This is nice, I'm similarly a fan of Teenage engineering and have been playing around with ToneJS and Sveltekit to make https://shantylab.com
It's been a really interesting way to understand the elements of putting together music for me. I started off thinking surely it can't be that hard to make a simple way of making music but as I added more and more functionality I found it tricky to keep the UI simple. I'm still plugging away and the challenge of chasing simplicity is what's keeping me going.
There’s some synth sounds and some samples, you can record your own samples in also and play them like an instrument. That part is loosely based on the KO2 which I have and love
I’m working on https://spoken.me language practice for intermediate and advanced learners of English and Spanish. Hoping to launch a new flashcard experience in the next few days and a new role playing mode in the coming weeks. We’re small fry at the moment but it beats working at FAANG (except for the money)
From the article: “ The Virgin and Child with Saints Louis and Margaret and Two Angels was bought for just over $20m (around £16m at the time), funded by the American Friends of the National Gallery London.”
I made an observation that, as a company grows, there are more opportunities for increasing revenue from the business side than from the technical side.
Technical is important, but just saying that it is easier for the business side to toot their horn.
It's been a really interesting way to understand the elements of putting together music for me. I started off thinking surely it can't be that hard to make a simple way of making music but as I added more and more functionality I found it tricky to keep the UI simple. I'm still plugging away and the challenge of chasing simplicity is what's keeping me going.