Are there any languages that offer easy programming of MIDI and sound in realtime?
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Are there any programming languages that allow one with a basic knowledge to write an app that can send midi messages, for example acting as a sequencer? (I'm not asking for a recommendation.)
I'm looking for those features:
conditional operations if x=1 then send note on trigger event to sound card
loops
variables
arrays
64bit compatability
I/O with peripheral devices. "To" and maybe even "from" the device
programming-languages midi peripherals
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
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Are there any programming languages that allow one with a basic knowledge to write an app that can send midi messages, for example acting as a sequencer? (I'm not asking for a recommendation.)
I'm looking for those features:
conditional operations if x=1 then send note on trigger event to sound card
loops
variables
arrays
64bit compatability
I/O with peripheral devices. "To" and maybe even "from" the device
programming-languages midi peripherals
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
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There are many things out there you can look at, Csound, ChucK, Pure Data (or the related commercial counterpart, Max)... These are more focused on sound synthesis as such, although I think all of them can do MIDI output. On C++, there is RtMidi, which is easy enough to use. And basically every language has its own libraries for it.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:38
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Most modern languages allow accessing MIDI devices (which is made easier by all OSes abstracting away the MIDI hardware inteface). Tell us which OS and MIDI hardware you have, and which language(s) you want to use.
– CL.
Jan 3 at 10:42
2
About off-topic, if you look at What topics can I ask about here?, you will see that "Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow (...)". The (significantly less active) Software Recommendations Stack Exchange site was created specifically for that.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:42
Yeah, see...I have no idea if those programs can make a basic sequencer or do they just spit out algorithms? It's like, do I have to read an entire manual to find that out like Bartek Banachewicz seems to think? Or can I ask someone on the internet first before I read the wrong manual? I thought I'd give it a shot. If Pure Data could do it, that would rock because that program is so interactive. Thank you
– Lowbrow
Jan 3 at 10:54
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@Lowbrow The rules of SO answering are meant to keep the answers useful to more than just the original asker. SO is more than just a Q&A website, it's a vast knowledge base. Asking the questions with the guidelines in mind assures that the answers can stay relevant, on-topic and useful. Anyway, I took the liberty to rephrase your question a bit, which hopefully should now produce such answers; for one, all the recommendations in the comments would fit now.
– Bartek Banachewicz
Jan 3 at 11:33
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Are there any programming languages that allow one with a basic knowledge to write an app that can send midi messages, for example acting as a sequencer? (I'm not asking for a recommendation.)
I'm looking for those features:
conditional operations if x=1 then send note on trigger event to sound card
loops
variables
arrays
64bit compatability
I/O with peripheral devices. "To" and maybe even "from" the device
programming-languages midi peripherals
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
1043
Are there any programming languages that allow one with a basic knowledge to write an app that can send midi messages, for example acting as a sequencer? (I'm not asking for a recommendation.)
I'm looking for those features:
conditional operations if x=1 then send note on trigger event to sound card
loops
variables
arrays
64bit compatability
I/O with peripheral devices. "To" and maybe even "from" the device
programming-languages midi peripherals
programming-languages midi peripherals
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
1043
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
1043
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
edited Jan 3 at 11:29
Bartek Banachewicz
30.8k566108
30.8k566108
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
1043
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
1043
asked Jan 3 at 10:22
LowbrowLowbrow
1043
1043
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There are many things out there you can look at, Csound, ChucK, Pure Data (or the related commercial counterpart, Max)... These are more focused on sound synthesis as such, although I think all of them can do MIDI output. On C++, there is RtMidi, which is easy enough to use. And basically every language has its own libraries for it.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:38
1
Most modern languages allow accessing MIDI devices (which is made easier by all OSes abstracting away the MIDI hardware inteface). Tell us which OS and MIDI hardware you have, and which language(s) you want to use.
– CL.
Jan 3 at 10:42
2
About off-topic, if you look at What topics can I ask about here?, you will see that "Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow (...)". The (significantly less active) Software Recommendations Stack Exchange site was created specifically for that.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:42
Yeah, see...I have no idea if those programs can make a basic sequencer or do they just spit out algorithms? It's like, do I have to read an entire manual to find that out like Bartek Banachewicz seems to think? Or can I ask someone on the internet first before I read the wrong manual? I thought I'd give it a shot. If Pure Data could do it, that would rock because that program is so interactive. Thank you
– Lowbrow
Jan 3 at 10:54
1
@Lowbrow The rules of SO answering are meant to keep the answers useful to more than just the original asker. SO is more than just a Q&A website, it's a vast knowledge base. Asking the questions with the guidelines in mind assures that the answers can stay relevant, on-topic and useful. Anyway, I took the liberty to rephrase your question a bit, which hopefully should now produce such answers; for one, all the recommendations in the comments would fit now.
– Bartek Banachewicz
Jan 3 at 11:33
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show 9 more comments
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There are many things out there you can look at, Csound, ChucK, Pure Data (or the related commercial counterpart, Max)... These are more focused on sound synthesis as such, although I think all of them can do MIDI output. On C++, there is RtMidi, which is easy enough to use. And basically every language has its own libraries for it.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:38
1
Most modern languages allow accessing MIDI devices (which is made easier by all OSes abstracting away the MIDI hardware inteface). Tell us which OS and MIDI hardware you have, and which language(s) you want to use.
– CL.
Jan 3 at 10:42
2
About off-topic, if you look at What topics can I ask about here?, you will see that "Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow (...)". The (significantly less active) Software Recommendations Stack Exchange site was created specifically for that.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:42
Yeah, see...I have no idea if those programs can make a basic sequencer or do they just spit out algorithms? It's like, do I have to read an entire manual to find that out like Bartek Banachewicz seems to think? Or can I ask someone on the internet first before I read the wrong manual? I thought I'd give it a shot. If Pure Data could do it, that would rock because that program is so interactive. Thank you
– Lowbrow
Jan 3 at 10:54
1
@Lowbrow The rules of SO answering are meant to keep the answers useful to more than just the original asker. SO is more than just a Q&A website, it's a vast knowledge base. Asking the questions with the guidelines in mind assures that the answers can stay relevant, on-topic and useful. Anyway, I took the liberty to rephrase your question a bit, which hopefully should now produce such answers; for one, all the recommendations in the comments would fit now.
– Bartek Banachewicz
Jan 3 at 11:33
2
2
There are many things out there you can look at, Csound, ChucK, Pure Data (or the related commercial counterpart, Max)... These are more focused on sound synthesis as such, although I think all of them can do MIDI output. On C++, there is RtMidi, which is easy enough to use. And basically every language has its own libraries for it.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:38
There are many things out there you can look at, Csound, ChucK, Pure Data (or the related commercial counterpart, Max)... These are more focused on sound synthesis as such, although I think all of them can do MIDI output. On C++, there is RtMidi, which is easy enough to use. And basically every language has its own libraries for it.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:38
1
1
Most modern languages allow accessing MIDI devices (which is made easier by all OSes abstracting away the MIDI hardware inteface). Tell us which OS and MIDI hardware you have, and which language(s) you want to use.
– CL.
Jan 3 at 10:42
Most modern languages allow accessing MIDI devices (which is made easier by all OSes abstracting away the MIDI hardware inteface). Tell us which OS and MIDI hardware you have, and which language(s) you want to use.
– CL.
Jan 3 at 10:42
2
2
About off-topic, if you look at What topics can I ask about here?, you will see that "Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow (...)". The (significantly less active) Software Recommendations Stack Exchange site was created specifically for that.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:42
About off-topic, if you look at What topics can I ask about here?, you will see that "Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow (...)". The (significantly less active) Software Recommendations Stack Exchange site was created specifically for that.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:42
Yeah, see...I have no idea if those programs can make a basic sequencer or do they just spit out algorithms? It's like, do I have to read an entire manual to find that out like Bartek Banachewicz seems to think? Or can I ask someone on the internet first before I read the wrong manual? I thought I'd give it a shot. If Pure Data could do it, that would rock because that program is so interactive. Thank you
– Lowbrow
Jan 3 at 10:54
Yeah, see...I have no idea if those programs can make a basic sequencer or do they just spit out algorithms? It's like, do I have to read an entire manual to find that out like Bartek Banachewicz seems to think? Or can I ask someone on the internet first before I read the wrong manual? I thought I'd give it a shot. If Pure Data could do it, that would rock because that program is so interactive. Thank you
– Lowbrow
Jan 3 at 10:54
1
1
@Lowbrow The rules of SO answering are meant to keep the answers useful to more than just the original asker. SO is more than just a Q&A website, it's a vast knowledge base. Asking the questions with the guidelines in mind assures that the answers can stay relevant, on-topic and useful. Anyway, I took the liberty to rephrase your question a bit, which hopefully should now produce such answers; for one, all the recommendations in the comments would fit now.
– Bartek Banachewicz
Jan 3 at 11:33
@Lowbrow The rules of SO answering are meant to keep the answers useful to more than just the original asker. SO is more than just a Q&A website, it's a vast knowledge base. Asking the questions with the guidelines in mind assures that the answers can stay relevant, on-topic and useful. Anyway, I took the liberty to rephrase your question a bit, which hopefully should now produce such answers; for one, all the recommendations in the comments would fit now.
– Bartek Banachewicz
Jan 3 at 11:33
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There are many things out there you can look at, Csound, ChucK, Pure Data (or the related commercial counterpart, Max)... These are more focused on sound synthesis as such, although I think all of them can do MIDI output. On C++, there is RtMidi, which is easy enough to use. And basically every language has its own libraries for it.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:38
1
Most modern languages allow accessing MIDI devices (which is made easier by all OSes abstracting away the MIDI hardware inteface). Tell us which OS and MIDI hardware you have, and which language(s) you want to use.
– CL.
Jan 3 at 10:42
2
About off-topic, if you look at What topics can I ask about here?, you will see that "Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow (...)". The (significantly less active) Software Recommendations Stack Exchange site was created specifically for that.
– jdehesa
Jan 3 at 10:42
Yeah, see...I have no idea if those programs can make a basic sequencer or do they just spit out algorithms? It's like, do I have to read an entire manual to find that out like Bartek Banachewicz seems to think? Or can I ask someone on the internet first before I read the wrong manual? I thought I'd give it a shot. If Pure Data could do it, that would rock because that program is so interactive. Thank you
– Lowbrow
Jan 3 at 10:54
1
@Lowbrow The rules of SO answering are meant to keep the answers useful to more than just the original asker. SO is more than just a Q&A website, it's a vast knowledge base. Asking the questions with the guidelines in mind assures that the answers can stay relevant, on-topic and useful. Anyway, I took the liberty to rephrase your question a bit, which hopefully should now produce such answers; for one, all the recommendations in the comments would fit now.
– Bartek Banachewicz
Jan 3 at 11:33