How to write anything?

It is self explanatory.

I do not know how to enter notes on Music Jotter. I am trying to 'save' and Idea.

3 minutes ago, TristanTheTristan said:

I do not know how to enter notes on Music Jotter. I am trying to 'save' and Idea

@chopin haha

It saves on every keystroke while you compose, it's like Google Docs; you can just download your midi file. But if basic composition isn't working for you, it could be a browser bug, so if this is the case, I would need more information about your browser. I've tested Music Jotter with Firefox and Chrome, and it should also work with Safari.

Here's another trick...as long as your composition plays back, you know it has been saved, because saving your midi file happens before the playback compiles (behind the scenes).

On 3/22/2026 at 2:20 PM, chopin said:

It saves on every keystroke while you compose, it's like Google Docs; you can just download your midi file. But if basic composition isn't working for you, it could be a browser bug, so if this is the case, I would need more information about your browser. I've tested Music Jotter with Firefox and Chrome, and it should also work with Safari.

Here's another trick...as long as your composition plays back, you know it has been saved, because saving your midi file happens before the playback compiles (behind the scenes).

Umm... I can't even ENTER notes... It just shows a png type of thing and nothing allows me to enter notes...

I was able to load your file on my test computer, it looks like you created a score in 2/2 time, and 8 measures. So if you are unable to add notes, this could be a browser bug (which I can easily fix, but I need more info). Are you on a desktop or mac? And what is your browser? Please keep in mind Music Jotter only is being tested on Windows and Mac, this will not be functional on anything touchscreen (yet).

14 hours ago, chopin said:

I was able to load your file on my test computer, it looks like you created a score in 2/2 time, and 8 measures. So if you are unable to add notes, this could be a browser bug (which I can easily fix, but I need more info). Are you on a desktop or mac? And what is your browser? Please keep in mind Music Jotter only is being tested on Windows and Mac, this will not be functional on anything touchscreen (yet).

Oh, I have a touch screen... 😅.

Thanks!

I was originally thinking about creating this for the iPhone. Music Jotter's first ~5000 lines of code was actually converted over from Swift (the programming language for Mac) to JavaScript. The reason is because I decided to make Music Jotter a fully fledged professional tool. The phone screen is just too small for serious composition tools.

I could look into touch controls later, but that's a low priority. Porting Music Jotter as a standalone application is a bigger priority.