Put instruments in players' hands and let them busk

sermuns commented

2026-10-25 02:38:27 +00:00

Owner

The soundtrack is generated, but it only ever comes from the world. A player can dance, but cannot make a note. An instrument turns a body into a sound source: hold a guitar, an accordion or a nyckelharpa, and the keys become notes; nearby players hear it from where you stand, through the same proximity mix as voice. A loop pedal lets one player lay down a phrase and build on it, which is the difference between a toy and a performance.

How it fits. liuverse-music::instrument already has the voices; liuverse-audio already places a source in space; liuverse-voice already mixes proximity audio and owns the output device. An instrument is a small new pose field (which instrument, if any) plus a low-rate note message relayed to nearby peers, exactly like voice but much cheaper. The model is a held prop in liuverse-scene and the arms follow the strum in liuverse-world::avatar. No samples ship: the note is synthesized.

Scope.

Instrument selection and a held model, with the hands on the strings or keys.
Note input mapped to a scale, with a quantized timing grid so strangers can jam.
Proximity relay and mix, with the local score ducking under a nearby performance.
A loop pedal that records and repeats one phrase.
Offline, the local player hears themselves and the loop.

Related. #170 (another music source), #204 (voice performance), #175 (shared timing), #194 (room acoustics).

The soundtrack is generated, but it only ever comes from the world. A player can dance, but cannot make a note. An instrument turns a body into a sound source: hold a guitar, an accordion or a nyckelharpa, and the keys become notes; nearby players hear it from where you stand, through the same proximity mix as voice. A loop pedal lets one player lay down a phrase and build on it, which is the difference between a toy and a performance. **How it fits.** `liuverse-music::instrument` already has the voices; `liuverse-audio` already places a source in space; `liuverse-voice` already mixes proximity audio and owns the output device. An instrument is a small new pose field (which instrument, if any) plus a low-rate note message relayed to nearby peers, exactly like voice but much cheaper. The model is a held prop in `liuverse-scene` and the arms follow the strum in `liuverse-world::avatar`. No samples ship: the note is synthesized. **Scope.** - Instrument selection and a held model, with the hands on the strings or keys. - Note input mapped to a scale, with a quantized timing grid so strangers can jam. - Proximity relay and mix, with the local score ducking under a nearby performance. - A loop pedal that records and repeats one phrase. - Offline, the local player hears themselves and the loop. **Related.** #170 (another music source), #204 (voice performance), #175 (shared timing), #194 (room acoustics).

sermuns added the

labels

2026-10-25 02:38:27 +00:00

sermuns referenced this issue

2026-10-25 02:44:48 +00:00

Broadcast a campus radio station from Kårallen #170

sermuns referenced this issue

2026-10-25 02:44:52 +00:00