Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI immediately thought of a quote from the movie Amadaus (About Mozart) EMPEROR: Of course I do. It's very good. Of course now and then - just now and then - it gets a touch elaborate. MOZART: What do you mean, Sire? EMPEROR: Well, I mean occasionally it seems to have, how shall one say? [he stops in difficulty; turning to Orsini-Rosenberg] How shall one say, Director? ORSINI-ROSENBERG: Too many notes, Your Majesty? EMPEROR: Exactly. Very well put. Too many…
People have been doing this kind of thing with trackers for some time. Here's Vache by Venetian Snares, from 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2f5gOo1VEM And here's a webcam video of the sequencer data scrolling past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGK-EzEa45U The techniques are much older. Here's a screengrab of the OctaMed tracker running on an amiga, playing back the original drum tracks from Aphrodite's jungle classic Beats Booyaa from 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVSe9DubE8 And here's the…
And then there's Peter Ablinger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muCPjK4nGY4
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 507
- Total comments
- 299
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-23 | The Impossible Music of Black MIDI | mattdennewitz | 28 | 5 |
| 2013-10-30 | The Impossible Music of Black MIDIFirst breakout | wodow | 183 | 175 |
| 2015-11-11 | The Impossible Music of Black MIDI (2013) | dietrichepp | 31 | 0 |
| 2015-11-11 | The Impossible Music of Black MIDIBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | GotAnyMegadeth | 265 | 119 |