Music Generator (mgen)

By: Alexander VanTol

Generate randomized musical compositions based on probabilities.

Overview

1. /cfg
   • Configuration for mgen
   • project_cfg.py is for development scripts in the /dev folder
2. /dev
   • scripts to use for development
   • unittests
3. /mgen (my code)
   • choice.py ||||| Makes choices based on probabilities in a style
   • convert.py |||| Converts my stuff to mingus stuff and vice-versa
   • create.py ||||| The magic happens here. Contains the MusicGenerator class
   • style.py |||||| Contains the Style class which defines probabilities
   • time.py ||||||| Handles note and bar musical timing math stuff
4. /mingus (not originally my code, I forked this)
5. /styles (holds cfg files for different styles)
6. lilypond-2.18.2-1.mingw.exe (program for PDF generation)
   • This one’s for Windows (works with Windows 10)
   • See here for alternate downloads
7. MidiPlayW7.exe (a free midi player, see here)

Quickstart

There are a few scripts included to show how this can be used at the moment.

Windows Users

Just run the .bat files in the root directory.
I’ve included the executables necessary in the root dir of this repo.

Linux Users

You need a midi player if you want to play the resulting .mid files.
I recommend [timidity](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/timidity).

You can install timidity with:
sudo apt-get install timidity

Also, you’ll need Lilypond (a program for creating music notation in PDF’s).
Follow the directions here to install.

Finally, you need to make sure that cfg/config.py has the correct location for
lilypond. Set the LILYPOND_INSTALLATION variable.

Official Documentation

TODO: Add link to documentation

See documentation here.