read_midi: Read, inspect and convert MIDI file contents

In tabr: Music Notation Syntax, Manipulation, Analysis and Transcription in R

Read, inspect and convert MIDI file contents

Description

Read MIDI file into a data frame and inspect the music data with supporting functions.

Usage

read_midi(file, ticks_per_qtr = 480)

midi_metadata(x)

midi_notes(x, channel = NULL, track = NULL, noteworthy = TRUE)

midi_time(x)

midi_key(x)

ticks_to_duration(x, ticks_per_qtr = 480)

duration_to_ticks(x, ticks_per_qtr = 480)

Arguments

file	character, path to MIDI file.
ticks_per_qtr	ticks per quarter note. Used to compute durations from MIDI file ticks.
x	a data frame returned by read_midi(). An integer vector for ticks_to_duration(); a character vector (may be a space-delimited string) for duration_to_ticks().
channel, track	integer, filter rows on channel or track.
noteworthy	logical, convert to noteworthy and noteinfo data.

Details

The read_midi() function wraps around tuneR::readMidi() by Uwe Ligges and Johanna Mielke. midi_notes() is a work in progress, but converts MIDI data to noteworthy strings and note info formats. This makes it easy to analyze, transform and edit the music data as well as render it to sheet music and a new MIDI file.

read_midi() does not parse the ticks per quarter note from the MIDI file input at this time. It must be specified with ticks_per_qtr.

Value

a tibble data frame

Examples

ticks_to_duration(c(120, 160))
ticks_to_duration(c(128, 192, 512), ticks_per_qtr = 384)
duration_to_ticks(c("t8", "8", "8.", "8.."))
duration_to_ticks(c("t8 8 8. 8.."), ticks_per_qtr = 384)

file <- system.file("example2.mid", package = "tabr")
if(require("tuneR")){
  x <- read_midi(file, ticks_per_qtr = 384)
  midi_metadata(x)
  midi_time(x)
  midi_key(x)
  midi_notes(x, channel = 0, noteworthy = FALSE)

  (x <- midi_notes(x, channel = 0))
  (x <- as_music(x$pitch, x$duration))

  # requires LilyPond installation
  if(tabr_options()$lilypond != ""){
    out <- file.path(tempdir(), "out.pdf")
    phrase(x) |> track_bc() |> score() |> tab(out, details = FALSE)
  }
}

tabr documentation built on Sept. 12, 2024, 6:18 a.m.