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    A pattern language for music — available as a Node module, as VST3 plugins
    or Max for Live devices, and as standalone browser tools.
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  <p class="home-hero__sub">If JavaScript is your thing:</p>
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    <pre
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    ><code>npm install scribbletune</code></pre>
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          <h3 class="pillar-card__title">Node Module &amp; Browser</h3>
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            Generate MIDI files with JavaScript using the core
            <code>scribbletune</code> npm package. Use the same API in the
            browser — paired with Tone.js — to play patterns live.
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            <pre class="prettyprint"><code>const clip = scribble.clip({
  notes: scribble.scale('C4 major'),
  pattern: 'x-x-xx-x',
});
scribble.midi(clip, 'melody.mid');</code></pre>
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          <h3 class="pillar-card__title">DAW Plugins</h3>
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            Bring Scribbletune's pattern language directly into your DAW.
            Available as VST3/AU/CLAP plugins for Mac and Windows,
            Max for Live devices, and Bitwig controller scripts.
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          <ul class="pillar-card__list">
            <li>Growl v0.5.0 — bass synthesizer <span style="color:#888; font-size:0.85em;">Sep 2026</span></li>
            <li>Thud v0.5.0 — kick synthesizer <span style="color:#888; font-size:0.85em;">Aug 2026</span></li>
            <li>Drummer — 260+ genre drum patterns <span style="color:#888; font-size:0.85em;">Jul 2026</span></li>
            <li>Riff v0.9.1 — melodic pattern generation <span style="color:#888; font-size:0.85em;">Apr 2026</span></li>
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          <h3 class="pillar-card__title">Web Apps &amp; Tools</h3>
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            Browser-based tools built on Scribbletune's concepts. Sketch
            Eurorack and VCV Rack patch diagrams with the Patch Notation Tool,
            or build your own music apps using the browser API.
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            <li>Patch Notation Tool — SVG patch diagrams</li>
            <li>
              <a href="https://johann.scribbletune.com/">Johann</a> — Guitar
              fretboard &amp; keyboard scale charts
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            <li>
              <a href="http://live.scribbletune.com/">live.scribbletune.com</a>
              — session interface
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      Chords generated with the arp API, imported into Ableton Live:
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