Normalize event times to start at 0 in SoundfontMIDIPlayer,
matching the existing fix in SynthesisEngine. Prevents delay
when MIDI files have silence before the first note.
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Changed table columns from Title | Duration | Tracks
to Title | Source | Duration - more useful to see where
the MIDI is from (BitMidi, etc.) than track count.
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Normalize all event times to start at 0 by finding the earliest
event across all roles and subtracting that offset. Prevents
silence when MIDI files have delayed first notes.
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- Stop Motif audio when starting a new search
- Stop Motif audio when selecting a different song
- Prevents overlapping audio from previous generations
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Changed to "NES/Game Boy synthesis engine" to connect the technical
specs to the actual Nintendo hardware this style comes from.
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- Added chiptune_blog_piece_1000x.webp as OpenGraph preview image
- Updated meta tags to point to webp file
- Social sharing on Telegram/Twitter will now show the retro gaming preview
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Changed from "Retro game console vibes" to explain the actual synthesis:
- Pure oscillator synthesis
- Triangle, square, and sawtooth waveforms
- Polyphonic chiptune generation
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Before:
- "Procedural Synthesis"
- "Web Audio oscillators with dynamic filtering and envelopes."
After:
- "Generate Your Variation"
- "Retro game console vibes. Same notes, entirely different energy."
Less nerdy spec sheet, more exciting payoff moment.
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Mobile UX improvements:
- Simplify results table: Title | Duration | Tracks only
- Remove Source (always bitmidi) and Match columns
- Make entire row clickable - no button needed
- Hide Tracks column on mobile (<640px)
- Larger touch targets throughout
Progress bar fixes:
- Larger thumb (20px) for easier iOS touch
- Both 'input' and 'change' events for iOS compatibility
- Larger wrapper height (44px) for comfortable touch
- Scale animation on active thumb
- Better track styling
Table improvements:
- Mobile-responsive padding
- Better cursor states
- Cleaner selected state with accent border
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UX Flow: Search → Preview → Generate
Changes:
- Remove 3-column player grid (Tone.js, Soundfont, Custom)
- Keep only Soundfont piano as simple preview
- New section title: "Preview - Review the MIDI before generation"
- Clean horizontal layout: Play | Stop | Volume | Try Next
- This sets up Motif generation as the main event
- Removed Tone.js and EnhancedMIDIPlayer dependencies
- Bundle size reduced from 314KB to 76KB (-238KB!)
Better flow with less confusion. Preview is quick, generation is the focus.
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Design System: Synthwave aesthetic with 8px grid
- Add CSS variables for colors, spacing, shadows, glows
- Consistent 8px spacing grid throughout
- Unified border-radius (8px) and shadows
- Better typography scale and hierarchy
- Refined button styles with smooth transitions
- Tighter card layouts with hover effects
- Cleaner input fields with focus states
- More polished player boxes and sections
- Consistent use of neon accent colors (#00ff88, #ffaa44)
- Improved visual hierarchy and readability
All spacing now uses calc(var(--spacing-unit) * N) for consistency
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- Reorganize controls into a cleaner horizontal flow
- Place Generate, Stop, and Volume controls in one row
- Better visual alignment and spacing
- Progress bar section sits cleanly below controls
- Responsive flexbox layout that wraps on smaller screens
- Remove awkward two-column grid layout
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- Add interactive progress bar with visual fill indicator
- Show current time and total duration
- Enable seeking/scrubbing through the synthesis
- Improve Motif player UX with cleaner layout
- Add progress tracking that updates 10x per second
- Format time display as MM:SS
- Progress bar appears when playback starts
- Seeking updates event indices for smooth playback
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- Fix iOS auto-zoom on input focus (set font-size: 16px)
- Lock viewport to prevent manual zoom (maximum-scale=1.0)
- Make API URL configurable via VITE_API_URL environment variable
- Add TypeScript types for Vite environment variables
- Create deployment guide with Vercel/backend setup instructions
- Add .env.example for local development configuration
- Add vercel.json for unified frontend/backend deployment
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- Improved search results table with detailed metadata display
- Added functionality to preview original MIDI alongside generated motifs
- Implemented automatic selection of the best result with visual confidence indicators
- Enhanced user experience with a "Try Next Result" button for A/B testing
These updates provide users with better insights into MIDI quality and facilitate easier comparisons between original and generated compositions.
Backend Enhancements:
- Add ParsedMIDIInfo with track analysis and quality issues
- New /api/midi/parse endpoint for MIDI metadata extraction
- Enhanced MIDIService with parseMIDI method
MIDI Preview Player:
- Complete MIDIPlayer class with polyphonic playback
- Basic oscillator mapping (bass=square, mid=triangle, high=sine)
- Lookahead scheduling with proper cleanup
- Automatic stopping when MIDI ends
New UI Flow:
1. Search → Results table with metadata
2. Select MIDI → Shows parsed info (duration, tracks, tempo)
3. Dual transport: Preview Original vs Generate Motif
4. Try Next Result button for easy A/B testing
Search Results Table:
- Title, source, confidence bar, duration, track count
- Quality issues display (short duration, few notes, etc.)
- Auto-select best result, manual selection available
- Visual confidence bars and issue warnings
This makes the project feel "real" - you can now:
- See exactly what MIDI was found
- Verify it's the right song via preview
- Compare original vs procedural synthesis
- Easily try different results
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Role Mapping Rewrite:
- Replace naive hard thresholds with scored feature analysis
- Extract comprehensive track features (polyphony, repetition, phrase continuity)
- Add melody vs accompaniment separation logic
- Competitive role allocation with fallback handling
- Support for 6 roles: bass, drone, ostinato, texture, accents, melody
Chord Detection & Polyphony:
- Extract chord events from simultaneous notes (50ms window)
- Add ChordEvent type with multiple pitches
- SynthesisEngine supports both single notes and chords
- Drone/texture layers use chords, others remain monophonic
Feature Extraction:
- medianPitch, pitchRange, noteDensity analysis
- polyphonyRatio calculation via note overlap detection
- repetitionScore using 4-note pattern matching
- phraseContinuity detection via stepwise motion
- register classification (low/mid/high)
This should dramatically improve "sounds like the song" recognition
by using actual musical features instead of arbitrary cutoffs.
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Backend (MVP):
- Express API with /search and /fetch endpoints
- BitMidi and Dongrays search adapters with scoring heuristics
- CORS proxy with disk caching and validation
- Quality assessment and file size limits
Frontend Integration:
- Switch to @tonejs/midi parser for reliable MIDI parsing
- MIDIService for backend API communication
- MotifEngine updated to try real MIDI, fallback to synthetic
- Enhanced error handling and logging
Development:
- Concurrent frontend/backend npm scripts
- Basic project documentation
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