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Rebrand to WARIO SYNTH

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- Update site title, h1, taglines across all pages
- OpenGraph/Twitter meta tags now use wario.png
- FAQ updated to "What is WARIO SYNTH?"
- All references to "Motif engine" → "Wario Synthesis Engine"
- Share links now branded as WARIO SYNTH

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# MOTIF
# WARIO SYNTH
Search real MIDI, play it in-browser, then generate a Motif variation.
Turn any song into retro game console music using the Wario Synthesis Engine.
MOTIF is a small experiment in **music-as-code**: treat MIDI as structural data, not audio. It pulls MIDI patterns from the web, plays the original performance, then generates a “similar-but-different” procedural version using Web Audio.
WARIO SYNTH is a small experiment in **music-as-code**: treat MIDI as structural data, not audio. It pulls MIDI patterns from the web, plays the original performance, then generates a retro Gameboy-style procedural version using the Wario Synthesis Engine and Web Audio.
## About
- **What it does**: Search songs → pick a result → play the original MIDI → generate and play a Motif variant.
- **Why it’s fun**: It’s like “hear a MIDI version of anything”, then remix it into something new.
- **What it does**: Search songs → pick a result → play the original MIDI → generate retro game console music with the Wario Synthesis Engine.
- **Why it's fun**: It's like "hear a MIDI version of anything", then transform it into classic chiptune-style audio.
- **Status**: Working locally end-to-end. Hosted frontend exists, backend hosting may be separate depending on deployment.
## Live demo
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## Use on your website (embed)
MOTIF includes an embeddable widget page at **`/embed`**. It generates audio in the user’s browser (no audio files needed).
WARIO SYNTH includes an embeddable widget page at **`/embed`**. It generates audio in the user's browser (no audio files needed).
Example:
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- Tone.js sampled piano
- Soundfont piano
- Custom WebAudio synth preview
- **Motif generation**: role-based synthesis (bass / drone / ostinato / texture / accents) from parsed MIDI structure
- **Wario Synthesis Engine**: role-based synthesis (bass / drone / ostinato / texture / accents) from parsed MIDI structure
## Quick start (local)
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4. Frontend parses MIDI into normalized note events
5. User can:
- **Play original MIDI** (soundfont/sampler playback), or
- **Generate Motif** (procedural Web Audio synthesis derived from structure)
- **Generate with Wario Synthesis Engine** (procedural Web Audio synthesis derived from structure)
## Backend API
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- **More sources**: add/replace flaky scrapers with more reliable sources
- **Better matching**: smarter ranking + metadata validation
- **Motif controls**: “more ominous”, “more dancey”, “more ambient”, etc.
- **Synthesis controls**: "more ominous", "more dancey", "more ambient", etc.
- **Deployment**: host backend and wire frontend to it via env config