Write licks fast in any browser. Export parsable files*. No accounts, no setup, no limits.
Open ComposerCapture Steps: string + fret. Add rhythm. Stack phrases and chords. Done.
Write → Export → .qtab → Python → .mid → Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
QTab adapts the immediacy of hand-drawn shorthand into a digital system for composing and archiving musical phrases.
QTab Composer runs on Phone, Tablet, Desktop. Offline. No internet needed.
Drag MIDI files to Reaper, GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton...
Import and edit .json files in QTab Composer. Parse .qtab files with Python & quicktab_parser.py
Works on phone too!
* .json and .qtab files are ready-to-parse into .mid (MIDI) or standard TAB using Python.
QuickTab (QTab) represents the latest phase in a lifelong exploration of modularity — from visual and structural experiments in book design and typography to sonic and time-based systems.
Conceived as a modular notation language, QuickTab extends the idea of reading and composing beyond the page. It offers a framework where sound, motion, and visual form can coexist and inform one another.
Its beautifully simple syntax invites both precision and play, enabling applications from musical composition to generative graphics and kinetic environments. By translating modular thinking into the sonic domain, QuickTab continues an inquiry into fluid systems of representation — shifting seamlessly between art, design, and technology.