Category Archives: Ideas

Easy Keyboard Looper

Working on the 10-minute play festival that is happening at Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette this Friday and Saturday (7pm door, 7:30 show, pay what you can [regular tickets are 18. {this is less}]), it occurred to me that the sound software in use is not very friendly or fun.

Simple Keyboard Sampler UI

You also need gate and loop options per key:

Simple Keyboard Sampler UI

I need to find a language that I could easily write this in. Maybe processing.org?  HTML5?

The goals are:

  • Sample Sounds
  • Simple UI
    • Press key, assign sound
    • Per key options
      • Gate
      • Loop
  • Multiple sounds at once
  • Platform independent

Any thoughts, let me know.

Landscape Decision [Informed] Making Wizard/Quiz

Being a recent home owner, I thought it would be nice to have the ability to find the perfect landscaping based on certain criteria. I did a quick search on the web and couldn’t find one that worked as nicely as the ones I had found for dog breeds (e.g. SelectorSmart.com’s Dog).

SelectSmart.com does have a lawn quiz that can be helpful when choosing a lawn type, but not for landscaping in general.

Now I just need to find some metadata online regarding plant types and we might be all set.

If you come across a tool that allows you to choose various criteria (shaded, flowering, native, etc.), please comment!