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Ok. This may not look like much at first, but I've literally spent a couple hours playing around with this tiny little flash applet. It was so cool, I couldn't not post it here. I've seen similar things done before--pretend beat-boxes and synthesizers and what not--but I don't know what it is exactly about this one that stands out. There's something simplistically beautiful about it.

To someone who owns or has ever owned a synthesizer or other electronic music device, this may seem a bit familiar and a step down from what he or she is used to (since it only plays "bells"), but, for the rest of us, who only wish they had one, this is simply a delight.

To put it simply, you are given a grid, each box representing a different note at a different time, each of which you can turn on or off. It continuously plays the grid from left to right. Start turning on notes, and eventually you'll start hearing the notes being played. Every time a note is played, it will light up on the grid. Soon enough you may have a little tune going. The grid gives you a nice visualization of the music, so you can have fluttering melodies by drawing zig-zags, cacophony of sounds by filling in big bunches of blocks, a driving base-beat by filling in every-other bottom box, etc. This is something you'll really have to try yourself to get the full picture here. I've already recreated parts of Echoes by Pink Floyd and a couple Daft Punk songs here and there on it... Set aside some time and check it out:

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

You can also right click to copy and paste the matrix for later or to share.

Example:

copy this:

128,544,68880,74818,65540,72,1040,75936,576,2176,71968,66064,1040,4640,65824,33280

right click the grid and paste

Try it out!!!

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I'm on my itouch so I can't look at it now, but I think I know what you're talking about. I actually have three apps that do just this. There's just this simplistic giggly fun about them.

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I made a quicky:

120,224,192,128,256,1156,328,528,1152,64,1028,18472,4112,96,16,0

And another:

65538,33284,66818,34944,20544,8224,21136,35848,35848,21136,8224,20544,34944,66818,33284,65538

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I made

8258,8196,8456,8208,12832,4160,4224,4368,12560,8320,8264,8224,12560,4104,4132,4098

and

10304,4384,10240,4352,10272,4160,10240,4128,10304,4224,10240,4128,10240,4480,10384,4224

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4096,0,33024,8192,18432,65536,0,512,448,768,576,640,0,64,512,0

Yes.

Oh wait another one

2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192,16384,32768,65536

AND ANOTHER ONE

0,0,0,4096,32768,32768,0,8192,0,73728,0,2048,0,33792,0,0

AND ANOTHER WHUN!

512,0,33024,256,8320,2048,67584,10240,1088,107008,74752,0,0,16384,66048,0

AND ANOTHER ONE!

0,256,0,0,512,32,4096,0,160,32,4096,6144,1792,0,128,0

AND ANOTHER ONE!

0,2048,0,16,512,0,0,4096,0,512,128,0,32,0,64,0

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  • 2 weeks later...

2,8,4,16,8,32,16,8,32,16,64,16,4,32,8,4

2,32776,4,4112,8,32800,16,4104,32,32784,64,16,4,32,8,4

2,32776,4,4112,264,32800,16,4104,1056,32784,65600,16,4,32,264,4

2,32776,32772,4112,264,32800,272,4104,1056,32784,65600,4112,8196,4128,33032,4

Don't screw with something good unless you make better!

514,32776,32772,4112,264,32800,272,4104,1056,32784,65600,4112,8196,4128,33032,4

770,32776,32772,4112,264,32800,272,4104,1056,32784,65600,4112,8196,4128,33032,4

Sounds like it's building up to something.

2818,32776,34820,4112,2312,32800,2320,4104,3104,32784,67648,4112,10244,4128,35080,4

2818,49160,34820,20496,2312,49184,2320,20488,3104,98320,67648,69648,10244,4128,35080,4

2946,49288,34948,20624,2440,49312,2448,20616,3232,98448,67776,69776,10372,4256,35208,132

3970,49800,35972,21136,3464,49824,3472,21128,3232,98960,68800,70288,11396,4768,36232,644

20354,57992,52356,29328,19848,58016,19856,29320,19616,107152,85184,78480,27780,12960,52616,8836

85890,123528,117892,94864,85384,123552,85392,29320,85152,107152,85184,78480,27780,12960,52616,8836

85890,123528,117924,94864,85384,123552,85392,29320,85152,107152,85184,78480,27780,12960,52616,8836

( I will occasionaly get a "digital growlgrunt" from it.)

88130,94472,86148,86544,94472,119840,86544,94472,119840,86544,88128,86544,86148,119840,94472,86148

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Tauka Usanake

I made one but don't feel like devoting a Notepad for it. :| Here it goes!

35136,18752,10400,6304,80,80,6184,10280,10320,18512,18472,34856,34896,67664,67744,2208

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2,8,4,16,8,32,16,8,32,16,64,16,4,32,8,4

2,32776,4,4112,8,32800,16,4104,32,32784,64,16,4,32,8,4

2,32776,4,4112,264,32800,16,4104,1056,32784,65600,16,4,32,264,4

2,32776,32772,4112,264,32800,272,4104,1056,32784,65600,4112,8196,4128,33032,4

Don't screw with something good unless you make better!

514,32776,32772,4112,264,32800,272,4104,1056,32784,65600,4112,8196,4128,33032,4

770,32776,32772,4112,264,32800,272,4104,1056,32784,65600,4112,8196,4128,33032,4

Sounds like it's building up to something.

2818,32776,34820,4112,2312,32800,2320,4104,3104,32784,67648,4112,10244,4128,35080,4

2818,49160,34820,20496,2312,49184,2320,20488,3104,98320,67648,69648,10244,4128,35080,4

2946,49288,34948,20624,2440,49312,2448,20616,3232,98448,67776,69776,10372,4256,35208,132

3970,49800,35972,21136,3464,49824,3472,21128,3232,98960,68800,70288,11396,4768,36232,644

20354,57992,52356,29328,19848,58016,19856,29320,19616,107152,85184,78480,27780,12960,52616,8836

85890,123528,117892,94864,85384,123552,85392,29320,85152,107152,85184,78480,27780,12960,52616,8836

85890,123528,117924,94864,85384,123552,85392,29320,85152,107152,85184,78480,27780,12960,52616,8836

( I will occasionaly get a "digital growlgrunt" from it.)

88130,94472,86148,86544,94472,119840,86544,94472,119840,86544,88128,86544,86148,119840,94472,86148

Any comments?

66,16640,99336,0,4132,256,64,2052,256,98304,640,4640,36864,4168,33280,520

8258,16640,99336,0,4132,768,64,2052,260,98304,4736,4640,36864,4424,33280,4616

10306,49408,103464,256,4132,33536,4160,2564,292,99328,4736,7840,36864,5448,34372,22168

10562,49472,103464,256,4132,33664,4160,2948,292,99328,4736,24228,36864,5448,36548,22168

11082,50640,103464,10626,5156,41904,6216,2964,356,115712,6788,32684,38912,5580,52948,22170

11082,50640,104044,76202,5668,41904,88138,35732,41316,116018,6788,32684,39578,5580,52948,22234

77642,50644,104302,76714,22390,108468,88906,36756,47462,122682,47750,98284,39578,79340,52948,95994

81914,55260,122734,113658,128886,110580,97258,57268,63998,131002,47846,98300,47770,79868,65236,95994

131066,129022,122750,131070,129014,131068,98302,122870,63998,131070,47870,98302,65498,114686,131062,98298

131066,129022,122878,131070,129022,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,114686,98302,131038,131070,131070,131070

131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131038,131070,131070,131070

131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070,131070

2,8,2048,2,0,1952,0,0,384,192,0,304,3456,0,13312,1024

770,200,2096,50,224,1952,64512,114688,65920,98496,59392,15664,3968,448,13368,1084

1022,254,2302,126,224,1952,64512,114688,65920,98496,59392,15664,3968,448,13368,1084

17406,16638,18686,16510,16608,18336,64512,114688,82304,114880,59392,32048,20352,16832,29752,17468

17406,16894,18942,16766,16864,18336,64768,114944,82304,115136,59648,32048,20352,16832,30008,17724

17406,16894,18942,16766,16868,18340,64772,114948,82308,115140,59652,32052,20356,16836,30012,17724

17406,25086,18942,16766,16868,18348,64772,115972,82324,115140,59652,32052,20356,82372,30012,17724

127006,73714,66490,73678,80998,127026,61470,65532,49164,49180,49204,57574,106370,81794,122994,98318

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-_- they'll create their own from what you have. No one wants a list of things where you only changed a few blocks between each item.

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0,8128,28736,49152,32768,32768,73216,77824,65536,65536,65568,992,65536,34688,0,0

98320,98252,16608,57058,40906,47896,33144,53114,36634,41946,16338,96278,80822,37874,53218,32542

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