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HN comment orderHere's what the THX note would look like in creative sheet music notation. https://twitter.com/THX/status/1000077588415447040 DEEPNOTE from NYSTHI for VCV Rack does this in a virtual modular environment. https://github.com/nysthi/nysthi#deepnote You could create this with other modules too, like E-Series E340.
> You know, I told you about how it took 20000 lines of C code to generate the original piece. I’m pretty sure Dr. Moorer had to create almost everything by hand so that is not very awkward. But you know, we’ve been sctweeting for some time, trying to fill stuff into 140 characters of code. So for the fun of it, I tried to replicate the essential elements of the composition in 140 characters of code. I think it…
Neat and definitely has been discussed many times before: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=deep+note
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- Breakout years
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- Total points
- 308
- Total comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-26 | Recreating the THX Deep Note (2009)First breakout · Best thread | citywide-fondue | 193 | 24 |
| 2020-06-27 | Recreating the THX Deep Note (2009) | bovermyer | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-10-07 | Recreating the THX Deep Note | dtjb | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-09-03 | Recreating the THX Deep Note (2009)Latest 20+ point return | AceJohnny2 | 110 | 27 |
| 2025-11-01 | Recreating the THX Deep Note (2009) | selfsimilar | 1 | 1 |