Introduction
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MIDI library for CircuitPython
Dependencies
This library depends on:
Adafruit CircuitPython <https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython>_
Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem.
This is easily achieved by downloading
the Adafruit library and driver bundle <https://circuitpython.org/libraries>_
or individual libraries can be installed using
circup <https://github.com/adafruit/circup>_.
Installing from PyPI
On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/circuitpython-tmidi/>_.
To install for current user:
.. code-block:: shell
pip3 install circuitpython-tmidi
To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):
.. code-block:: shell
sudo pip3 install circuitpython-tmidi
To install in a virtual environment in your current project:
.. code-block:: shell
mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .venv
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install circuitpython-tmidi
Installing to a Connected CircuitPython Device with Circup
Make sure that you have circup installed in your Python environment.
Install it with the following command if necessary:
.. code-block:: shell
pip3 install circup
With circup installed and your CircuitPython device connected use the
following command to install:
.. code-block:: shell
circup install tmidi
Or the following command to update an existing version:
.. code-block:: shell
circup update
Usage Example
.. code-block:: python
import usb_midi
import tmidi
midi_usb = tmidi.MIDI(midi_in=usb_midi.ports[0], midi_out=usb_midi.ports[1])
def send_midi_panic(midi_channel=1):
ch = midi_channel-1
msg = tmidi.Message(tmidi.NOTE_OFF, channel=ch) # channels are 0-indexed
for notenum in range(128):
msg.note = notenum
msg.velocity = 0
midi_usb.send(msg)
time.sleep(0.01)
}
send_midi_panic()
Documentation
API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs <https://circuitpython-tmidi.readthedocs.io/>_.
For information on building library documentation, please check out
this guide <https://learn.adafruit.com/creating-and-sharing-a-circuitpython-library/sharing-our-docs-on-readthedocs#sphinx-5-1>_.
Testing
Install pytest with pip3 install pytest --upgrade and run pytest -v
To build docs:
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct <https://github.com/todbot/CircuitPython_TMIDI/blob/HEAD/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>_
before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.