ChappIO

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Hi there,

I have decided to take down waveform.social. There are too many nefarious actors trying to break it and I don't have the time or energy to keep fighting them off.

For your information: Over the pas month I have had to:

  1. Add various DDOS prevention measures to block unwanted (repeated) signups.
  2. Delete a bunch of literal white noise uploads that filled my 4TB picture storage... Twice.
  3. Repair Lemmy (or rather pictures) after it crashed because of full storage.

I will keep waveform.social active until Friday next week so you can pull data from here, though I expect most of it has been federated to other servers anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As with any creative field, the proces is:

  1. Try something
  2. Get stuck
  3. Overcome the problem
  4. Repeat

So the key part is to do things that are fun to you so you stay motivated.

My route started with learning an instrument (trumpet and drums) from a teacher. That way I learned the basic music theory. But everyone's path is different. I don't think there is a general way to learn.

For example: If you want to learn to make beats. That's a skill you can develop without a complicated DAW. I would but Koala Sampler for Android or iPhone, record some simple sounds from your environment and try to recreate drums from songs you like.

Then you have learned one of the skills needed to progress to the next step. And when you start to learn a DAW, you'll already have the drum programming skill available to apply there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m probably just not trained to spot these things in context. I’m just a hobbyist musician.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I actually don't hear a difference 🤷🏼‍♂️ so maybe make clear to the noobs what the difference is they are supposed to hear? Also, but that might be a personal thing, I am a bad reader so focussing on audio and reading text at the same time is near impossible. (But that probably good for views since I had to play it three times).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Netherlands

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wish, it's hard to get over here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nevermind, looks like this was fixed in v0.18.1 because after upgrading it works fine.

 

I am working on a small web app to allow sharing audio and videos on my instance. I read that lemmy supports embedding pages that provide opengraph metadata. To test this I created a simple page: https://chappio.gitlab.io/embed-demo/

But when I post it, no content gets embedded. My goal is to provide an embeddable widget to my instance. What am I missing?

 

I am thinking about adding some functionality to this instance (audio and video upload) which probably requires me to make changes to the themes.

To limit the amount of work I have to do, would you please let me know what theme you are using?

  1. Visit your settings to check: https://waveform.social/settings
  2. Fill out the poll: https://fast-poll.com/poll/903a1e38
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Custom HTML in themes? (waveform.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I am looking to add video and audio clip upload functionality to the instance over at waveform.social since this is a music-focussed instance.

The way I am thinking about doing this is building a micro-app (similar to pictrs but with a mini frontend) that allows my users to upload audio and video clips and adding the required metadata to the pages to allow embedding.

I would love to add a few buttons (in nav and on the create-post) page to link to this micro app to allow users to find it more easily. My first thought was to create a custom theme. But from reading the docs, I can only see mentions of css.

Is there a way for me to modify the html to add these buttons? Or do I have to fork lemmy-ui to be able to achieve this?

 

So Lemmy (the software that runs this website) allows admins to define taglines. When people visit the website a random one shows up.

Any funny suggestions that work with the theme of this instance?

 

I am looking to add video and audio clip upload functionality to the instance over at waveform.social since this is a music-focussed instance.

The way I am thinking about doing this is building a micro-app (similar to pictrs but with a mini frontend) that allows my users to upload audio and video clips and adding the required metadata to the pages to allow embedding.

I would love to add a few buttons (in nav and on the create-post) page to link to this micro app to allow users to find it more easily. My first thought was to create a custom theme. But from reading the docs, I can only see mentions of css.

Is there a way for me to modify the html to add these buttons? Or do I have to fork lemmy-ui to be able to achieve this?

 

Hi there,

This site has a focus on music. Not being able to share audio clips makes no sense. Of course you can use a third party tool to share audio clips but I think the barrier is too big.

Here’s what I want to do: I want to create a micro application that allows people to upload audio or video clips to be able to embed them into their posts. The design goals are:

  • low barrier of entry
  • good viewing experience
  • useful on mobile

Now I can easily do the technical stuff (upload and store files, embedding, deployment) but I’ve always had a hard time with graphical design for small apps with very few features.

Would any of you have the skills and time to contribute a design?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anyone needs a code, get in touch. I bought a Launchpad but I already own suite.

 

I got started on an app for this community. I’ve got a basic integration and spent most time on project setup.

My plan is to post an update every week with what I did and what I expect to do next week.

Next Week

I will be working on the comments viewer and maybe making an attempt at a login function.

I also expect to set up a beta program for iOS so you can help me test if you want to. (Android will follow later).

 

I am looking to get better at native app development so why not make an app to provide access to this community? 😁

Comment here if you want to join the beta testing group. I will post updates from time to time.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I've been helping out eclipxe with the development of a M4L device that adds a song mode to Ableton Push (inside the session view).

~~I just test a beta version and it is looking great! Can't wait for it to be released so you can enjoy it for yourself.~~

IT IS READY 😁 https://eclipxe.gumroad.com/l/scenechainer

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My Custom Elektron Setup (waveform.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

A while back I built this custom electron case. I should probably use it more than I do right now but it's a lot of fun.

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Welcome! (waveform.social)
 

Hi there,

I am currently working on getting things up and running so we can create a place to share our passion for music.

Feel free to ask any questions or leave any suggestions you might have.

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