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// Uses Java calls to play notes via MIDI synthesis. This requires a JVM that
// actually *has* a MIDI synthesizer (e.g. Oracle's JVM works,
// OpenJDK may not.)
synth = callJava["javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem","getSynthesizer",[]]
synth.open[]
chan = synth.getChannels[]
// This part is unnecessary but it shows how to change instruments.
soundbank = synth.getDefaultSoundbank[]
instruments = soundbank.getInstruments[]
instrument = rand[instruments]
patch = instrument.getPatch[]
(chan@0).programChange[patch.getBank[], patch.getProgram[]]
// Dump names of instruments?
for i=0 to length[instruments]-1
println["$i\t" + (instruments@i).getName[]]
println["Random instrument for channel 0: " + instrument.getName[]]
sleep[1 s] // Sound seems choppy if we play too soon?
// Major pentatonic scale
pentMajor = [0,2,4,7,9] // I also see [0,2,5,7,9]
// Minor pentatonic scale
pentMinor = [0,3,5,7,10]
key = 60 // Start around middle C (these are MIDI note definitions)
simultaneousNotes = 3
lastNotes = new RingBuffer[simultaneousNotes]
for n=0 to 50
{
keyChange = rand[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,+7,-5,+5,-7]] // Follows "circle of fifths"
key = key + keyChange
if keyChange != 0
println["Key change: $key"]
for note = 0 to 3 // Notes per measure without keychange
{
for sim = 0 to simultaneousNotes-1
{
mid = rand[0,10]
// Play each note on a separate channel.
note = key + (mid div 5) * 12 + pentMajor@(mid mod 5)
if (length[lastNotes] > 0)
(chan@sim).noteOff[lastNotes.pop[]]
lastNotes.push[note]
(chan@sim).noteOn[note, 93]
}
sleep[.5 s]
}
}
sleep[9 s] // Sleep while the notes play.
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