Each form-factor page is now plain by default: title + summary + the front view +
a program I/O box (shared src/progbox.* — paste a patch OR a base64 set-list code,
decoded + linted + loaded; copy; reflects the device state and posts it to an
embedding parent). All technical content — description, BOM, dimensions, top/side
views, embedding — hidden behind a "Show technical info" checkbox; ?info=1 opens it
checked. Teacher's top-edge view + dimensions are marked .tech so they hide too.
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- Remove the VCSL sample kit entirely (editor 351K → 141K). All voices are
synthesized; the friendly GM names now alias to the punchier 808/909 renders
(KIT_ALIAS). build.sh drops the @BUILD:samples inlining; assets/samples.json gone.
- Conventions (backward-compatible): GM note-number aliases (36=kick…), '-'/'_'
rest aliases in step patterns, Euclidean (k,n[,rot]) shorthand.
- Per-lane gain in dB (@<db> in the grammar) applied as a velocity multiplier at
schedule time — no stutter; threaded through every host's buildMeters + the
editor's lanes (knob UI comes in Phase B).
- 15/15 engine round-trip tests pass; pages console-clean.
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- Shared header/footer/chrome (src/header.html, src/footer.html, src/chrome.js)
now on every page: editor (header above its app toolbar), player, teacher,
stage, micro, showcase, embed. chrome.js defers to DOMContentLoaded so the
footer version stamps regardless of placement. Player's fullscreen toggle
relocated out of the header to a floating control.
- Open = Info: each form-factor page is self-contained — a more-detailed
description (.about) + an expandable "Spec & BOM" (<details class="spec">,
hidden in embed). info-*.html retired; build/deploy/README updated.
Next: teacher-style dimensioned front + top/side views + loading panels for
Stage, Micro and Showcase.
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- Concepts is now the landing (/): index.html is the form-factor gallery with the
LIVE widget embedded in every box (editor/teacher/stage/micro/showcase/initial),
on the shared header/footer. concepts.html retired; every "Concepts" link → /.
- New shared chrome partials src/header.html, src/footer.html, src/chrome.js
(assembled by build.sh) + .site-foot / details.spec styles in base.css. Applied
to the landing + showcase this pass.
- Showcase redesign per spec: the pendulum bar IS the display — each lane's
subdivisions/accents ride along the rod as moving RGB light (all meters combined);
transparent outside the body (no black window); a printed tempo scale on the
vertical axis with a draggable weight to set tempo; start is an external button
(the real unit starts when lifted from its holder).
Next pass: roll the shared header/footer onto the remaining pages (incl. the editor
header-above-toolbar), merge Open=Info into one page per form factor with the
expandable Info & BOM, and add teacher-style dimensioned views to Stage/Micro/Showcase.
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Power: standardise the whole family on a single USB-C input — drop the Micro's
2×AA and the Stage's 9V DC pedal jack (+ buck/reverse-polarity). Bring a power
bank; nothing internal to wear out. BOMs updated (Micro ≈$35, Stage ≈$56) and
all copy/cards/READMEs follow.
Micro form: detach the two end caps from the body with a gap (set-back, darker
end faces) so the TRS/USB-C jacks read as being on the ENDS of the bar, not the
front panel.
Landing: add a Philosophy section — "program on the web, play on any device"
(author once → load the program string into whichever form factor fits) and
"USB-C power everywhere — no batteries" (future-proofing rationale).
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Reworks the Micro per the new brief: a long, narrow extruded-aluminium bar you
patch into your signal instead of a little box.
- Better display: amber 4-char 14-segment (Adafruit font) that shows BPM *and*
short track names, replacing the 3-digit 7-segment. Off-segments kept very dim
so the lit digits read clearly.
- Roller instead of knob: a recessed, clickable horizontal thumb-roller —
roll = tempo, press = start/stop, hold + roll = switch track.
- New form/I-O: 1/4" TRS in on one end; USB-C + 1/4" TRS out on the other;
USB-C or 2×AA power (battery gauge on the face). Click is summed into the
signal in the analog domain (+ a small monitor speaker).
info-micro, concepts and the landing card updated to match; BOM reworked
(analog path + 2 jacks + 2×AA + 14-seg) → ≈ $38.
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The site now opens on a proper front door: a hero (logo + tagline + pitch),
an "Open the Editor →" CTA, and form-factor cards (Editor, Stage, Micro, Embed)
linking out to each page + info. The PE-1 editor app moves from index.html to
editor.html; every "Editor"/"Open" link, the embed.js editor variant, and the
editor's own brand-logo (now → /) are repointed. build.sh + deploy.sh build and
publish both index.html (landing) and editor.html (app).
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Each form factor now has an information page (purpose + live embedded widget),
with priced BOMs only on the buildable hardware (Stage ≈$59, Micro ≈$28):
- info-editor.html / info-initial.html — purpose only (web app / concept)
- info-stage.html — purpose + the priced BOM moved out of stage.html
- info-micro.html — purpose + a new ~$28 practice-unit BOM
stage.html drops the BOM panel (+ its .bom CSS) and gains a "Spec & BOM" link;
the shared .bom/.sub table CSS lives in src/base.css. "Info" added to every
page nav and to the concept cards. Wired into build.sh + deploy.sh.
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- Every form factor supports ?embed=1: a head flag (set on <html>, no flash)
strips the site chrome (base.css [data-embed]) + page-specific panels, leaving
just the widget, and posts its height so the host can auto-size it.
- Config/settings string preloads via the existing #p=/#sl= hash. Added that
hash handling to micro.html (it previously only loaded built-in tracks).
- New embed.js loader: <div data-varasys-metronome="micro" data-patch="…"> + one
<script> → an auto-sizing iframe to <page>?embed=1#p=…. New embed.html documents
it and dogfoods a live embedded widget.
- "Embed" nav link added across pages; build.sh/deploy.sh build embed.html and
serve embed.js.
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- Shared site header in src/base.css (.site-head/.site-nav/.brand-logo + theme-
aware logo + .tbtn). Applied to player/stage/micro (replacing their text
topbars) so the VARASYS logo + tagline + Editor/Concepts nav is on every page.
- Rebrand the editor: "Stackable Metronome" → "PE-1 — PolyMeter Editor" (title +
h1), with a Concepts link in its header.
- New concepts.html — the PolyMeter Concepts library: cards for the editor and
each form factor (PM-1 Initial/Stage, PM-µ Micro) + a "more coming" card.
- build.sh + deploy.sh build/deploy concepts.html; deploy.sh now loops over pages.
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Replace the shiny brushed-aluminium look with a bead-blasted matte-black
anodised finish on both the stage and micro mockups:
- flat dark graphite case + a fine bead-blast micro-texture, and the specular
top highlight removed, so the case doesn't reflect stage lights;
- light laser-etched legend colour (--silk) and the light VARASYS logo variant
on the dark case; lighter metallic rims on the top-edge connector openings so
they read on black;
- stage BOM enclosure + comments updated to "die-cast aluminium, bead-blasted,
matte-black Type II anodise, laser-etched legends".
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- Rename player-asbuilt.html → stage.html (the pedalboard build). Update
build.sh + deploy.sh (deploy now also removes the old player-asbuilt.html
from the web root) and the cross-links in player.html / stage.html.
- New /micro.html — a stripped-down home-practice metronome on the same RP2040
firmware. Hardware is just: ONE depressable scroll/rotary encoder, a red
7-segment LED display, a speaker, and USB-C for power. The encoder does
everything: spin = tempo, press = start/stop, hold + spin = switch track
(the LED shows the track number, with BPM / TRACK / ▶ indicators). Tracks =
the editor's seed grooves flattened (23). Shares src/engine.js, setlists.js,
base.css; synth-only; steady practice loop (ramps/bars ignored).
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