README.md

usBTronica

**NOTE: This is work in progress! Currently, you can record an instrument (or use the piano sound) and play using...

• a QWERTY keyboard ('white keys' = QWERTYUI, 'black keys' = '23 567')
• Thingy:52 (accelerometer & button) (Web Bluetooth)
• empiriKit|MOTION (accelerometer & touch bar) (Web USB)
• midi keyboard (WebMIDI)
• (in progress) virtual keyboard/screen touch
• (in progress) Gamepad API support

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A simple sampler built with lit-html & lit-element

Utilizing:

• WebAudio (recording and playback)
• WebMIDI (controller)
• WebUSB (empiriKit, controller)
• WebBluetooth (Thingy:52, controller)

Try it out here!

Features (..to be done :))

• Desktop and Mobile support DONE
• PWA DONE
• Visual trimming/filtering of recordings
• Storing/Loading sounds (indexeddb)
• Storing/loading wavetable instruments
• Simple UI for configuring external controllers
• Using device sensors & touch when no external controllers available
• Virtual touch piano (1 - 1.5 octave)
• Dynamically tie controllers to actions (midi, variable, binary)
• Create wavetable instruments from trimmed samples.
• Create QR code of wavetable instrument (if possible) for local sharing.

References/inspiration

• https://www.sitepoint.com/using-fourier-transforms-web-audio-api/
• http://www.softsynth.com/webaudio/gainramp.php
• http://blog.chrislowis.co.uk/2013/06/10/playing-multiple-notes-web-audio-api.html
• https://www.keithmcmillen.com/blog/making-music-in-the-browser-web-audio-midi-envelope-generator/
• https://codepen.io/skoyah/pen/dePEGJ
• https://css-tricks.com/animating-layouts-with-the-flip-technique/
• http://jsbin.com/lenapigo/1/edit?html,css,js,output ( progress/seek in audio )
• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2014/07/Blob-support-for-IndexedDB-landed-on-Chrome-Dev
• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/web-bluetooth/automatic-reconnect-async-await.html
• https://webaudiodemos.appspot.com/AudioRecorder/index.html

Thoughts

• Should modules (~ drivers) output midi signals to the main app?
• Previously known usb and ble devices should regain same config (if there are no conflicts)
• Could have an 80s style: http://www.color-hex.com/color-palette/28164
• Use easing curve from material design: https://material.io/design/motion/speed.html#easing