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Code examples - from the repo
- Basic - the most basic implementation.
- MIDIPlayer - how to parse MIDI files, and interact with the data stream.
- WhitneyMusicBox - a audio/visual experiment by Jim Bumgardner
Demos
- 3D Piano Player w/ Three.js by Borja Morales @reality3d
- Brite Lite by Daniel Christopher @uxmonk
- Color Piano by Michael Deal @mudcube
- Euphony 3D Piano by Xueqiao Xu @qiao
- Gbloink! by Phil Jones
- Piano Typewriter by Andrew Levine
- Ragamroll by Mani Balasubramanian
- Simon Says by Daniel Christopher @uxmonk
- Spiral Keyboard by Patrick Snels
- VexFlow by Mohit Muthanna @11111110b
Related repositories
- MIDI Pictures: Pictures of the 128 standard instruments on MIDI piano keyboards
- MIDI Soundfonts: Pre-rendered General MIDI soundfonts that can be used immediately with MIDI.js
Generating Base64 Soundfonts
There is two generators for MIDI.js soundfonts:
- NodeJS package for creating soundfonts from WAV files - by Patrick Wolleb
- Ruby package for creating soundsfonts from SF2 files - by Mohit Muthanna
To dive in quickly Benjamin Gleitzman has created a package of pre-rendered sound fonts.
API
MIDI.loadPlugin.js - Decides which framework is best to use
// interface to download soundfont, then execute callback;
MIDI.loadPlugin(onsuccess);
// simple example to get started;
MIDI.loadPlugin({
instrument: "acoustic_grand_piano", // or the instrument code 1 (aka the default)
instruments: [ "acoustic_grand_piano", "acoustic_guitar_nylon" ], // or multiple instruments
onsuccess: function() { }
});
MIDI.Plugin.js - Controls MIDI output
MIDI.noteOn(channel, note, velocity, delay);
MIDI.noteOff(channel, note, delay);
MIDI.chordOn(channel, [note, note, note], velocity, delay);
MIDI.chordOff(channel, [note, note, note], delay);
MIDI.keyToNote = object; // A0 => 21
MIDI.noteToKey = object; // 21 => A0
MIDI.Player.js - Plays MIDI stream
MIDI.Player.currentTime = integer; // time we are at now within the song.
MIDI.Player.endTime = integer; // time when song ends.
MIDI.Player.playing = boolean; // are we playing? yes or no.
MIDI.Player.loadFile(file, onsuccess); // load .MIDI from base64 or binary XML request.
MIDI.Player.start(); // start the MIDI track (you can put this in the loadFile callback)
MIDI.Player.resume(); // resume the MIDI track from pause.
MIDI.Player.pause(); // pause the MIDI track.
MIDI.Player.stop(); // stops all audio being played, and resets currentTime to 0.
Listener for when notes are played
MIDI.Player.removeListener(); // removes current listener.
MIDI.Player.addListener(function(data) { // set it to your own function!
var now = data.now; // where we are now
var end = data.end; // time when song ends
var channel = data.channel; // channel note is playing on
var message = data.message; // 128 is noteOff, 144 is noteOn
var note = data.note; // the note
var velocity = data.velocity; // the velocity of the note
// then do whatever you want with the information!
});
Smooth animation interpolating between onMidiEvent calls
MIDI.Player.clearAnimation(); // clears current animation.
MIDI.Player.setAnimation(function(data) {
var now = data.now; // where we are now
var end = data.end; // time when song ends
var events = data.events; // all the notes currently being processed
// then do what you want with the information!
});
Effects available for WebAudioContext via Tuna.js
MIDI.setEffects([
{
type: "MoogFilter",
bufferSize: 4096,
bypass: false,
cutoff: 0.065,
resonance: 3.5
},
{
type: "Bitcrusher",
bits: 4,
bufferSize: 4096,
bypass: false,
normfreq: 0.1
},
{
type: "Phaser",
rate: 1.2, // 0.01 to 8 is a decent range, but higher values are possible
depth: 0.3, // 0 to 1
feedback: 0.2, // 0 to 1+
stereoPhase: 30, // 0 to 180
baseModulationFrequency: 700, // 500 to 1500
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Chorus",
rate: 1.5,
feedback: 0.2,
delay: 0.0045,
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Delay",
feedback: 0.45, // 0 to 1+
delayTime: 150, // how many milliseconds should the wet signal be delayed?
wetLevel: 0.25, // 0 to 1+
dryLevel: 1, // 0 to 1+
cutoff: 20, // cutoff frequency of the built in highpass-filter. 20 to 22050
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Overdrive",
outputGain: 0.5, // 0 to 1+
drive: 0.7, // 0 to 1
curveAmount: 1, // 0 to 1
algorithmIndex: 0, // 0 to 5, selects one of our drive algorithms
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Compressor",
threshold: 0.5, // -100 to 0
makeupGain: 1, // 0 and up
attack: 1, // 0 to 1000
release: 0, // 0 to 3000
ratio: 4, // 1 to 20
knee: 5, // 0 to 40
automakeup: true, // true/false
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Convolver",
highCut: 22050, // 20 to 22050
lowCut: 20, // 20 to 22050
dryLevel: 1, // 0 to 1+
wetLevel: 1, // 0 to 1+
level: 1, // 0 to 1+, adjusts total output of both wet and dry
impulse: "./inc/tuna/impulses/impulse_rev.wav", // the path to your impulse response
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Filter",
frequency: 20, // 20 to 22050
Q: 1, // 0.001 to 100
gain: 0, // -40 to 40
bypass: 1, // 0 to 1+
filterType: 0 // 0 to 7, corresponds to the filter types in the native filter node: lowpass, highpass, bandpass, lowshelf, highshelf, peaking, notch, allpass in that order
}, {
type: "Cabinet",
makeupGain: 1, // 0 to 20
impulsePath: "./inc/tuna/impulses/impulse_guitar.wav", // path to your speaker impulse
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "Tremolo",
intensity: 0.3, // 0 to 1
rate: 0.1, // 0.001 to 8
stereoPhase: 0, // 0 to 180
bypass: 0
}, {
type: "WahWah",
automode: true, // true/false
baseFrequency: 0.5, // 0 to 1
excursionOctaves: 2, // 1 to 6
sweep: 0.2, // 0 to 1
resonance: 10, // 1 to 100
sensitivity: 0.5, // -1 to 1
bypass: 0
}
]);
Libraries
- colorspace.js: Color conversions, music isn’t complete without!
- dom_request_script.js: Loads scripts in synchronously, or asynchronously.
- dom_request_xhr.js: Cross-browser XMLHttpd request.
- synesthesia.js: Note-to-color mappings (from Isaac Newton onwards).
Many thanks to the authors of these libraries
- Web MIDI API: W3C proposal by Jussi Kalliokoski & Chris Wilson
- Web Audio API: W3C proposal by Chris Rogers
- <audio>: HTML5 specs
- Flash package: SoundManager2 by Scott Schiller
- jasmid: Reads MIDI file byte-code, and translats into a Javascript array.
- base642binary.js: Cleans up XML base64-requests for Web Audio API.