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Show HN: Eigendrum - Draw any shape and hear what it sounds like as a drum

45 points - last Monday at 4:53 PM

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  • nmeofthestate

    today at 10:29 AM

    Contemptible cookie dialog.

      • serial_dev

        today at 10:51 AM

        What, didn’t you want hundreds of companies track you while you try to get the audio work on a drum simulator?

    • jLaForest

      today at 12:54 PM

      Why does the submitted link redirect? Is that allowed on HN

      • dkdbejwi383

        today at 11:28 AM

        Audio doesn’t seem to work in mobile safari.

        • srean

          today at 9:55 AM

          More conversations here.

          https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305250

          • metalman

            today at 10:28 AM

            very nice! but having the "this space for rent" , space is the thing that realy says that it's someone doing there thing, everything is cool, no worrys, here play with a drum, and you knid of know that whoever might go in that space will be truely random, and interesting to some further subset of those that jump at an internet drum thing. thanks!

            • karloproducer

              today at 10:12 AM

              should be a vst intrument

              • BaselAshraf81

                last Monday at 5:28 PM

                Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums.

                How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to <0.1% error against closed-form solutions for circles (Bessel zeros) and rectangles. * Sound model factors in strike location, Rayleigh damping, and mallet width. * Includes Kac drums I & II to demonstrate identical sound spectra from different geometries. * No frameworks, build steps, or dependencies.

                Repo and tests: https://github.com/BaselAshraf81/eigendrum

                Happy to answer any questions about the FEM solver or Web Audio setup!

                  • bromuro

                    today at 12:51 PM

                    I wanted to try it but it talks to share my data to the 1192 partners of yours. How do you have so many partners, and what they do?

                    • OgsyedIE

                      today at 12:56 PM

                      Separate to the concerns about privacy others have, I found some ear-splitting pitch errors with making very narrow asterisk-shaped drums with a number of spokes not divisible by 2 or 3. Good thing my volume was low.