28 comments

  • orliesaurus 1 hour ago
    I just spent 30 minutes playing with this. It's incredible, well done to the author!
  • _spduchamp 1 hour ago
    This looks great!

    I noticed that the strumming seems a bit off on chord changes. A good default is to let strings that don't change on chord change to continue to ring through. Just think about the strings as actual strings and the kinds of things that happen to them when you play.

    Also, different songs will have different techniques like bar chords that may have less brightness, palm muting etc.

    I'm working on a physical guitar digital luthier kit right now as part of a project at Toronto Metropolitan University working with disabled musicians. Our aim is to release it so anyone can build one.

    Here is our documentation of examining an existing assistive guitar built a few years ago in the UK. https://www.designingsoundfutures.org/kellycaster-mark-1/

    Now we're taking lessons learned from that and working on robust versions for touring musicians, and variations to adapt to different assistive and artistic needs.

    Great to see others doing nifty work with this guitar based music stuff.

    • talccc 55 minutes ago
      Thanks, great input! Letting the shared strings ring through chord changes makes a lot of sense and I will look at it. Song techniques like palm muting are on the list too.

      Your project sounds wonderful. Good luck with it, I'd love to see it when it's out.

  • mbo 27 minutes ago
    In solo mode, there should be a horizontally flipped version, such that such that the 0 key plays open E on the 1st string, and the 9 plays F on the 1st string, etc. That would allow me to hold my wireless keyboard backwards, facing the screen, rely on the muscle memory of my hands.
    • jayknight 23 minutes ago
      There was something like this that came with an old Sound Blaster card back in the day that I spent quite a lot of time with. It had something like this, where you could pick individual strings with the number pad and change chords with the F buttons.
  • paaloeye 11 minutes ago
    Next steps: add Guitar Hero controller or/and Rock Band interface support
  • waerhert 1 hour ago
    Very well done! When adding a chord on a key, I'm missing a small preview of the chords as they appear in the autocomplete list, or would be nice to be able to assemble a chord on a fretboard view. What made you start work on this app? And what is the logic behind how the chords are laid out on the keyboard?
    • talccc 1 hour ago
      Thanks! Both good ideas, noted.

      I wanted to play some chords when Im away from my guitar and none of the browser online guitars I found were at the level I was looking for.

      The keys follow the song's key: A row = the 5 main chords (I IV V vi ii), Q row = their sevenths Z row = color chords

  • onlyrealcuzzo 25 minutes ago
    Been working on something similar (a DAW, to learn more about music) - and just wanted to say that your guitar voice is quite good! Bravo
  • jtumbot 17 minutes ago
    Very nicely done, at first I thought it was gimmicky but it's actually playable
  • TomGarden 54 minutes ago
    Had fun with this on my phone! Any chance of calculating velocity based on speed of pick movement? I'm sure some super basic ASDR and maybe a low-oass would get you to a very satisfying place
  • taybin 24 minutes ago
    This was much better than I expected. Nice job.
  • ssteeper 1 hour ago
    It's great! As far as I can tell, the toggle for Let ring is not working: when i disable it, notes still ring out after letting go of the key (in solo mode on electric guitar currently)
    • talccc 1 hour ago
      Thanks for reporting! I will look into it. Did it happen on all notes?
  • Rygian 1 hour ago
    Why does it show a left-handed guitar on Player view, and a right-handed one on Audience view?
    • talccc 1 hour ago
      Hi Rygian, Good catch.

      Player view does show a left handed guitar. Two reasons: 1. matches what a right handed player sees looking down at their own guitar: low E on top, neck on the left. 2. players without guitar, to lined up with the pc keyboard that is on the left.

      True Audience view is like you watch right hand guitar player.

      • djeastm 12 minutes ago
        That's interesting because I think of Low E on the "top" as meaning close to me, which puts it on the bottom of the screen in this app. That matches what happens when I twist a real guitar face towards me when I've got one strapped. So I just switched it to Tab view and it all felt better.
      • bibimsz 42 minutes ago
        " matches what a right handed player sees looking down at their own guitar: low E on top, neck on the left"

        no, it's wrong

        • Aboutplants 40 minutes ago
          Yeah, and I would rather see the “normal” presentation of chords. At least provide a selector to be able to toggle the view.
          • rendleflag 36 minutes ago
            Okay, it’s not just me. It was breaking my brain trying to understand the chords on the screen vs. when I play.
  • jamesdelaneyie 53 minutes ago
    Really really enjoyable, but how do I turn on drive for the electric guitar?
    • talccc 38 minutes ago
      Thanks! Click Sound button on the right nd pick one of the electric presets. For more control, open Amp & FX in the same panel and choose Overdrive, Distortion or Fuzz.
  • LewisOrton 1 hour ago
    Before I knew it, ten minutes had gone! good job
  • vdev123 41 minutes ago
    This is really good.
  • fellowniusmonk 2 hours ago
    This looks very interesting, I may finally learn wonderwall.
    • talccc 1 hour ago
      Thanks you, Good luck with wonderwall!
  • ZeWaka 1 hour ago
    This is super fun, thanks!
  • mbil 1 hour ago
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  • iamben 1 hour ago
    This is absolutely amazing. Well done.
  • lefstathiou 2 hours ago
    This is excellent. Thank you.
    • talccc 1 hour ago
      Enjoy (; and tell your friend
  • gtruong78 1 hour ago
    This is great, great design, great functionality, TY!
  • jrflo 1 hour ago
    Holy shit, this is incredible. As a guitar player this actually feels like playing a guitar. So cool.

    Only suggestion I would have would be to make all 6 strings strummable independently in the chord instead of just the 4, so you can do finger picking on it.

    • talccc 1 hour ago
      Good idea. I've added it to the list of upcoming improvements. Thanks!
  • paaloeye 1 hour ago
    That's awesome!
  • vegnus 1 hour ago
    Sick, love it
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  • SamInTheShell 1 hour ago
    This is kinda cool, but it's nowhere near as fun as being able to play the real thing. Sounds better IRL.

    It is nice that it shows the chords.

    • Sherveen 57 minutes ago
      What an insightful contribution.
      • SamInTheShell 35 minutes ago
        I said it's kinda cool. Like what more do you want? I could point out how useless it is in general, I can't say it would make a good learning tool, because it doesn't. But it is a novelty site that does make sound and show correct chord positions. Can you use it to compose something? Sure but the sound cutoff between chords and the need to pick a chord that strums down first before you can strum up means you'll always produce a sound you don't want and you can't even replicate picking.

        It's not a tool, it's a toy man. Chill out.

        • Blackthorn 23 minutes ago
          > I could

          You did, not could. All those things that you said you could do? You literally did them.

          • SamInTheShell 0 minutes ago
            You are still failing to answer the question. What's your point? I pose a question, I present what can be said, which sure I did say it in that comment to point at the extremes, but the question remains unanswered. What do you want of me? and now we have what's your point?
        • taybin 22 minutes ago
          Naw man, I'm taking this to my next gig!

          You are right, but it is fun.

          • SamInTheShell 6 minutes ago
            If you make this work in a gig (could imagine using it as a DJ), you should post it.