependencies, I can give a brief overview. First off, a lot the crates we use are actually just bindings or abstractions over these essential parts such as os-specific windo
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by BillyDM 5y ago
You do bring up some great points. Yeah, I guess it is still FLOSS. It's just my personal opinion that having a paywall (or the appearence of one) for the majority of your users is a huge barrier to success and openness, no matter how
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Yes, we (the Meadowlark team) did not make the this post in HN. It is definitely not "fully-featured" yet, we are still working on the MVP. Most of the work done so far has been in the modular backend components that live under th
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Also interesting. Of course I'm open to feedback. I feel that's one of the big purposes of a design document is to discuss the design decisions. My idea was if the tuning called for it, it would just ignore the "octave"
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Interesting, I was not aware of any scales without octaves. I suppose a solution here could to just ignore the octave part by having only a "single" octave.
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by BillyDM 5y ago
"- Are there any plans to have some user-facing API for plugins/scripting? Professional workflows vary widely and automation helps a lot." Yes, a scripting API is planned. The GUI is being designed from the ground-up to where
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by BillyDM 5y ago
Alright, the main developer of Meadowlark here. Let me answer some concerns I see in the comments. * edit - To make it clear, neither I or anyone on my team made this post in HN * First off, it's always great to see the growing interes