https://github.com/franzbonaparta/soundmaker

🎹 SoundMaker is a small interactive synthesizer developed in Love2D
https://github.com/franzbonaparta/soundmaker

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🎹 SoundMaker is a small interactive synthesizer developed in Love2D

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/franzbonaparta/soundmaker
• Owner: FranzBonaparta
• License: other
• Created: 2025-08-13T23:03:08.000Z (10 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-09-11T22:49:54.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-09-12T01:08:12.932Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: love2d, lua, music-generation
• Language: Lua
• Homepage:
• Size: 23.9 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# 🎹 SoundMaker

Created by **Jojopov**  

[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html)

[![Built with Love2D](https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20with-Love2D-ff69b4)](https://love2d.org/)

2025

**SoundMaker** is a small interactive synthesizer built with Love2D.  

Play on a virtual keyboard, tweak sound parameters, and record/replay your own melodies.  

Now with **WAV export** and **MIDI export (beta)**.

## 📷 Screenshots



  

  

  

  



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## 📦 Latest updates

- 💾 **Export to WAV** — Save your current melody as an uncompressed `.wav` file (shortcut: **W**).

- 🎼 **Export to MIDI (beta)** — Save your melody as a Standard MIDI File `.mid` (shortcut: **M**).  

  _Note:_ uses default program/channel/velocity/tempo for now; a proper instrument/track picker is planned.

- 📜 **Partition viewer overhaul** — Correct scrollbar + clear “visible lines” window for long scores.

- 🧼 **General polish & fixes** — Small UI tweaks and stability improvements during record/playback.

_(Previous)_  

- 📝 **Per-note editing** — Buttons on each note to adjust its duration.  

- 💾 **Save/Load** — Instruments and partitions can be saved and reloaded.

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## ✨ Features

- 🎹 Virtual keyboard (white & black keys, plus a rest key)

- 🎚️ Adjustable note frequencies via sliders

- 🔊 Waveform selection (sine, square, triangle, etc.)

- 📝 Recordable score → replay your melodies and edit each note’s duration

- 🎶 Visual highlighting of played notes

- 💾 Export: **WAV** (stable) & **MIDI** (beta)

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## ⌨️ Key bindings

### 🎹 Piano controls

- **Left Click** — Play a black note  

- **Middle Click** — Play a white note  

- **Right Click** — Play a quaver (short note)

### 📝 Partition controls

- **Tab** — Play the current partition  

- **Backspace** — Remove the last note  

- **Delete** — Clear the entire partition  

- **Right Click** — On a note’s **+ / −** buttons to edit that note’s duration

### 📤 Export

- **W** — Export current melody to **WAV**  

- **M** — Export current melody to **MIDI** _(beta)_

### 🎧 Programmatic sounds (demo)

- **Space**, **A**, **Z**, **E**, **R**, **T**, **Y**, **1**, **2**, **3** — Trigger custom/synth sounds

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## 🛠 Requirements

- Any code editor

- **Windows Vista and later** or **Linux**

- **Love2D** (for development or running the `.love` on Linux)

> 📥 Pre-built Windows zips are available in **Releases**.  

> Linux users can run the project directly with Love2D.

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## 🚀 Run / Install

### Linux (development or run `.love`)

```bash

# Ensure Love2D 11.5 is installed

git clone https://github.com/FranzBonaparta/SoundMaker.git

cd SoundMaker

love .