diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e67c16583afd87138200a3485ab246431ae4a004..b541578dbf35154124ef860878df3557d3f1d7ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-examples/example1
-examples/example2
-examples/example3
-examples/example4
 ttdaw
 
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f77125f474c16f85959d989da814cbe7c2daf96..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-tests:
-	$(CC) -Wall example1.c ../minisdl_audio.c -lm -ldl -lpthread -o example1
-	$(CC) -Wall example2.c ../minisdl_audio.c -lm -ldl -lpthread -o example2
-	$(CC) -Wall example4.c -lasound -lm -o example4
-
diff --git a/examples/example1.c b/experiments/soundfont_basic.c
rename from examples/example1.c
rename to experiments/soundfont_basic.c
diff --git a/examples/example2.c b/experiments/soundfont_from_file.c
rename from examples/example2.c
rename to experiments/soundfont_from_file.c
diff --git a/examples/example4.c b/experiments/alsa_midi_controller.c
rename from examples/example4.c
rename to experiments/alsa_midi_controller.c
index 1dc9ebe4ac56437b34807fb7a210d81b8591a062..3181c298495072a0fa1eb4343a0a5fa9da9217ea 100644
--- a/examples/example4.c
+++ b/experiments/alsa_midi_controller.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ #define MAX_MIDI_PORTS 1
 
 static snd_seq_t *seq_handle;
 static snd_seq_addr_t *ports;
-static int rate = 44100;
 static int stop = 0;
 
 static void sighandler(int sig ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@ }
 
 int main(void) {
 	fprintf(stdout, "Example: Reading MIDI input\n");
-
-	snd_seq_t *seq_handle;
 
 	if (snd_seq_open(&seq_handle, "default", SND_SEQ_OPEN_DUPLEX, 0) < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error opening ALSA sequencer.\n");
diff --git a/experiments/.gitignore b/experiments/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aceb7f8941bf2c31acb10045ca1f2631265f42fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+alsa_midi_controller
+soundfont_basic
+soundfont_from_file
+watch_file_changes
+
diff --git a/experiments/Makefile b/experiments/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad822f567c671ecf7197e3f0a46699e2803c0460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+CC      := cc
+CFLAGS  := -Wall
+LDFLAGS := -lm -ldl -lpthread -lasound
+
+all: \
+	soundfont_basic \
+	soundfont_from_file \
+	alsa_midi_controller \
+	watch_file_changes
+
+soundfont_basic: soundfont_basic.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) soundfont_basic.c ../minisdl_audio.c $(LDFLAGS) -o soundfont_basic
+
+soundfont_from_file: soundfont_from_file.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) soundfont_from_file.c ../minisdl_audio.c $(LDFLAGS) -o soundfont_from_file
+
+alsa_midi_controller: alsa_midi_controller.c
+	 $(CC) $(CFLAGS) alsa_midi_controller.c $(LDFLAGS) -o alsa_midi_controller
+
+watch_file_changes: watch_file_changes.c
+	 $(CC) $(CFLAGS) watch_file_changes.c $(LDFLAGS) -o watch_file_changes
+
diff --git a/experiments/watch_file_changes.c b/experiments/watch_file_changes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..04fd3b2686976f0232c3b539b080331c2f2914f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/watch_file_changes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+	struct stat file_stat;
+	time_t last_mod_time;
+	const char* file = "watch_file_changes.txt";
+
+	stat(file, &file_stat);
+	last_mod_time = file_stat.st_mtime;
+
+	while (1) {
+		sleep(1);
+		stat(file, &file_stat);
+		if (file_stat.st_mtime != last_mod_time) {
+			last_mod_time = file_stat.st_mtime;
+
+			struct tm* time_info = localtime(&last_mod_time);
+			char formatted_time[9];
+			strftime(formatted_time, sizeof(formatted_time), "%H:%M:%S", time_info);
+
+			printf("File %s changed at %s\n", file, formatted_time);
+		}
+	}
+	printf("hi\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/experiments/watch_file_changes.txt b/experiments/watch_file_changes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9de6d55a5322c8d25c590d6a24f4f7646948eacc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/watch_file_changes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+test1
+test2
+