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Show HN: Bipluk, Open-source browser Web MIDI librarian for vintage synthesizers(github.com)
2 points by halfradaition 3d ago|0 comments
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by halfradaition 1mo ago
plz elaborate
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by halfradaition 1mo ago
fixed@! Here is what was happening: when the LXR-02 was auto-detected via Web MIDI, it wasn’t getting populated in the select dropdown, and the modal attempted an automated handshake instead of guiding you to initiate the dump from the LXR
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by halfradaition 1mo ago
We built bipluk as the lightweight, 2026 browser-native alternative
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by halfradaition 1mo ago
whoops, fixed
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I built a browser-native SysEx librarian for 80s/90s synthesizers(bipluk.com)
34 points by halfradaition 1mo ago|23 comments
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Show HN: Ounce, Stop measuring wealth in inflating fiat. Measure it in gold(useounce.com)
2 points by halfradaition 2mo ago|0 comments
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Old MIDI Instruments Don't Like Modern MIDI. What's to Be Done?(hackaday.com)
11 points by halfradaition 2mo ago|5 comments
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Hear you all loud and clear. The pricing critique was a massive blind spot on my end. * New Pricing: A single $39 one-time payment for lifetime access (called knob.monster+).
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Knob Monster runs on a serverless architecture, the monthly operating costs are near zero, meaning we can (and will) keep the servers alive indefinitely without commercial pressure.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Knob Monster is built on a modern serverless stack, meaning my monthly hosting and database costs are essentially zero. The platform is designed to run indefinitely with no financial overhead.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Firefox shouldn't crash indeed. The crash was usually due to a memory leak in the browser's Web MIDI implementation when handling constant stream disconnects/reconnects.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
dezgeg is correct, MIDI has no hardware flow control pins. The synth's serial receiver chokes because the 8-bit CPU takes too long to write the SysEx buffer to SRAM.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
It's fascinating how easy it is to overwhelm older hardware stacks with broadcast/flooding traffic that modern systems wouldn't notice!
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Haha, sometimes one or two keyboards quickly turns into one or two bedrooms anyway! Appreciate the feedback on the copy.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
I wrote the entire parser by hand to read Yamaha DX7 SysEx bytes, no AI generation here! Thanks for sharing SoundPalette, looks like a great reference
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Absolutely. Your data belongs to you, we fully support standard .syx exporting at all times. Pricing is definitely getting a rework for solo producers.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Hear you loud and clear. The pricing was originally framed for commercial studios.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Brilliant suggestion. I'll test scheduling directly on the Web MIDI API thread to keep JS main thread timers out of the equation.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
Fair point. We went web-first to bypass driver installation hell, but a local Tauri app for offline-first use is on the roadmap.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
That's usually caused by cheap controller firmware flooding the connection with continuous Active Sensing signals (0xFE bytes every 300ms) or noisy clock jitter.
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
We just throttle the Web MIDI stream in JS with 100ms pauses between packets so the 8-bit CPU doesn't choke.
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How to Backup Roland Juno-106 Presets(knob.monster)
4 points by halfradaition 3mo ago|0 comments
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Save 80s synth patches in the browser via Web MIDI(knob.monster)
2 points by halfradaition 3mo ago|0 comments
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How do you keep Web MIDI from crashing a 1983 synthesizer?(knob.monster)
54 points by halfradaition 3mo ago|40 comments
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by halfradaition 3mo ago
basically the icloud for vintage synthetizers
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Show HN: I built an online patch backup tool for vintage 80s synths(knob.monster)
4 points by halfradaition 3mo ago|1 comments