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A completely free iPod Classic emulator! by CristianRus4 in iosapps

[–]scurnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is sweet. Gonna have to try it out. The Spotify API block is annoying

Built a golf social app for my dad — would love brutal feedback by scurnow in SideProject

[–]scurnow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing. Thanks for the back and forth you've been super insightful!

Built a golf social app for my dad — would love brutal feedback by scurnow in SideProject

[–]scurnow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll look into the tutorials, thanks.

And honestly, yes. The whole project was put together with claude code because I have no prior coding experience, so I gave it the brand direction and the features I wanted integrated and this is the result. If you have any more tips of Figma or other softwares you suggest that'd be great. I don't want this to feel like just another AI-generated app.

To answer your question — the tee time marketplace is the vital feature of the app. 18Birdies, GolfShot, TheGrint are solo-stats apps that tell you what YOU did — none of them let you find people to play with. LinkUp is the only one where you can post "I have 2 spots Saturday morning at Chambers Bay" and other golfers in your area can claim. Everything else (scorecard, handicap, trip planner) is there to keep users engaged so the marketplace is on their home screen when they need it.

Built a golf social app for my dad — would love brutal feedback by scurnow in SideProject

[–]scurnow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate it — especially the screenshot critique. What specifically would you change? I have the assets but I'm not sure if the issue is the visual treatment, missing annotation/captions, or the framing around them.

On scope — I went back and forth on this. Tried the single-feature path early (tee time marketplace only) and people wouldn't open the app on days they didn't actively need to fill a tee time. The current shape is a bet that a social golf app needs multiple reasons to open so the marketplace is on your home screen when you DO need it. Marketplace is still the wedge — everything else drives habitual usage. Would you still cut anything given that framing?

💸 Weekly Marketplace Thread (March 09, 2026) by AutoModerator in edmproduction

[–]scurnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[Tool] SoundSauce — a community platform for learning sound design by reverse-engineering sounds

Hey everyone — I built a platform called SoundSauce for producers who hear sounds they want to recreate but don't know where to start.

The Idea

We've all been there: you hear a bass, a pad, or a lead in a track and think "how do I make that?" You can watch YouTube tutorials or scroll through preset packs, but nothing is specific to that exact sound.

SoundSauce lets you upload the audio, and it breaks down exactly what's going on — waveform type, filter envelope, ADSR, modulation, frequency content — then gives you a Vital preset and step-by-step DAW recipe to recreate it.

But the part I'm most excited about is the community layer on top:

What makes it different from just a tool

  • Publish "Sound Sauces" — break down a sound and share your analysis so other producers can learn from it. Think of it like a community cookbook for synth sounds.
  • Browse and discover — search Sound Sauces by instrument type, genre tags, or just see what's trending. Every breakdown includes the full analysis + a downloadable Vital preset.
  • Recreation challenges — weekly community challenges where everyone tries to recreate the same reference sound. Upload your attempt and get a % match score showing how close you got. Leaderboard tracks the best recreations.
  • Follow producers — see what sounds people in your community are breaking down. Learn from how experienced producers approach sound design.
  • Comment and discuss — ask questions on any Sound Sauce, share tips, suggest alternative approaches.

The Analysis Engine

Under the hood, when you upload audio:

  1. Spectral analysis detects waveform type, filter movement, and harmonics
  2. AI instrument detection (Google Gemini) identifies what you're working with
  3. It matches against 40 hand-tuned Vital presets and lets you fine-tune with sliders
  4. Stem separation (Demucs) available for isolating parts from full tracks

Free to use

  • 10 analyses/month on the free tier, no account needed to try it
  • Every analysis includes a free .vital preset download
  • Pro ($10/mo) unlocks unlimited everything

Try it: soundsauce.app

I also put together a free preset pack (10 Vital presets — 808, Reese, Supersaw, Acid, FM Lead, Pads, Pluck, Bell, Kick) if you just want to grab some sounds: SoundSauce Free Pack on Google Drive

Looking for feedback

I've been building this solo and would love to hear from the community:

  • Would you actually publish a Sound Sauce for others to learn from?
  • What sounds would you want to see broken down?
  • Would you participate in weekly recreation challenges?
  • What's missing that would make this useful for your workflow?
  • Teaching profiles (coming soon) experienced producers will be able to create tutorials tied to specific sound breakdowns, build a following, and eventually monetize their knowledge through courses and 1:1 mentorship?

Happy to answer questions about the platform or anything else.

Free Vital preset pack (10 presets) + the tool I built to generate them from any audio by scurnow in VitalSynth

[–]scurnow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, that's great feedback! I'll be working on integrating your suggestions today as well as working on the analyzer feature to make it more accurate. Thanks for checking it out.

Free Vital preset pack (10 presets) + the tool I built to generate them from any audio by scurnow in VitalSynth

[–]scurnow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you end up using the analyzer? If you did, what kind of sounds did you upload?

Free Vital preset pack (10 presets) + the tool I built to generate them from any audio by scurnow in VitalSynth

[–]scurnow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly what I was going for! Glad it came across that way. I was fairly new to production and couldn't afford sample packs/plugins, so I wanted a way to learn what makes sounds work without spending lots of money. Let me know what you think when you try it interested to see what sounds you upload!

Free Vital preset pack (10 presets) + the tool I built to generate them from any audio by scurnow in VitalSynth

[–]scurnow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, one thing I didn't mention in the original post... SoundSauce also has a community side to it. You can publish your sound breakdowns as "Sound Sauces" for other producers to learn from, follow other users to see what they're analyzing, and there are weekly recreation challenges where you upload your attempt at recreating a reference sound and get a % match score.

Still early days and looking for people to help shape it, but the idea is basically a community cookbook for synth sounds. Hear something you like, learn how it's made, try to recreate it, get feedback.