PulseQuaver

Minimalistic web-application for creating electronic music with digital synthesizers.
Initially designed as sketching tool but can be used for making full-fledged tracks :musical_note::notes:

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• Simple and easy to use

• Mobile-friendly

• Client only (no data processed on servers)

• Subtractive synthesizers with various effects

• Harmonic oscillators & basic FM

• Multi-layered step sequencer

• Exportable synth presets

• WAV audio export

• MIDI export

Music examples (YouTube)

• Cosmix - part 1
• Cosmix - part 2
• Clean Steps

Quick start

To get started you can experiment with included songs. Click "Demo" button on startup menu and select demo track. Reload page to reach this menu again.

Program tabs:
ARRANGE :cd:
Combine patterns into complete music track.

PATTERN :musical_keyboard:
Place notes here. Synth engine is monophonic (single-voice), additional voices can be added with pattern layers.

SYNTH :control_knobs:
Configuration panel for selected instrument. Presets are available from 3-dot menu.

LIST :level_slider::level_slider:
Contains list of synthesizers and also a mixer.

Reference Cards

Performance notes

• Some effects are CPU-heavy (especially reverb and phaser). This should be accounted when using on mobile devices.
• WAV export duration may be limited on mobile browsers to about 10 minutes.

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Using Web Audio API and Tone.js
File export sources: bufferToWave, midi-writer.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.