Observed arrival · 2026-10-29
Sina Turns 40, with a Browser-Built Synth
A bespoke birthday page combines a personal message, playable music synthesized in the browser, and a journey story about a Prophet '08.
- For
- Sina and the friends celebrating Sina's fortieth
- Worth noticing
- The browser-generated song uses two detuned sawtooth oscillators per voice, plus noise-and-sine drums and dotted-eighth delay.
Field notes
The music control starts a live browser synthesis rather than an autoplay track; the page describes detuned sawtooth oscillators, a resonant low-pass filter, noise-and-sine drums, and dotted-eighth delay. Its instrument section gives detailed Prophet '08 specifications, while the journey section traces the keyboard from San Francisco through a Williamsburg shop to Raleigh. The release notes call this version 1.0 and openly disclose the absence of QA, code review, and beta testing.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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