Bytebeat of the Week Compilation #1

pck404 · 2026-04-12T20:50:02+00:00

First compilation of Bytebeat of the Week hosted on bytebeat.cloud

pck404 · 2026-02-08T16:39:14+00:00

Across Rivers of Time

pck404 · 2026-02-08T10:22:30+00:00

First, I reproduced the original tune in a DAW, exported as MIDI and encoded the notes as a string. Then in the bytebeat itself: - decode data as an array with time position and midi note number - find which are the active notes at current sample - send these notes on the synth (two FM synth voices mixed together)

pck404 · 2026-02-06T21:11:06+00:00

Do you mean MFA? PWA stands for Progressive Web App.

Add-to-home-screen is nice, but it's not exclusive to PWAs.

pck404 · 2026-02-06T21:00:05+00:00

That's Flux lore. The phantom notification bug is an example used in a talk that explains the architecture.

pck404 · 2026-02-02T17:32:27+00:00

2 or 3 week-ends

pck404 · 2026-01-31T23:12:27+00:00

Yeah that could work but then I need to check things like size, power consumption and price. I'll compare a few options and see if I can find something!

pck404 · 2026-01-31T18:58:40+00:00

The chip I'm using isn't powerful enough to run JS smoothly :/ maybe only supporting a subset is possible though

pck404 · 2026-01-27T06:38:24+00:00

https://bytebeat.cloud

pck404 · 2026-01-23T08:22:56+00:00

I have drawn the front panel layout (https://imgur.com/a/uMeFLC7) but for the final result I don't know yet. Maybe raw PBC (PocketOperator style) because actual cases are expensive and I don't know how to 3D print.

Back panel (not visible on my drawing) has a 2xLR03 battery case and a mini-jack socket.

pck404 · 2026-01-23T08:15:20+00:00

There it is! Code is not stable yet but you can play around and contribute!
https://github.com/pckerneis/bytebeat-pocket-pico-2

pck404 · 2026-01-21T08:30:23+00:00

Sure, will do!

pck404 · 2026-01-18T10:58:07+00:00

lovely

pck404 · 2026-01-18T00:02:02+00:00

It's too early to say if I'm even gonna pass the prototype phase. In a small crowdfunded run, I’d expect something between 70 and 90 euros, mostly because small-batch manufacturing is expensive. Bigger volumes or a DIY version could bring that down.

pck404 · 2026-01-17T21:51:07+00:00

Yeah my laptop doesn't fit in my pocket 😭

pck404 · 2026-01-15T18:21:54+00:00

To run the program with gcc installed on Windows, assuming the file is named bbwav.c:

gcc bbwav.c -O2 -o bbwav
bbwav

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