MIT music DSL

Synth8

A tiny pattern language for TypeScript games, browser experiments and retro-flavoured soundtracks.

Open Playground View GitHub 
song(
  melody("c4+e4+g4 f4+a4+c5")
    .arp("updown")
    .preset("chip-lead")
    .delay(0.12)
    .echo(0.25),

  beat("kick _ snare _")
    .bank("arcade")
    .loop()
)

Why?

Music patterns for games

Pattern based

Write beats, melodies, chords, arpeggios and song structures as compact text patterns.

Game ready

Use streamed, prerendered or live playback modes depending on your project needs.

Sound shaping

Layer presets, banks, gain, pan, envelopes and effects without polluting musical events.

MIT licensed

Designed to be usable in free, commercial and ad-supported games.

Playground

Learn, edit and experiment

The Synth8 playground includes editable examples, tutorials and experimental labs. Write a pattern, change the BPM and hear the result directly in the browser.

Open Playground View Source 
> open playground
> load tutorial
> tweak pattern
> press play █

Packages

Use it from npm

Synth8 is split into a core parser/compiler package, a player package and optional tools such as MIDI import.

npm core npm player npm MIDI 
pnpm add @vibuca/synth8-core
pnpm add @vibuca/synth8-player