MusEDLab · Work in progress
Listen closely.
Make something.
Return with new ears.
Try ideas taking shape in the lab: tuning by ear, mapping what you hear, building musical loops and reflecting on a performance.
These are working experiments and public previews. Choose a practice below, and save or export work you want to keep.
Start with listeningNotice a change. Test a judgment. Listen again.
Develop tuning by ear with a pure-fifth drone, an adjustable synthetic tone and optional beating support.
Tolerance is adjustable below two cents. Record locally, or try live instrument pitch estimates with optional visual feedback, phrase timing and history. Live tracking is experimental; use headphones with the reference.
Mark changes in a recording, annotate moments and passages, and revisit saved listenings in a notebook.
Use your own audio or the optional demo. Export your notebook to keep a portable copy.
Move individual sound sources to explore a spatial mix, then capture, save and replay movement takes in the Movement Notebook.
Developed from Yiting Liu’s prototype. Explore the project and collaborators →
Listen to a song section by section and place the instruments or sounds you hear from left to right and near to far. Add drawings and notes, then compare your maps.
Maps show your listening interpretation. Moving a label does not change the recording. Your audio stays on your device; export maps to keep a portable copy.
Shape musical material through movement, drawing and play.
Paint repeating musical layers. Fit, expand, save and reopen a loop as you explore how the parts work together.
Try locally generated AI rhythm variations and compare what changes.
The first use of AI downloads about 18 MB, according to the workshop release notes.
Play from your computer keyboard, explore harmony and keep musical phrases in a notebook.
This is the workshop preview; the established aQWERTYon project remains in the main Projects directory.
Build rhythms with circular patterns, keep versions in your Pizza Notebook and return to earlier ideas.
Download a notebook backup to keep a portable copy. Shared notebook links allow anyone with the link to view and edit.
Keep a trace of a performance, then decide what to notice.
Bring lyrics, timing and drawings together around your audio.
Record, listen back and comment on selected phrases.
Recording requires your deliberate microphone permission. Save recordings you want to keep.
Add detailed notes and lyrics, and compare takes while reflecting on your singing.
Play along with a piano performance and keep phrases in the Melody Notebook.
The established project and its context remain in the main Projects directory.
Workshop ideas to try, compare and help shape. Browser and tablet support are still being tested.
Play a scale-based instrument from your keyboard or on-screen keys, then record and revisit short musical takes.
Write a musical phrase, compare locally generated continuation suggestions, and edit or save a version.
Listen to an eight-card musical excerpt, rearrange its graphic-score cards, and compare the resulting sequences.
Tablet interaction still needs testing; try this prototype on a laptop.
Compare the same melody with three prepared accompaniments and listen for changes in musical character.
The practice behind the tools
How can technology support musical judgment developed through practice? Rengongfu connects these experiments with research on AI, learning and human skill.
Explore the approach, or use the English / 中文 workshop hub to move between the current previews.
Start audio softly. Browser, microphone and touch support vary by tool. Check each tool’s own controls and notes; physical tablet and Safari testing is ongoing.
Many previews keep work in the browser where you made it. Use their export or save controls before switching devices or clearing browser data.
For sound in space, visit Spatial Music Lab and its place in Immersive Music & Media Experiments.
Public entry links checked 19 October 2026. Preview features may change.
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