We all know the hype of Applications moving online with Gmail, Google Docs and other popular webaps as examples. But a drum machine? That works? In Javascript???
Yep, that is what the people at TheManInBlue have built as a demonstration. All without libraries and without Flash. The developer published as a demo of what is possible with Javascript and hasn’t tested it on all browsers. But he does offer this:
“I do guarantee that if I’m running it on my computer, on a stage, through a loud speaker system with plenty of bass, in front of a couple hundred people, it kinda makes me feel like a rockstar.”
It is supposed to work in IE6, Firefox 3 and Safari 3 as long as you have the Quicktime Plug-in installed. Sounds like it will work on all Macs and some Windows machines to me. Check it out, and pump up the bass!
Looks quite cool, sounds quite cool too. But it’s not playing sounds simultaneously, which makes it totally crap if you use any accents, only a beat with the kick and snare sounds good as long as you don’t play them at the same time.
Loving it… These kind of brilliant posts however, keep me from doing my job :-)
Shame it is on Quicktime…
Well, I drove the whole office crazy with my beats. For an online Javascript Drum Machine it is pretty good. But you are right; lots of features could be added…
Sorry, won’t happen again! ;-)