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How the R-52 pen draws, in four steps.
The audio is read once into a trace, the paper is the Video.js time slider, ink follows playback, and the gauges read the real player.
Which step would you have built differently?
Breaking it down into four steps is great. Audio as a pen trace is a beautiful idea.
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