Comments on: Will Open Source Instruments Strike A Chord?

By: Twanda

Twanda — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:12:22 +0000

omg… that site overwhelmed me. I am no where near the IT level to do anything with that but I am going to spend some more time searching around the site and maybe downloading it. I cant even figure out how to get my image on the host server to show on my web page but gotta love the web, u can learn anything! haha anyway, sorry I left your page up forever yesterday, I didnt know about bandwith and everything. Mainly, thank you for responding, what I am looking for is much simpler. Just a web page that has playable online instruments with no download and a source code I can just copy and past in my index folder or where ever for the kids to be able to play with on my site like a drum, keyboard, bells…..etc. I do realize you are playing with professional equipment and may not know where to point me for kids toys.

By: whurley

whurley — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:13:53 +0000

Hi Twanda, no that wouldn’t be correct. This article is about open source musical instruments….it has nothing to do with the type of website you’re asking about. For what you’re talking about there are several solutions. I would suggest Drupal (http://drupal.org). That is an open source CMS (content management system) that can be modified to do pretty much anything you can imagine. Hope that helps out

By: Twanda

Twanda — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:37:14 +0000

so…. i guess after reading this, i can stop my current search for some kind of free source code I can use for a website for kids to play with music…. is that correct?

By: Tony K

Tony K — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:13:35 +0000

It’s a great instrument. I’m afraid it’s a bit too out there for the masses. Though there seems to be more interest in experimenting with new and unusual instruments these days. I don’t think the price is really the hindering factor, I think it’s more that the target audience is pretty small. I’d love to have one though. The tweakabilty factor is great.

By: Heath

Heath — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:52:17 +0000

They need live endorsements. A famous musician playing one of their instruments on stage could jumpstart them.