Open Source

Know your studio

Upload your equipment manuals. Chat with Claude about your gear. Build a living document of your entire setup.

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Manuals

MONOLIT 2.0.0 User Manual
MONOLIT_2.0.0.pdf · 45 sections
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Chase Bliss Clean Manual
Clean_Manual.pdf · 28 sections
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QuNexus RED User Manual
QuNexus_RED_Manual.pdf · 32 sections
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Three steps to a documented studio

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Import Manuals

Drop equipment PDFs or paste a docs URL. Claude crawls, extracts, and structures every MIDI CC, spec, and connection detail — even from 80MB manuals.

2

Chat & Create

Ask anything about your gear across multiple chat sessions. Paste images, save cheat sheets from conversations, and get specific technical answers.

3

Build Your Studio

Tell Claude how your gear connects. It reads and edits your studio doc directly — with a navigable table of contents you can browse and print.

Built for musicians who tinker

Every feature designed around the workflow of setting up and understanding studio gear.

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Import from PDFs or the Web

Upload equipment PDFs or paste a docs URL — Claude crawls the site, extracts content, and structures it into searchable sections. Handles large manuals by chunking automatically.

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Multi-Session Chat

Multiple named chat sessions, each with full context. Mention a device and Claude loads that manual. Paste images directly into chat. Type ahead while Claude thinks.

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Living Studio Document

Your studio setup evolves through conversation. Claude reads and edits your studio doc directly — with a navigable table of contents and collapsible sections.

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Cheat Sheets

Quick references for custom MIDI maps, routing scenarios, shortcuts, and troubleshooting. Create them manually or ask Claude to save one from chat. Filter by category and tags.

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Local-First & Private

Runs entirely on your machine. No cloud database, no accounts, no data leaving your computer. Uses your existing Claude subscription.

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Real-Time Progress

Live streaming progress for every import — page-by-page crawl counts, chunk-by-chunk conversion. No more staring at indeterminate spinners.

Your vibe, your theme

Clean
Light, minimal, Linear-esque. For the organized mind.
Warm
Creative, earthy tones. Feels like the studio it documents.
DAW
Dark, dense, at home next to Ableton. For late night sessions.

Get started in 60 seconds

Requires Node.js 18+ and a Claude subscription (Pro, Max, or Team).

1. Install Claude Code CLI
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code && claude
2. Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/lhayhurst/sonolex.git && cd sonolex && npm install
No git? Download the zip instead, unzip, then run cd sonolex-main && npm install
3. Run
npm run dev
Works on macOS and Linux. On Linux, you may need to install Node.js via nvm if your distro ships an older version.