01 Install the tools

The remote script supports Debian derivatives (including Ubuntu ) and Fedora.

Before running the command, inspect the Bash installer in a new tab. Review what it does before giving it administrator access, then run the command when you are comfortable with its changes.

>_curl -fsSL https://synapseq.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Fedora requires RPM Fusion Free and Nonfree first. View the RPM Fusion configuration instructions.

02 Download a score

Start with the binaural example you heard on the home page. Save the complete score to a folder on your computer.

Download binaural.spsq

03 Turn the score into sound

Open a terminal in the folder where you saved binaural.spsq, then choose how you would like to use it.

Play in real time

Play the sequence with ffplay. It must be installed and available in your terminal.

>_synapseq -play binaural.spsq

Generate an MP3

Create binaural.mp3 with ffmpeg. It must be installed and available in your terminal.

>_synapseq -mp3 binaural.spsq

Render a WAV file

Create binaural.wav in the same folder.

>_synapseq binaural.spsq

Next, explore the syntax and change a copy of the score to make it your own.

SPSQ syntax reference More example scores