Using Python to generate MIDI files (Mac)

[François Pinard]

[gbreed at cix.compulink.co.uk]

> > MIDI (though in general total crap for some musical application (like
> > anything not equal-tempered, which pretty much kills anything i am
> > doing)

One of the synthesisers I have allow the setting of an overall unequal
temperament over the 12 notes (with a resolution of 5 cents if I remember
correctly, which is a bit gross for some temperaments), and I presume
many synthesisers would do something similar.  Once a temperament pushed
in the synthesiser, you can use MIDI nevertheless, to experiment a bit...

> > (ironic isn't it?  MIDI was made for music! [...]

This is pretty debatable.  It depends on how you choose to define "music":
either as the expression of an intent, or the expression of a rendering.
MIDI has virtues on both sides, but is also (severely) lacking on both.

> Now you have a basic library, perhaps I could assist you on improving it.
> Contact me privately if this is getting to specialist.

Count me in! :-) I would also like to have nicer MIDI support from Python.

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard