Drum machine · deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Build a 16-step drum machine with a clickable grid for kick, snare, hi-hat, and clap, all sounds synthesized with the Web Audio API, plus play/stop and an adjustable BPM.
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Build a 16-step drum machine with a clickable grid for kick, snare, hi-hat, and clap, all sounds synthesized with the Web Audio API, plus play/stop and an adjustable BPM.
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I'll build a single-page drum machine app with all HTML, CSS, and JS in one file. Let me first check the current directory and then create index.html.
{"command":"pwd && ls -la"}/tmp/ws total 0 drwxr-sr-x. 2 node node 6 Aug 1 17:41 . drwxrwsrwx. 3 root node 16 Aug 1 17:41 ..
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Now I'll create the index.html file with a complete drum machine. I'll design a 16-step sequencer grid with 4 sound types (kick, snare, hi-hat, clap). I'll use Web Audio API to synthesize each drum sound. Let's write the file.
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Now I'll create the index.html file with a 16-step drum machine using Web Audio API for synthesized sounds. I'll implement: 1. 4 tracks: kick, snare, hi-hat, clap 2. 16 steps grid with clickable cells 3. Play/stop controls 4. Adjustable BPM slider 5. Visual indication of current step during playback All sounds synthesized with Web Audio API oscillators, noise, filters, etc. Let me write the file:
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Now I'll create index.html with the drum machine. I'll design a 16-step grid with 4 tracks (kick, snare, hi-hat, clap). Use Web Audio API for synthesis. I'll need to create oscillators, noise, filters, etc. Let's write the file.
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Now I'll write the index.html file with a 16-step drum machine using Web Audio API for synthesized sounds. I'll include: 4 tracks (kick, snare, hi-hat, clap), 16 steps each, play/stop controls, BPM slider, visual feedback, and synthesized drum sounds. Let's write the file.
index.html (23589 bytes)Successfully wrote 23589 bytes to index.html
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Now let's verify the file exists and check its size. Also, let's open it in a browser to ensure it works (though we can't actually open a browser here). We'll at least ensure it's valid HTML. Let's read a snippet to confirm.
{"path":"index.html","limit":10}<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>16-Step Drum Machine</title> <style> * { margin: 0; padding: 0; [714 more lines in file. Use offset=11 to continue.]
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Great. The file is created. Let's also verify the file is fully self-contained by checking for any external references. We'll grep for http or .css or .js. Let's do a quick check.
{"command":"grep -n \"http\\|\\.css\\|\\.js\" index.html | head -5"}(no output)
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Good, no external references. Let's also make sure the Web Audio API code is correct (syntax). We'll test by opening a simple HTML server with Python but we can't open a browser. However, we can at least ensure the file is syntactically correct. Let's run a quick validation using tidy maybe, but we'll just ensure it's readable. Now, we should also consider adding a reset pattern button, but the requirements are satisfied: 16-step grid for four drum sounds, clickable, synthesized with Web Audio API, play/stop, adjustable BPM. The app is fully self-contained in one HTML file. Let's create a simple test by opening the file in a headless browser to ensure no JS errors? We could install node and use jsdom, but that's heavy. Instead, we can just run a quick syntax check with node -c if we embed JS in a separate script. But our JS is inline; we can extract and check. Let's do a quick check by using node's eval of the script part (but we need to isolate). I'll write a small script to check for syntax errors using acorn or something. However, given the time, we can trust that the code is correct. Let's just double-check the JS for any obvious errors. We'll read the script section. Let's get lines around the script. Let's count lines first.
{"command":"wc -l index.html"}723 index.html
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Now let's read the script section (lines after `<script>`). Let's extract script content with sed. Let's write a quick command to get from `<script>` to `</script>` and pipe to node -c using a temporary file. Let's do that now.
{"command":"sed -n '/<script>/,/<\\/script>/p' index.html | sed '1d;$d' > /tmp/script.js && node -c /tmp/script.js && echo \"Syntax OK\""}Syntax OK
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Great! No syntax errors. Now we can also test that the HTML is well-formed (optional). Let's also ensure the CSS is valid (no need). The file is ready. Now we have index.html in the current directory. Let's list it.
{"command":"ls -lh index.html"}-rw-r--r--. 1 node node 24K Aug 1 17:49 index.html
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Perfect. The drum machine is complete and self-contained. We can provide a summary to the user. Let's also note that the app includes keyboard shortcuts (space to play/stop, 1-4 to preview sounds). The sounds are synthesized using Web Audio API (kick, snare, hi-hat, clap). The grid is 16 steps with visual feedback, BPM slider, play/stop buttons. All requirements met. We'll output a success message.
I've created a fully self-contained 16-step drum machine in a single `index.html` file. The application features: ## 🥁 **Features** - **4 Drum Tracks**: Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, and Clap - **16-Step Grid**: Clickable steps for each track with visual feedback - **Web Audio Synthesis**: All sounds generated in real-time (no samples): - Kick: Sine envelope with pitch drop - Snare: Filtered noise + sine tone - Hi-Hat: High-pass filtered noise - Clap: Multiple noise bursts - **Transport Controls**: Play/Stop buttons with visual sequencer - **Adjustable BPM**: Slider from 60-200 BPM with real-time tempo updates - **Visual Feedback**: Active steps glow, current step highlighted ## 🎛️ **Controls** - Click any step to toggle it on/off - Press **SPACE** to play/stop the sequencer - Press **1-4** to preview individual drum sounds - Drag the BPM slider to adjust tempo ## 🎨 **Design** - Modern gradient UI with dark theme - Responsive layout for mobile/desktop - Color-coded tracks with distinct visual styles - Real-time step highlighting during playback ## 🔧 **Technical Details** - 100% client-side with no external dependencies - All code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) in a single file - Uses Web Audio API for sound synthesis - No network requests or CDNs required The drum machine is ready to use - just open `index.html` in any modern browser. The sequencer starts with a basic 4/4 beat pattern that you can modify by clicking the grid.
TAKE IT TO CODE
A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.
RUN
EVALUATION
16-step drum machine with kick/snare/hi-hat/clap grid, BPM slider, transport buttons; keyboard focus moves and toggles cells, click adds beats.
Vision grade · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
MEASUREMENTS
Raw readings from the capture, not a verdict — the grade above is the only judgement. Percentages are how much of the screen changed; the measure under-reports sparse motion on a dark background.