midirandia

midirandia is a random midi generator and player

It creates a random MIDI file, converts it to WAV using a soundfont file, then plays and deletes that wav.

It's basically a funny little noisemaker.

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Video of an early prototype version with an inferior soundfont can be seen here:

Subtools can all be used separately at the command line

generate_midi_randomly.py - generates random midi

convert_midi_to_wav_with_soundfont.py - converts midi, with assistance of a soundfont, to a wav

play_wav_file.py - super-basic wav file player

Other interesting stuff

It does some fun stuff with known musical scales, and at least makes an attempt at a percussion track. Doesn't usually work out though.

Recommended soundfont

Sorry, but you may need to place your soundfont in c:\util2\soundfonts\current-soundfont.fs2 --, though you can change that location in the source.

I highly recommend the FluidR3 GM+GS merged soundfont, which is good for many reasons, including having different velocities of each not sampled. You can downloadt it from this page: https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/1229 or directly from this link: https://archive.org/download/fluidr3-gm-gs/FluidR3_GM_GS.sf2

Installation: Python

Install the appropriate packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Testing

Just run the "RUN-ME-FOR-DEMO!!!!!.bat" over and over ;)

Those wacky BAT files?

I use TCC -- Take Command Command Line. Technically, my .BAT files are .BTM files. They're really for me, but sometimes I include them in my repo since I want them version controlled, too.

License

The Unlicense