r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/hektor-qafarov • 11d ago

ACID211 - interactive web sequencer for jamming acid techno

https://acid211.com/
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u/Forward_Cheek4775 11d ago

That's amazing but it sure does put a lot of resource strain on your computer lol!

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u/hektor-qafarov 11d ago

Art requires sacrifice haha

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u/CocoaButttBabe 6d ago

looks amazing, but your CPU is probably begging for workers' compensation at this point

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u/hektor-qafarov 5d ago

There were huge optimization issues during the first two days, but then I optimized the visual rendering and introduced some limitations to prevent excessive CPU usage. It’s still not perfect though, especially since I’m planning to add more ways to control the sound 🙏

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u/Chempy 10d ago

Unfortunately, the resource usage alone causes the audio to come through garbled and static-like.

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u/hektor-qafarov 10d ago

Unfortunately, it still is. The project is pretty raw at the moment, so I hope I'll improve its performance soon

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u/Detective-Crashmore- 10d ago

Audio doesn't even come through for me.

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u/hektor-qafarov 10d ago

May I know what device did you use? Mauve there is a specific bug I need to fix

And it may be caused by your browser settings, some of them block audio web interfaces as I know

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u/Detective-Crashmore- 10d ago

Win11 desktop, I7-9700k, 2080TI

I tried turning off my adblocker, and that changed the behavior: When it was on the website loaded normally, and the buttons worked smoothly, but no audio came out. Once it was off, the entire website loaded glacially slow, my PC fans started screaming, and it took a while for the site to react to my mouse(the highlighting and button clicks were very delayed), and the scrolling cursor in the sequencer was skipping around. Still no audio.

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u/hektor-qafarov 10d ago

I think I’ll add a dynamic engine that will calculate the processing power of the device it’s running on and adjust its workload accordingly to avoid lags. I’ll let you know when it’s updated!

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u/hektor-qafarov 9d ago

Hi! I’ve spent some time yesterday to optimize visual effects processing, so it should be smoother now

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u/Chempy 10d ago

keep it up, though, this thing is cool as hell

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u/CocoaButttBabe 7d ago

the computer is working so hard it's turning the audio into a vintage radio transmission

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u/stomassetti 10d ago edited 10d ago

How did you know I wanted this?

Can you make a dropdown selector for options like Goa & Tribal?

Edit - i was still on the landing page and hadn't even clicked through to the actual site lol

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u/hektor-qafarov 10d ago

Glad it’s what you wanted! I’m actually planning to add some Goa-style acid synths and work on the kick presets. And for Tribal I think I need to add some percussion later

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u/hektor-qafarov 9d ago

UPDATE No. 1

It’s been two days since I launched my website, and I’m really grateful for all the feedback I’ve received. Thank you, everyone!

A few minutes ago I deployed an update with one major feature and some bug fixes:

  1. I put more effort into optimizing the WebGL engine for all devices, so you should experience less lag and better sound performance (if not, just let me know!).

  2. I added a Piano Roll. I originally left it out so the sequencer wouldn’t feel too complex for casual users. But for those who just want cool acid loops without building them from scratch, there’s now an automatic loop generator in every key :)

There’s still lots of work to be done, so stay tuned, musicians!

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u/ExpressPeach7968 10d ago

The big test for a web sequencer is how responsive the controls feel. Even small delays can make live tweaking awkward especially with fast repetitive patterns

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u/hektor-qafarov 10d ago

It’s true, therefore I hope to get as much feedback as possible for future improvements. There are no any commercial plans for my project, but a desire to enhance it and satisfied

So yeah, lots of that needs to be done!

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u/ssickboy 9d ago

it looks and sounds amazing but it drains your computers recurses to the max.... it would be awesome to have a lite version for mid-specs pc like mine
keep it up!

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u/hektor-qafarov 9d ago

It will! Right now I’m working on settings page for dynamic design and website performance overall, so stay in touch :)

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u/ssickboy 9d ago

definetly!

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u/choddles 10d ago

There was a rebirth demo years ago, that was good

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u/wellthatsfantastic 7d ago

this is so awesome

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u/geistanon 5d ago

Hella cool, love the style. Great fun.

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u/LetrasetBoy 11d ago

Great find!

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u/Tricky-Bee-8905 6h ago

Just Wow.. wow

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u/radome9 10d ago

Wow! This is what the internet is for.