// 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 = 1 to simultaneousNotes { 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.