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by b1ake 12y ago
Yes it does work with the Rocksmith cable and we've seen a bunch of users discovering that. As you point out, pitch detection can be a little sensitive with that cable (depending on the guitar), and you're right that we could &#x2
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by b1ake 12y ago
Yeah the core of the pitch detection is in Flash, so that it can work in browsers that don't yet support HTML5 audio, such as Safari, and in older browsers. But where possible, we do grab the audio and do some of the signal processing
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by b1ake 12y ago
Sure, please do keep the feedback coming. You can message us thru the site when logged in (we use Intercom for this) or email us at hello@getinstinct.com .
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by b1ake 12y ago
Haha - Actually, we've thought about it multiple times. With the right teacher, it wouldn't be that hard!
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by b1ake 12y ago
Haha, sorry about that, probably a bug. If you don't mind sending us OS / browser / version + the lesson you played, we can try to debug. Our email is hello@getinstinct.com.
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by b1ake 12y ago
Hey, thx for writing! So the Firefox issue is that the browser asks for microphone approval on every lesson, which can get a little annoying as a user. Is there a way to get Firefox to ask only once and remember what the user chooses? To se
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by b1ake 12y ago
Great points, and thanks so much for the kind words about the tuner. Agree that sheet music would be great, and also that the lessons do feel a little quiet / less lively than they could. Your voiceover idea is really cool. We've
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by b1ake 12y ago
Yeah I'd love for us to make a piano version too. We haven't started it yet, but maybe it's percolating - I've been spending a ton of time on the piano lately. :)
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by b1ake 12y ago
Yeah we like HTML5 / WebRTC a lot better too. In Chrome, Instinct actually uses WebRTC instead of flash to access the mic. We had a few issues with Firefox WebRTC though, still trying to work through those.
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by b1ake 12y ago
Awesome, so glad that your first lesson was a good experience! Yeah I agree about the layout of strings in tab notation being confusing as a new guitarist. We wanted to default to the standard layout for tab, but then it gets a little confu
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by b1ake 12y ago
Great point, totally agree.
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by b1ake 12y ago
Ah in demo mode, just move the mouse over the highlighted strings at the bottom and they will play. No need to click or anything.
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by b1ake 12y ago
We first launched here on HN 1.5 years ago, and we're pretty excited to share v2. Our goal with Instinct is to add deep interactivity to any music lesson. We think that one day, every lesson on YouTube might have pitch detection, scrol
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Show HN: HTML5 guitar lessons with pitch detection(getinstinct.com)
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gTar, the iPhone guitar launched on Kickstarter, is now on sale(engadget.com)
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by b1ake 14y ago
Awesome to hear, I love the Beethoven lessons. Some classical stuff sounds really cool on a guitar (esp Beethoven on an electric). Both good suggestions. We haven't found out a great way to handle scrolling with long notes yet. Also, agreed
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by b1ake 14y ago
Old school :)
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by b1ake 14y ago
As long as the computer microphone can hear the guitar, you don't any hardware. That said, if you want to plug your guitar into the computer microphone jack, you can. You just need the right adapter to go from the wide guitar cable to the t
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by b1ake 14y ago
This is a mic that has worked really well for our users. Not the prettiest but the audio is solid: http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Mic-Compact-USB-Microphone/dp/B...
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by b1ake 14y ago
It's possible that the server choked for a moment, it should be okay if you try again. Edit: Also make sure you have JS enabled, otherwise the form won't work.
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by b1ake 14y ago
I'm one of the guys behind this, thx so much for all of the support (and to @yegg for posting). Here's some more detail as requested by @ClayM and others... The Year of Rock is the work of two guys, myself and @bsstoner. It's powered by the
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by b1ake 14y ago
Yes it works with any guitar and you don't need a pickup or any cables. Because it listens thru the microphone, you can just sit near your computer and play your guitar like you normally would.
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by b1ake 14y ago
Ha okay - working on a more detailed comment.
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by b1ake 14y ago
Hey I'm one of the founders. The early weeks are focused on beginners and then it will get more advanced.
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by b1ake 14y ago
Yeah we love it for two reasons: 1. Our users can send messages to us from inside the app. They end us using this to communicate with us more than email. 2. The dashboard for site owners is awesome. It shows you overall user count, who is l
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by b1ake 14y ago
Intercom ( http://intercom.io ) - CRM and user messaging Chartbeat ( http://chartbeat.com ) - Realtime analytics Sendgrid ( http://sendgrid.com ) - Sending email from an app Dropbox ( http://dropbox.com ) - File sharing/storage CouchDB ( ht
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by b1ake 14y ago
Yeah I'm with you. We've had trouble conveying the experience in words. Once people try it, they get it, and that suggests that we need to reduce the friction in trying it. Some answers to your specific questions - Yes it's free, and all yo
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by b1ake 14y ago
Just browsed through your code, very cool! We're working on chord recognition as we speak and went down a similar road in the beginning. Would love to chat more about this, shoot me an email (blake at getinstinct).
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by b1ake 14y ago
Right, good question. We're focused on beginners, especially people who have never touched a guitar. The goal is to get them playing recognizable songs within the first few minutes. To that end, we want the experience to be as friendly and
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by b1ake 14y ago
Actually there are no human teachers, the lessons are interactive and automated much like Codecademy. You're shown a few notes at a time and then as you play, the software detects each note and gives you feedback. There's also a virtual gui

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