Tantacrul — Best Videos According to Hacker News

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Music Software & Bad Interface Design: Avid’s Sibelius

Tantacrul

“might be the most entertaining serious critique of a software user interface ever posted to YouTube.”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

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Notation Must Die: The Battle For How We Read Music

Tantacrul

“excellent deep-ish dive into music notation by the inimitable Tantacrul”

6 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

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How I Designed a Free Music Font for 5 Million Musicians (MuseScore 3.6)

Tantacrul

“He does a good job at making the topic of music notation come to life”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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Music Software & Interface Design: MuseScore

Tantacrul

“I find it very entertaining yet still informative”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

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How We Made MuseScore 4 - Music App Design is Challenging!

Tantacrul

“the whole video is worth watching as well”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

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Sonification & The Problem with Making Music from Data

Tantacrul

“Tantacrul has a typically incisive video [1] about the real potential of sonification as a powerful technique for understanding data”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

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Music Software & Interface Design: Steinberg's Dorico

Tantacrul

“In another video on Dorico [0], he did user testing. So he's not just pulling things out his ass.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

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Music on Reality TV is Insanely Manipulative

Tantacrul

“His video Stock Music & Reality TV - How to Misrepresent the World [1] is also really good.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

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Corporate Music - How to Compose with no Soul

Tantacrul

“One of the better takes”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

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The Story Behind Audacity

Tantacrul

“The levity and the pragmatic focus make a great combination.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023