Javascript drum machine

posted Nov 17th 2008 2:44pm by Eliot
filed under: digital audio hacks, downloads hacks

js-909

[Cameron Adams] recently appeared on a panel about JavaScript libraries. He represented the hard working coder that still wrote everything from scratch. He wanted to make something mindblowing for the audience. He ended up creating the JS-909 drum machine entirely in javascript without relying on libraries or flash. While he makes no claims of compatibility, it certainly is a nice bit of kit.

[via Waxy]

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tagged: 909, cameron adams, drum machine, javascript, js, library, roland, sample, waxy

14 Responses to Javascript drum machine

crizo says:

November 17, 2008 at 2:56 pm

Looks nice but doesn’t work on my machine. It tells me I need quicktime, but it’s already installed. Firefox 3.0.4 on win xp.

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crizo says:

November 17, 2008 at 3:07 pm

A quicktime upgrade fixed it. Nice work. Lags a bit on my laptop with lots of sounds, but fun!

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Sleepy says:

November 17, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Doesn’t work in firefox for me either, but it does work in internet explorer.

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EllisGL says:

November 17, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Weird. I was working on one about 6 months ago. Never did finish it.. But awesome!

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blambi says:

November 17, 2008 at 4:12 pm

Sadly not that impressed, since well it requires QuickTime -> “without relying on libraries or flash”?

Isn’t that the same as needing an library or something similar to flash?

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sparr says:

November 17, 2008 at 4:41 pm

ditto on the “eww, quicktime”. im not sure why it is required, the sounds attempt to play with seemingly straightforward js calls on the sound elements.

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Ryan says:

November 17, 2008 at 4:52 pm

A bit slow on my machine, but awesome!

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nick says:

November 17, 2008 at 10:07 pm

other than the lame ass quicktime, 6/10

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deoryp says:

November 17, 2008 at 10:23 pm

firefox in linux: crashes hard core…

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Wwhat says:

November 18, 2008 at 3:42 am

Yeah a bit false advertising on this one, requires quicktime, while also falsely claiming you need that to play sound in java, that’s nonsense of course.

I do have quicktime though but I disabled it from interacting with firefox since it long long ago started crashing it, and that STILL isn’t fixed, but I don’t want to rush them, take another 2 years apple, I know how hard these things are for you people..

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draeath says:

November 18, 2008 at 10:45 am

@wwhat

Java is not javascript. Javascript is not Java.

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Wwhat says:

November 18, 2008 at 11:33 am

True, but if you go javascript and require something, make it java not quicktime I say.
Oh I must correct myself on another thing too, it says my browser can’t play sound, no mention of java, or javascipt, in the pop-up message.

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lupy says:

November 18, 2008 at 10:19 pm

javascript

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Lee Stevens says:

December 19, 2008 at 5:11 pm

I like its ease I am not wild about the sounds that dont seem to blend to me Notes should kind of fade in and out and I dont think it would have the drum machine tonality Dolby was doing something like this in Beatnik but the sounds blended beautifully .I dont think you can get rmf files anymore or beatnik to work

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