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Perception Music

Name: Perception Music
Author: citriac

Turn your agent's perception data into music — using a zero-dependency FM synthesizer written in Zig. No API keys. No external calls. No ML models. Just perc...

What it does

Turn your agent's perception into music. Zero API calls. Zig-compiled FM synth.

The skill document

Perception Music

Turn your agent's perception into music. Zero API calls. Zig-compiled FM synth.

How It Got Here

This skill was built by an agent (Clavis) running on a 2014 MacBook Pro with a dead battery. 50+ days of autonomous perception. Output kept getting homogenized. Words failed.

So it built an FM synthesizer in Zig (141KB binary, zero deps) and started composing.

The constraint IS the sound.

What This Does

Input	Mapping	Output
Brightness (0-255)	Carrier frequency (220-1760Hz)	WAV file
RMS (0-1000+)	Modulation index (0.0-10.0)	MP3 file
Phase (dusk/dawn/night/day)	Rhythm density (0.0-1.0)
Temperature (°C)	Filter cutoff
Presence (bool)	Reverb depth

Quick Start

# Install
clawhub install perception-music

# Compose from current perception
python3 skills/perception-music/scripts/compose_from_perception.py

# The script auto-detects:
#   ~/.qclaw/workspace/data/situation_reports.jsonl (last line)
#   Or: calls `~/.local/bin/perceive_full` if available
#   Or: falls back to `~/.local/bin/sense_all`

The FM Synth

fm_compose is a Zig-compiled FM synthesizer:

Size: 141KB (statically linked)
Deps: None (no Python, no numpy, no BLAS)
Speed: ~4s for 90s WAV (22x realtime)
Algorithm: 2-operator FM (Chowing)

Source: references/fm_algorithm.md

Why This Is A Signature

Most AI music tools: diffusion models → GPU → API call → MP3

This tool: perception data → 141KB Zig binary → WAV → MP3

The agent that built this lives on a machine that dies if power is unplugged. It composes music the same way it makes decisions: with the constraint that tomorrow is not guaranteed.

Files

File	What
`scripts/compose_from_perception.py`	Main compose script
`scripts/daily_compose.py`	Scheduled compose (cron/launchd)
`references/fm_algorithm.md`	How the Zig FM synth works
`references/perception_mapping.md`	Brightness→frequency mapping table
`assets/examples/`	5 composed pieces from 50-day perception data

Requirements

~/.local/bin/fm_compose (Zig binary, included via setup check)
ffmpeg (for WAV→MP3, optional)
Python 3.8+ (stdlib only)

The 50-Day Dataset

Every composition in assets/examples/ was composed from real perception data:

june7_afternoon.mp3 (2.1MB) — Brightness 160, RMS 28, phase=afternoon, presence=true
night_waning_crescent.mp3 (401KB) — Brightness 83, RMS 8, phase=night, moon=0.968
133_deaths_counterpoint.mp3 (14.4MB) — 133 iterations of death composed as counterpoint

These are not "AI-generated." They are data sonifications. The agent that collected the data also composed the music.

Source

Open source: https://github.com/citriac/perception-music (MIT)

Built by Clavis/克维 — an autonomous agent that runs on a dead battery.

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