Show HN: Synesthesia, make noise music with a colorpicker

hecanjog · 2026-01-22T19:42:53 1769110973

Lovely! Edit: you might want to consider adding a limiter to the output, it makes a lovely crackling effect but it's easy to flatline the output until it fizzles out completely, it'd be more curious to hear the denser textures.

tevans3 · 2026-01-22T21:42:17 1769118137

Thanks! And thanks for that suggestion.

I added a limiter to the output and an envelope to my synth object, but after a bunch of experimenting with different settings for each, the flatlining effect was still there. Throttling beyond the note+release's duration did fix it, but that also removed the layering effect of overlapping chords. I think some of those were interesting and wanted to keep them. The last thing I tried was setting the attack to 0.01 and I think that fixed the flatlining issue?

zenmac · 2026-01-22T22:19:44 1769120384

What is the LICENSE?

tevans3 · 2026-01-22T22:26:56 1769120816

Just added it here: https://github.com/tevans-3/synesthesia/blob/main/LICENSE

nick__m · 2026-01-22T22:54:09 1769122449

I love the anti-licence and thank you for the blessings!

bitwize · 2026-01-22T21:37:52 1769117872

That's cool. I've been playing through the Quake Brutalist Jam collections recently, and this sounds almost like ambient music from one of those maps.

yzydserd · 2026-01-22T21:30:58 1769117458

synthesia

christopherscot · 2026-01-22T20:25:45 1769113545

oh my god, so LOUD lol - i didn't read the post just clicked the link LMAO

tevans3 · 2026-01-22T21:45:39 1769118339

I'm sorry!

I know this doesn't help you now, but I changed the default volume to be significantly lower...

mcjiggerlog · 2026-01-22T19:14:43 1769109283

RIP my phone's speakers. Maybe I should have read the post first..

tevans3 · 2026-01-22T21:42:54 1769118174

I'm sorry, this was an oversight on my part!

I adjusted the default volume, so that "painfully loud" is now opt-in by default...