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by pierrec 1y ago
I'm an HN regular so I kept in mind some people might have JS completely off. The page should correctly show the welcome screen and quick description even with zero JS (in fact those things should load instantly, everything else is def
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by pierrec 1y ago
I've added a volume control. It's hidden behind the settings icon at the bottom.
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by pierrec 1y ago
It's related, but you'll notice that most of the audio sources actually trigger an audible starting note when entering the radius. If anything, I'd rather make it clear that we're pretty far from anything physically accu
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by pierrec 1y ago
Update: I've now added a listening radius setting. You can more that triple the original radius if desired. I chose the new maximum for the setting based on other limitations that showed up (ie. the radius glow is only visible on the d
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by pierrec 1y ago
This was basically the original plan, but I had to make some choices with my limited resources. After going down the path of "manually" placing audio sources, it becomes difficult to switch to procedural layout, I would basically
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by pierrec 1y ago
I would love to add both VR and spatial audio, but as of now, I wouldn't have anything to test it on!
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by pierrec 1y ago
It's true, this project was always related to exhibits with audio sources laid out in space. While doing research for this, I came across software specifically designed to help lay out audio sources in exhibits. I hadn't heard of
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by pierrec 1y ago
"Listening radius" is actually a good name for it, thanks. We need new terminology for spatial-harmonic composition! In this case, the locations and harmonic relationships were chosen with this specific radius in mind, so if you i
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by pierrec 1y ago
This is probably the most-requested feature so I'll give it a go. I initially didn't consider it because you're supposed to play it solo and use your device's overall volume control if desired, but I can see the appeal.
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by pierrec 1y ago
Author here, glad people are exploring this. Some fun details (should be in the "about" section but that's easy to miss): - It's open source, including the code that produced the audio: https://github.com&#x2F
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by pierrec 1y ago
I could not find any direct evidence but it's a good theory. Legboot and Wagner sometimes comment on each other's (uniquely similar) stuff. This also seems like an evolution of Wagner's "Williamcoin". Compare: http
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by pierrec 1y ago
OK, "urban legend at the very least" is a confusing way of putting things, it's kind of like saying "this is false at the very least, possibly even true!" (in this case it's true)
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by pierrec 1y ago
Neat, I've been meaning to check out this language! I believe it's been in the works for a long time, but only recently published. The syntax may seem esoteric at first, but it turns out the concatenative approach is uniquely suit
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by pierrec 1y ago
I also played it back in the day and it seems perfectly accurate to me, at least in terms of control and physics. After a few goes I'm quickly approaching my old personal best on Who Says Penguins Can't Fly. One thing I'll no
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by pierrec 1y ago
Since this is HN, I'll point out that algorithmic music and microtonality go especially well together. In fact, shameless plug: I wrote an entire album this way, and it's open source: https://github.com/pac-dev&#x2
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by pierrec 1y ago
You and other commenters make it sound obvious, but I'd say the ideal location of the cover-up noise is actually a tricky question. Our brains are exceedingly good at separating different sound sources, but a bathroom is a textbook exa
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by pierrec 1y ago
Modular cages through which air could flow freely, with heater fans pointed at them at the right temperature. After being exposed to soap, birds lose their vital layer of insulation (until they're dried) so you have to artificially mai
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by pierrec 1y ago
That's something I've done a few times! Mostly from having lived in a wildlife shelter (LPO Ile Grande) for 2 months, since they have quarters for volunteers who wish to stay. Out of all the birds that collide and are unable to fl
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by pierrec 1y ago
It's common in graphics and audio programming. In audio, maybe you're synthesizing noise or any of the myriad synthesis techniques that require noise. In graphics you have lighting, textures, etc that can use this. And when you&#x
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by pierrec 1y ago
I love how this site immediately confronts you with the differences between translations, which quickly reveals how much skill and creativity can be in the translations themselves. Especially for poetry, a good translation is not just an im
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by pierrec 1y ago
Representing undo/redo history as a tree is quite different from representing the code structure as a tree. On the one hand I'm surprised no one seems to care that a response has nothing to do with the question... on the other han
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by pierrec 1y ago
>a terrible marketer I wouldn't go so far, apart from this point the landing page is excellent.
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by pierrec 1y ago
>API-level filtering The linked article easily circumvents this.
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by pierrec 1y ago
Thanks, I thought the whole investigation was really interesting. Unfortunately discussion on HN tends to stop once the article is off the front page, but your responses here will be valuable for anyone who finds this while searching.
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by pierrec 1y ago
Sounds like a typical investigation to me. You go down a few rabbit holes which turn out to be dead ends, and eventually realize the solution was right under your nose this whole time (this may sound familiar if you've done enough debu
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by pierrec 2y ago
I'm no expert on textiles, but is that a... knit Lagrangian of the standard model? https://cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2025-028-1/file?...
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by pierrec 2y ago
Ah yes, if only that was addressed in the article. I would even make the very first sentence about this...
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by pierrec 2y ago
I always appreciate someone coining a useful expression, but I gotta say, sometimes these coiners are trying a bit too hard, no? I think I'll stick with "exploration-based", "exploratory" or "explorative"
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by pierrec 2y ago
I often hear this (probably because PIL is so optimistic about it), but I would say that 1-based indexing is not just a convention, it's a default that's baked into the language: > array = {"A", "B", &
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by pierrec 2y ago
I don't think the grandparent comment was misleading, belittling or snide in any way.

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