# Desktop ↔ Web Comparison: comm-community__02_shufflit

- **Timestamp:** 2026-06-19T06:36:21.798Z
- **Capture window:** 15000 ms

## Code
```ruby
use_debug false
use_random_seed 667

live_loop :travelling do
 use_synth :beep
 notes = scale(:e3, :minor_pentatonic, num_octaves: 1)
 use_random_seed 679
 tick_reset_all
 with_fx :echo, phase: 0.125, mix: 0.4, reps: 16 do
 sleep 0.25
 play notes.choose, attack: 0, release: 0.1, pan: (range -1, 1, step: 0.125).tick, amp: rrand(2, 2.5)
 end
end

live_loop :shuff, auto_cue: false do
 with_fx :hpf, cutoff: 10, reps: 8 do
 tick
 sleep 0.25
 sample :bd_tek, amp: factor?(look, 8) ? 6 : 4
 sleep 0.25
 use_synth :tb303
 play (knit :e2, 24, :c2, 8).look, release: 1.5, cutoff: (range 70, 90).look, amp: 2 if factor?(look, 2)
 sample :sn_dub, rate: -1, sustain: 0, release: (knit 0.05, 3, 0.5, 1).look
 end
end
```

## Stats (Level 3 — observation, not inference)

| Metric | Desktop SP | SonicPi.js (web) | Δ (desk − web) |
|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
| Duration (s) | 16.369 | 14.677 | 1.692 |
| Peak | 1.0000 | 0.9023 | 0.0977 |
| RMS | 0.3556 | 0.2169 | 0.1387 |
| Clipping (%) | 2.38 | 0.00 | 2.38 |
| Sample rate (Hz) | 48000 | 48000 | 0 |
| Channels | 2 | 2 | — |

## Verdict
### ✅ EVENT-MATCH — per-synthdef `/s_new` onset-sequence + note parity STRUCTURE-MATCHES desktop : the engine emitted the right notes at the right times. The audio Tier-1 said _"PITCH DIVERGENCE at note 1 (desktop 40 vs web 57)"_, but that measures stage-7+ scsynth DSP (WASM-vs-native rendering / pitch-tracker noise), not the engine. Authoritative cross-engine check passes. · ⚠ Tier-0 SOFT: level/count aggregates unreliable (Tier 1 pitch unaffected)

### Tier 0 — Validity gates
- ✓ 0.1 Sample rate consistent (48000 Hz)
- ⚠ 0.2 Capture-window misaligned (Δ 1.69s > 0.5s) — note-count / level aggregates unreliable **(SOFT — Tier 3 + 1.3 unreliable; Tier 1 pitch still valid)**
- ◦ 0.3 equal preconditions / 0.4 lossless capture / 0.5 routing sanity — not auto-checked; ensure SP.app reset + raw-float32 + FX-bus wired 

### Tier 1 — Musical correctness (THE verdict — energy/MFCC may never override)
- **1.1 Note progression:** ✗ PITCH DIVERGENCE at note 1 (desktop 40 vs web 57)
 - method: desktop `onset` (conf 1) · web `onset` (conf 1)
 - desktop: `62,40`
 - web   : `62,57`
- **1.2 Tempo (inter-onset):** ✗ desktop 9.760s · web 13.250s/note
- **1.3 Onset count:** desktop 2 · web 2 (Δ explained by Tier-0 window misalignment)
- ◦ 1.4 note duration / 1.5 polyphony / 1.6 determinism — not auto-tracked here (unit tests cover determinism; see /)

### Tier 1.0 — Event parity (`/s_new` onset-sequence vs desktop — authoritative tiebreaker)
- **Structure (synthdef multiset):** STRUCTURE-MATCH — desktop 144 voice `/s_new`, web 142
- **Onset sequence (ε=15ms, prefix-compared, + per-tick NOTE multiset):** ✓ MATCH
 - ✓ `basic_stereo_player` — 63 onsets within ε (max Δ 0ms), notes match
 - ✓ `beep` — 63 onsets within ε (max Δ 0ms), notes match
 - ✓ `tb303` — 16 onsets within ε (max Δ 0ms), notes match
- ✅ **EVENT-MATCH:** structure + onset sequences both match — the engine's deterministic output (stages 1-6, terminating at the OSC emission) is correct. The audio Tier-1 divergence is stage-7+ scsynth rendering or tracker noise, not an engine bug (; #453/#379/#378 class).

### Tier 3 — Level / gain (reported; NOT a musical-correctness blocker — known ~0.5× web gain-staging)
> ⚠ Tier-0 SOFT failed — these ratios span misaligned windows; treat as indicative only.
- 3.1 RMS ratio web/desktop = 0.61× (within 0.5–2× band)
- 3.2 Peak ratio web/desktop = 0.90×
- 3.3 Clipping: desktop 2.38% · web 0% ⚠

### Tier 2 — Spectral / timbral (supporting only) · Tier 4 — FX/routing · Tier 5 — lifecycle
- Tier 2: see **Spectrogram comparison** section below (MFCC carries its mandatory caveat there).
- Tier 4 (FX accumulation/suppression 200ms scan, per-FX-scope energy): **not analysed** by this tool — use the FX-sweep / boundary-scan tools when FX is in scope.
- Tier 5 (Run/Stop/hot-swap, cold-start, long-run drift): **not analysed** — single capture; use `tools/test-run-stop-cycle.ts` for lifecycle.

## Source WAVs
- **Desktop:** /Users/mrityunjaybhardwaj/Documents/projects/sonicPiWeb/.captures/desktop-recordings/desktop_2026-06-19T06-35-36-235Z_comm-community__02_shufflit.wav
- **Web:** /Users/mrityunjaybhardwaj/Documents/projects/sonicPiWeb/.captures/2026-06-19T06-35-37-405Z_inline_audio.wav

## Spectrogram comparison
![spectrogram comparison](/Users/mrityunjaybhardwaj/Documents/projects/sonicPiWeb/.captures/compare_2026-06-19T06-35-59-196Z_comm-community__02_shufflit_spectrogram.png)

| Metric | Value | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| L2 distance (mel-dB) | 13.12 | < 10 = very close · 10–25 = similar shape · > 25 = divergent |
| MFCC distance (timbre) | 133.10 | < 30 = similar · 30–80 = noticeably different · > 80 = unrelated |
| ↳ MFCC caveat | — | **Tier-2 supporting only.** Confounded by the known ~0.5× web gain ratio + desktop reverb-tail length; **never overrides Tier 1** . A high MFCC with a Tier-1 PITCH-MATCH means timbre/gain, not wrong notes. |
| Frames compared | 1377 | overlapping window after length-aligning |
| Peak freq desktop | 82.0 Hz | dominant frequency |
| Peak freq web | 82.5 Hz | dominant frequency |
⚠ MFCC distance 133.10 is high — **check Tier 1 first**: if pitch-track matched, this is timbre/gain (the known 0.5× + reverb tail), NOT wrong notes. Only treat as "different synth/sample chain" when Tier 1 also diverges.

## Tool stdout (debug)
### Desktop
```
▶ Desktop capture (15000ms): comm-community__02_shufflit
✓ Report: /Users/mrityunjaybhardwaj/Documents/projects/sonicPiWeb/.captures/desktop_2026-06-19T06-35-36-235Z_comm-community__02_shufflit.md
✓ WAV: /Users/mrityunjaybhardwaj/Documents/projects/sonicPiWeb/.captures/desktop-recordings/desktop_2026-06-19T06-35-36-235Z_comm-community__02_shufflit.wav
 16.37s · peak 1 · RMS 0.3556 · clip 2.38%
```
### Web
```
Launching Chromium (headed, audio capture)...
 Running: inline (15000ms)...

Capture saved: /Users/mrityunjaybhardwaj/Documents/projects/sonicPiWeb/.captures/inline.md
No errors detected.
```