meltmymind
My slides are a TUI app now
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
on Sunday July 12, 2026 @07:30PM (#48885943)
https://songformat.com
A text-based song format for generating music. I wanted to be able to create a song entirely using text, so I created a TOML-based format for doing so, and gave it most of the features you would find in a DAW. Since the format can be described in a SKILL file, AI can be used to write a song in this format, which can then be converted to audio.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
on Monday May 11, 2026 @11:24AM (#48096258)
Very cool. I'm working on something similar, for composing songs with both note-playing instruments and drum instruments. The format is TOML-based, and for melody I was inspired by strudel, but I had considered using ABC notation as well. The home page has an example of the format, and some demo songs: https://songformat.com