ToneMatrix: A fun, simple music synthesizer

ToneMatrix (Flash-based): The pattern determines the sound.  Example pattern:

Right-click copy and paste let's you save compositions as text.

Examples abound in the reddit discussion.

I must try my kids on this ...

Harmony: A neat drawing tool in JavaScript

Flash-free graphics in the browser is getting easier to do, and snazzier:



Try it here. View the source to see the JavaScript.

Some powerful Javascript tools

As the web-browser turns into the client of choice, it's good to have powerful tools to hand.  To whit:

• HTML/CSS manipulation (esp. for Ajax): jQuery
• Javascript Optimizer/Checker: Google's Closure compiler
• Information Visualization: JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit and Protovis
• Javascript charts and graphs: A selection of 13 tools
• Vector graphics: Raphael (plus charting extension, gRaphael): clock example
• Client-side GraphViz: CanViz
• Background processing: Web-workers
• Push: Web-sockets

 No doubt more to come.