Alive and Kicking - A Vue Into Rock & Roll

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Rock & roll is alive and kicking and in this talk I will showcase that Vue is so versatile it can be used to do audio visualisations while rock guitar soars through the browser. The audience will have access to a vue application which allows them to vote for a song to be played live on stage. The screen shows all the votes and I play them as they come up. While playing music meta data is shown and an audio visualisation plays while I’m rocking on stage. The more votes a song gets, the higher it shows on the list and the more chance I’ll play it. The whole experience is created using Vue and Uniform. Next to waking the audience up with some spicy rock & roll, I will explain how the software was build and why Vue is such an important technology for composable architectures with multiple channels. Vue is also used to control the guitar sound, right from the browser.

This talk has been presented at Vue.js London 2023, check out the latest edition of this JavaScript Conference.

FAQ

The presentation uses Vue JS and JavaScript to control the guitar sounds, including sending signals to ensure the guitar sounds right for different songs and controlling the backing tracks and audio visualization.

FutS is used for rock and roll guitar karaoke, allowing the presenter to engage with the audience through music by playing guitar along with backing tracks controlled via web technology.

Participants can interact by voting for the songs they want to hear played. They scan a QR code or visit a website, log in, and vote. The songs with the most votes are then played during the session.

Twitter login was unavailable because the presenter's Twitter account was suspended by Elon Musk, which led to the removal of Twitter as a login option.

The backend services used include SupaBase for database management and live connections, which help in real-time vote counting and displaying user avatars on screen as they vote.

The virtual guitar amplifier is controlled directly by the browser, which adjusts settings like volume and tone based on the song being played. This setup allows for changes in guitar sound without physical amplifiers.

The presenter's unique accent results from being born in the Netherlands, living in the south of France, and working with Americans, which influences the way he speaks.

Tim Benniks
Tim Benniks
27 min
12 May, 2023

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Video Summary and Transcription

The Talk introduces FutS guitar karaoke, a virtual experience in the browser using Vue, Nuxt, Supa Bass, Pignan, Cloudinary, and WebMedia. The virtual experience visualizes audio and allows users to vote and share their votes on Twitter. The browser interacts with the amplifier to change sounds on the guitar, and the browser updates in real-time with vote data. The guitar signal resembles the playing song, and users can choose between Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Goode' and AC-DC for the song performance.

1. Introduction to the Talk

Short description:

Hello, everyone! Are you still awake? I'm seeing a lot of smiling faces and big eyes. We're good. So the fact that you're all here is awesome and you've learned a lot. I'm going to be using this today. And then with this, we're going to turn it up. It's party, essentially. I am an ambassador for a whole bunch of things. And open source stuff and startups and all of that. But I'm trying to put all of this stuff into the talk. And like I said, it's going to be not super technical. But all of this is used. So you might have heard my accent. It's a little kind of strange. Because I was born in the Netherlands. But I live in the south of France. And I work with Americans. And so if you mix these cheeses, it's not good. But that's what you hear, essentially.

Hello, everyone! Are you still awake? I'm seeing a lot of smiling faces and big eyes. We're good. Wow. We've been upstairs there all day looking at all our friends speaking. And the amount of information is ridiculous. So the fact that you're all here is awesome and you've learned a lot.

And so I decided it's going to be different today. This is me on the phone call, as you can see. And actually I'm going to be using this today. Rather than talk about Vue and browsers and all that stuff, I'm going to use it. And then with this, we're going to turn it up. Because after this, it's beers. So you're going to be ready for the beers.

But before I go in, I'll just give you a few slides to kind of understand why I'm doing this and what it's all about. And after that, it's just... Oh, I should not drop this. After that, it's party, essentially. So I am an ambassador for a whole bunch of things. And open source stuff and startups and all of that. But I'm trying to put all of this stuff into the talk. And like I said, it's going to be not super technical. But all of this is used. All right.

So you might have heard my accent. It's a little kind of strange. Because I was born in the Netherlands. But I live in the south of France. And I work with Americans. And so if you mix these cheeses, it's not good. But that's what you hear, essentially.

2. FutS Guitar Karaoke

Short description:

Today, I'm introducing FutS guitar karaoke, a virtual experience in the browser. I wanted to redeem myself from my bad singing skills, so I created this guitar karaoke instead of traditional karaoke. I'll be using Vue, Nuxt, Supa Bass, Pignan, Cloudinary, and WebMedia for this virtual experience. Vue JS controls the sound of my guitar and plays the backing track.

And so today, this is a life in kicking. And all my life, I've been a guitarist. But for the last 10 years, I didn't do any of it. So all the pictures you see are very young, Tim. I couldn't find any others. So I thought, let's meme myself and put up some of these pictures.

And so essentially, what we're going to do, we're going to use FutS for rock and roll. And so essentially, this is a FutS guitar karaoke. And I came up with this because all my colleagues, of a lot of them at least, they all live in Berlin. And when I go there for work, they're all like, dude, let's go to karaoke. But I'm so bad at singing. It's just the worst. And so I kept saying no for the longest time. And then I thought, I have to redeem myself somehow. And that's what this is. So we have guitar karaoke instead. And so it's all in the browser.

And the fun thing is here. I want a little bit more interaction with you guys. And so in a second, I'm going to give you a QR code. You go on your phone, you go there, and you can vote on the songs that I play. So the ones that have the most votes, I will be playing. And so let's see. What's my next? And so I wanted to do this because I use Vue all the time and a bunch of tools all around. And so I wanted to do the whole thing completely virtual in the browser. And so what I've used today are, of course, Vue, of course, Nuxt, also Supa Bass, Pignan, Cloudinary, and WebMedia. That might be the odd one out, but we'll talk a bit about that a bit later.

And so what I'm doing is that Vue JS, JavaScript, is actually controlling the sound that comes out of my guitar. It's sending signals all over the place to make sure that it sounds right for the right song at the right place. And then Vue JS, of course, also plays the backing track.