Python in Free Music Software

Sun Oct 31 16:37:50 EST 2004

Why not post this list on the main Python Wiki? It seems something
nice to have there...

On 31 Oct 2004 08:27:56 -0800, Alia Khouri <alia_khouri at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just realized how badly worded the subject line of the prior posting
> was on this topic... ;-)
> 
> Anyways,
> 
> Here's an update to the list (which is not comprehensive at this
> stage), but which includes items that haven't been mentioned in Pypi
> or in Parnassus:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here are the results (in no particular order) of an informal survey of
> > open-source / free music applications which use python in some form or
> > the other. If you know of any other other examples please add them to
> > the list.
> >
> > Enjoy (-;
> >
> > AK
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Survey of use of Python Language in Open-source / Free Music Software
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > pymps
> > http://www.anti-particle.com/pymps.shtml
> > Pymps is the PYthon Music Playing System - a web based mp3/ogg
> > jukebox. It's written in Python and utilises the PostgreSQL database.
> >
> > m3ute2
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/m3ute2/
> > m3ute2 is program for copying, moving, and otherwise organizing M3U
> > playlists and directories. m3ute2 can also generate detailed reports
> > about lists of files.
> >
> > fmod
> > http://www.fmod.org/
> > FMOD is the fastest, most powerful and easiest to use sound system on
> > Windows, Linux, and Windows CE there is,   and now Macintosh,
> > GameCube, PS2 & XBox!. FMOD supports 3d sound, midi, mods, mp3, ogg
> > vorbis, wma, aiff, recording, obstruction/occlusion, cd playback
> > (analog or digital), cd ripping, mmx, internet streaming, dsp effects,
> > spectrum analysis, user created samples and streams, synchronization
> > support, ASIO, EAX 2&3, C/C++/VB/Delphi and more.
> >
> > pysonic
> > http://pysonic.sourceforge.net/
> > pySonic is a Python wrapper around the high performance, cross
> > platform FMOD sound library. You get all the benefits of the FMOD
> > library, but in a Pythonic, object oriented package.
> >
> > PMIDI
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/uncassist
> > The PMIDI library allows the generation of short MIDI sequences in
> > Python code.The interface allows a programmer to specify songs,
> > instruments, measures, and notes. Playback is handled by the Windows
> > MIDI stream API so proper playback timing is handled by the OS rather
> > than by client code. The library is especially useful for generating
> > earcons.
> >
> > PythonMIDI
> > http://www.mxm.dk/products/public/pythonmidi
> > The Python Midi package is a collection of classes handling Midi in
> > and output in the Python programming language.
> >
> > PythonSound
> > http://pythonsound.sourceforge.net/
> > The Python Sound Project aims to develop a productive community around
> > Python, Csound and other synthesis engines as tools for algorithmic
> > and computer assisted composition of electroacoustic music.
> >
> > AthenaCL
> > http://www.flexatone.net/athena.html
> > AthenaCL is an open-source, cross-platform, command-line program that
> > functions as both a pitch (class) set theory utility (capable of both
> > set and voice-leading modeling and analysis) as well as an
> > object-orientated, Python-scriptable algorithmic front-end to Csound.
> > Combining these features allows rapid and flexible scoring of Csound
> > instruments with the elegance of Python-written texture algorithms.
> > These simple algorithms allow the organization of pitch-materials by
> > ordered content-groups, employing 12-tone set-class and pitch-class
> > notations. Rather than writing its own music, AthenaCL is a
> > compositional assistant: the algorithms create complex textural
> > surfaces, leaving the limitless mixture and placement of these
> > textures and their attributes entirely in the hands of the composer.
> >
> > PyJack
> > http://www.a2hd.com/software/
> > This is a Python C extension module which provides an interface to the
> > Jack Audio Server. It is possible to access the Jack graph to perform
> > port connections/disconnections, monitor graph change events, and to
> > perform realtime audio capture and playback using Numeric Python
> > arrays. This is released under the GPL.
> >
> > Csound / CsoundVST
> > http://www.csounds.com/
> > Csound is a programming language designed and optimized for sound
> > rendering and signal processing. The language consists of over 450
> > opcodes - the operational codes that the sound designer uses to build
> > "instruments" or patches. Although there are an increasing number of
> > graphical "front-ends" for the language, you typically design and
> > modify your patches using a word processor. Usually, you create two
> > text files - a .orc (orchestra) file containing the "instruments," and
> > a .sco (score) file containing the "notes." In Csound, the complexity
> > of your patches is limited by your knowledge, interest, and need, but
> > never by the language itself. For instance, a 22,050 oscillator
> > additive synthesizer with 1024 stage envelope generators on each is
> > merely a copy-and-paste operation. The same goes for a 1 million voice
> > granular texture! Have you ever dreamed of sounds such as these? Well
> > in Csound you can. And in Csound these dreams can come true!
> >
> > dublin
> > http://seqdublin.sourceforge.net/
> > Dublin is an object oriented framework to generate events in pd. Every
> > objects is defined in python and then it interacts with other objects
> > in pure-data. The goal is not only the provide an external python
> > facility to pd but also to give the functionality of a sequencer. As
> > for the user interface, it uses Idle, the Python IDE to edit and run
> > event scripts.
> >
> > MusicKit
> > http://musickit.sourceforge.net/
> > The MusicKit is an object-oriented software system for building music,
> > sound, signal processing, and MIDI applications. It has been used in
> > such diverse commercial applications as music sequencers, computer
> > games, and document processors. Professors and students in academia
> > have used the MusicKit in a host of areas, including music
> > performance, scientific experiments, computer-aided instruction, and
> > physical modeling. Using the Python to Objective C bridge PyObjC
> > enables applications and utilities to be written in Python, an
> > interpreted object-oriented language.
> >
> > GNU Solfege
> > http://solfege.org/
> > GNU Solfege is a computer program written to help you practice ear
> > training.It can be useful when practicing the simple and mechanical
> > exercises.
> >
> > Snack
> > http://www.speech.kth.se/snack/
> > The Snack Sound Toolkit is designed to be used with a scripting
> > language such as Tcl/Tk or Python. Using Snack you can create powerful
> > multi-platform audio applications with just a few lines of code. Snack
> > has commands for basic sound handling, such as playback, recording,
> > file and socket I/O. Snack also provides primitives for sound
> > visualization, e.g. waveforms and spectrograms. It was developed
> > mainly to handle digital recordings of speech, but is just as useful
> > for general audio. Snack has also successfully been applied to other
> > one-dimensional signals. The combination of Snack and a scripting
> > language makes it possible to create sound tools and applications with
> > a minimum of effort. This is due to the rapid development nature of
> > scripting languages. As a bonus you get an application that is
> > cross-platform from start. It is also easy to integrate Snack based
> > applications with existing sound analysis software.
> >
> > Pygame
> > http://pygame.org/
> > Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games. It is
> > written on top of the excellent SDL library. This allows you to create
> > fully featured games and multimedia programs in the python language.
> > Pygame is highly portable and runs on nearly every platform and
> > operating system.
> >
> > Pyper
> > http://www.stanford.edu/~andyszy/pyper/
> > Pyper is a musical development environment. It allows you to write
> > Python scripts that generates music in real-time. Pyper uses QuickTime
> > Musical Instruments for synthesis.
> 
> blue
> http://csounds.com/stevenyi/blue/index.html
> blue is a java program for use with Csound. It's interface is much
> like a digital multitrack, but differs in that there timelines within
> timelines (polyObjects). This allows for a compositional organization
> in time that seems to me to be very intuitive, informative, and
> flexible. soundObjects are the building blocks within blue's score
> timeline. soundObjects can be lists of notes, algorithmic generators,
> python script code, csound instrument definitions, and whatever
> plugins that are developed for blue. these soundObjects may be text
> based, but they can be completely GUI based as well.
> 
> ID3.py
> http://id3-py.sourceforge.net/
> This module allows one to read and manipulate so-called ID3
> informational tags on MP3 files through an object-oriented Python
> interface.
> 
> id3reader.py
> http://www.nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/id3reader.html
> Id3reader.py is a Python module that reads ID3 metadata tags in MP3
> files. It can read ID3v1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, or ID3v2.4 tags. It does
> not write tags at all.
> 
> PyID3
> http://icepick.info/projects/pyid3/
> pyid3 is a pure python library for reading and writing id3 tags
> (version 1.0, 1.1, 2.3, 2.4, readonly support for 2.2). What makes
> this better than all the others?  Testing!  This library has been
> tested against some 200+ MB of just tags.
> 
> OSC.py
> http://web.tiscali.it/mupuxeddu/csound/OSC.py
> Python classes for OpenSoundControl library client functionality. The
> OSC homepage is at http://cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/
> 
> PMask
> Python implementation of CMask, a stochastic event generator for
> Csound.
> http://web.tiscali.it/mupuxeddu/csound/index.html
> 
> winmidi.pyd
> http://www.sabren.net/code/python/midi/
> A demo? of a python extension interfacing to the native windows midi
> libs. This was probably a development from this point
> http://www.sabren.net/rants/2000/01/20000129a.php3
> 
> PyMIDI
> http://www.hyperreal.org/~est/python/MIDI/
> The MIDI module provides MIDI input parsers for Python.
> 
> Nam: not about music
> http://www.quitte.de/nam.html
> A Python Extension for Digital Music Applications. Its purpose is
> Flexible realtime MIDI and audio processing and sequencing.
> 
> midi.py
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=3C0F67FE.96E7CAE8%40alum.mit.edu
> Python MIDI classes: meaningful data structures that represent MIDI
> events and other objects. You can read MIDI files to create such
> objects, or generate a collection of objects and use them to write a
> MIDI file.
> 
> hYPerSonic
> http://arrowtheory.com/software/hypersonic/index.html
> hYPerSonic is for building and manipulating sound processing
> pipelines. It is designed for real-time control. It includes objects
> for oscillators, filters, file-io, soundcard and memory operations.
> 
> pyTTS
> http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/uncassist
> pyTTS is a Python wrapper for the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI). The
> library requires Mark Hammond's  win32com extension and SAPI 5.1+.
> 
> see also:
>     The Vaults of Parnassus:
> http://www.vex.net/parnassus/apyllo.py/63131194
>     Pypi: http://www.python.org/pypi?:action=browse&asdf=338
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