Great news! Recently, I've gotten to work on an offline copy of Online Sequencer, which means I can put to practice the changes suggested earlier. This update would be called the "World" update as it features many instruments from around the world.
You can see most of them in this video:
(note: I forgot to list the Music Box instrument)
I'll explain the changes I made in greater detail in this post:
The Logo: I decided to bring back the the style of the old logo yet maintain a modern look. I added a drop shadow to both the logo and each text element in the logo giving it a design that catches the eye.
The Font: The "Mecha" font is a font that I found while looking through the files, and it really appealed to me! I decided to use it to make the site stand out from the default look of the current font.
The Layout: A lot of change was introduced when talking about the layout, so here's a bullet list:
The New Instruments:
Not all of the instruments were actually played in the video. However, a recording of all 16 new instruments can be heard here!
Church Organ
Electric Drums (courtesy JHXC), and this one (thanks to JHXC)
Flute
Jazz Guitar
Koto
Music Box
Muted Electric Guitar
Pizzicato
Pop Synth
Ragtime Piano
Saxaphone
Sitar
Slap Bass
Steel Drums
Synth Bass
Vibraphone
So, what do you think? Should this update happen? Let me know in the thread.
Happy Sequencing!
You can see most of them in this video:
(note: I forgot to list the Music Box instrument)
I'll explain the changes I made in greater detail in this post:
The Logo: I decided to bring back the the style of the old logo yet maintain a modern look. I added a drop shadow to both the logo and each text element in the logo giving it a design that catches the eye.
The Font: The "Mecha" font is a font that I found while looking through the files, and it really appealed to me! I decided to use it to make the site stand out from the default look of the current font.
The Layout: A lot of change was introduced when talking about the layout, so here's a bullet list:
- The instruments menu was moved from a dropdown menu to the side, so now you have your instruments all there! It's a bit finicky having to drop down, switch, and put back every time. And for the new instruments there are in this version, it seemed a bit more mandatory compared to having a drop-down menu that could potentially cover half the screen.
- The instrument selection button was moved above the relocated instrument menu.
- The save button was moved with the sequencer title.
- The key sources were switched from a CSS background element to an image (to show a gradient) and the font for the notes has changed. For the same reason as the Mecha font, i saw a new font called "Prototype" that turned out really well! However, it's completely subjective and I think it'll be more iffy with the community.
The New Instruments:
Not all of the instruments were actually played in the video. However, a recording of all 16 new instruments can be heard here!
Church Organ
Electric Drums (courtesy JHXC), and this one (thanks to JHXC)
Flute
Jazz Guitar
Koto
Music Box
Muted Electric Guitar
Pizzicato
Pop Synth
Ragtime Piano
Saxaphone
Sitar
Slap Bass
Steel Drums
Synth Bass
Vibraphone
So, what do you think? Should this update happen? Let me know in the thread.
Happy Sequencing!