#!/usr/bin/env python3 # technomid.py - Generate TECHNO.COM procedural melody as MIDI - (c) 2024 a dinosaur # Home page: https://github.com/ScrelliCopter/TECHNO.COM # SPDX-License-Identifier: Zlib (https://opensource.org/license/Zlib) import os import struct import math from abc import ABC, abstractmethod from pathlib import Path from typing import BinaryIO, Iterable, Tuple from enum import IntEnum class MIDIEvent(ABC): @abstractmethod def serialise(self) -> bytes: pass class MIDINoteOff(MIDIEvent): def __init__(self, channel: int, note: int, velocity: int = 64): if channel < 0 or channel > 0xF: raise ValueError("MIDI Channel out of range") if note < 0 or note > 0x7F: raise ValueError("MIDI Note out of range") if velocity < 0 or velocity > 0x7F: raise ValueError("MIDI Velocity out of range") self._channel = channel self._note = note self._velocity = velocity def serialise(self) -> bytes: return struct.pack(">BBB", 0x80 | self._channel, self._note, self._velocity) class MIDINoteOn(MIDIEvent): def __init__(self, channel: int, note: int, velocity: int = 127): if channel < 0 or channel > 0xF: raise ValueError("MIDI Channel out of range") if note < 0 or note > 0x7F: raise ValueError("MIDI Note out of range") if velocity < 0 or velocity > 0x7F: raise ValueError("MIDI Velocity out of range") self._channel = channel self._note = note self._velocity = velocity def serialise(self) -> bytes: return struct.pack(">BBB", 0x90 | self._channel, self._note, self._velocity) class MIDIProgramChange(MIDIEvent): def __init__(self, channel: int, patch: int): if channel < 0 or channel > 0xF: raise ValueError("MIDI Channel out of range") if patch < 0 or patch >= 0x80: raise ValueError("MIDI Program out of range") self._channel = channel self._patch = patch def serialise(self) -> bytes: return struct.pack(">BB", 0xC0 | self._channel, self._patch) class MIDIPitchWheel(MIDIEvent): def __init__(self, channel: int, value: int = 0): if channel < 0 or channel > 0xF: raise ValueError("MIDI Channel out of range") if value < -8192 or value > 8191: raise ValueError("MIDI Pitch bend value out of range") self._channel = channel self._value = value + 0x2000 def serialise(self) -> bytes: return struct.pack(">BBB", 0xE0 | self._channel, self._value & 0x7F, self._value >> 7) class MIDIMetaTrackEnd(MIDIEvent): def serialise(self) -> bytes: return struct.pack(">BBB", 0xFF, 0x2F, 0x00) class MIDIMetaTempo(MIDIEvent): def __init__(self, quarter_us: int): if quarter_us < 0 or quarter_us >= 0x1000000: raise ValueError("Quarter note microseconds out of range") self._quarter_us = quarter_us def serialise(self) -> bytes: return b"\xFF\x51\x03" + self._quarter_us.to_bytes(3, byteorder="big") class MIDIWriter: def __init__(self, file: BinaryIO): self._file = file class Format(IntEnum): SINGLE = 0 MULTI = 1 SEQUENCE = 2 def write_header(self, division: int, fmt: Format = Format.SINGLE, track_count: int = 1): self._file.write(b"MThd") self._file.write(struct.pack(">IHHH", 6, fmt, track_count, division)) def write_track(self, events: Iterable[Tuple[int, MIDIEvent]]): self._file.write(b"MTrk") ofs = self._file.tell() self._file.write(b"\0\0\0\0") # Blank length field to write later # Serialise and write out events payload_len = 0 for event in events: data = event[1].serialise() length = self.encode_varint(event[0]) self._file.writelines([length, data]) payload_len += len(length) + len(data) # Fill in track length field self._file.seek(ofs) self._file.write(payload_len.to_bytes(4, byteorder="big")) self._file.seek(0, os.SEEK_END) # Variable integer, used by event deltas. # Up to 4 bytes can encode 7 bits each by setting the continuation bit (bit 8) def encode_varint(self, value: int) -> bytes: if value < 0x80: return value.to_bytes(1, byteorder="big") if value < 0x4000: return bytes([0x80 | (value >> 7), value & 0x7F]) if value < 0x200000: return bytes([0x80 | (value >> 14), 0x80 | (value >> 7) & 0x7F, value & 0x7F]) if value < 0x10000000: return bytes([0x80 | (value >> 21), 0x80 | (value >> 14) & 0x7F, 0x80 | (value >> 7) & 0x7F, value & 0x7F]) else: raise ValueError("Variable integer out of range") def generate(f: BinaryIO): def note_from_period(period: int, reference: int) -> (int, int): frequency = reference / max(1, period) # Convert period to hz fnote = 69 + 12 * math.log2(frequency / 440) # Convert pitch to MIDI note note = int(round(fnote)) # Snap to nearest semitone bend = int(round((fnote - note) * 0x1000)) # Error is encoded as pitch bend return min(0x7F, note), min(0x1FFF, bend) def parse_midi_note(note: str) -> int: flat_sharp = 0 octave = 3 if len(note) > 1: if note[1] == '-' or note[1].isnumeric(): octave = int(note[1:]) else: flat_sharp = { "b": -1, "#": 1 }[note[1]] if len(note) > 2: octave = int(note[2:]) natural = { "C": 0, "D": 2, "E": 4, "F": 5, "G": 7, "A": 9, "B": 11 } return natural[note[0]] + flat_sharp + (1 + octave) * 12 def techno(length: int): timer = int(round((1000000 * 1260 / 88) / 12)) # Intel 8253 (PIC) clock in Mhz # Music tables from disassembly phrase = [2, *[1, 0, 0] * 3] * 3 + [2, 3] + [0, 3] * 3 note_tbl = ["A3", "A4", "B4", "C5"] mangler = 0x0404 mangler_inc = 76 # len(phrase) * 2 # Convert note table to period freq_from_note = lambda m: 440.0 * 2.0 ** ((m - 69) / 12.0) period_from_freq = lambda f: int(round(timer / f)) period_from_note = lambda s: period_from_freq(freq_from_note(parse_midi_note(s))) freq_tbl = [period_from_note(note) for note in note_tbl] yield 0, MIDIMetaTempo(int(round((1000000 * 0x80000) / timer))) # 16th note every two PIC ticks yield 0, MIDIProgramChange(0, 80) # Set GM patch to #81 "Lead 1 (Square)" i = 0 bend = 0 while True: for sixteenth in phrase: note, new_bend = note_from_period(freq_tbl[sixteenth], timer) if new_bend != bend: yield 0, MIDIPitchWheel(0, new_bend) bend = new_bend yield 0, MIDINoteOn(0, note) yield 32, MIDINoteOff(0, note) i += 2 if i >= length: yield 0, MIDIMetaTrackEnd() return # Scramble pitch table at the end of each measure mangler = (mangler + mangler_inc) & 0xFFFF freq_tbl = [freq ^ mangler for freq in freq_tbl] mid = MIDIWriter(f) mid.write_header(128) mid.write_track(techno(80 * 25)) if __name__ == "__main__": with Path("techno.mid").open("wb") as f: generate(f)