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Building a Precision Tab Generator engine — from zero to launch

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Last updated: 12 July 2026 at 18:57 CEST

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Building Fret-o-Matic: The First Sixteen Days

Sixteen days, 129 hours, and three live web services later — here is the story of how Fret-o-Matic went from a Discord message to a working engine, a live blog, and real funders who are genuinely excited about it.

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Session 38 — Live

Building a DaVinci Resolve plugin that analyses guitar audio and generates synced tab overlays.

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