lovemidi - a Midi I/O library for LÖVE / Lua

[SiENcE]

lovemidi is a LÖVE | Lua 5.1 Midi Input/Output Library to send and receive Midi commands.



It's based on luamidi and rtmidi. I modified the Interface, added LuaJit (from löve-deps) and updated rtmidi to newest version. Libraries for win32 and win64 are already included under tests/love2d.

Download
https://github.com/SiENcE/lovemidi

... and what can I do with it?
* connect Midi-Devices like Keyboards or Synthesizers to LÖVE
* send Midi Files or Music Notes over to Synthesizers
* receive Notes played on a Keyboard and generate Sounds in LÖVE
* or just use musical devices as Controller in Games :-D

Midi Router Sample
I wrote a small Midi-Router who receives Midi commands from an Midi-Input device and sends this commands over to an Midi-Output device like VirtualMidiSynth or an external Midi-device.

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-- initialize the library
local midi = require "luamidi"

-- count output-ports
print("Midi Output Ports: ", midi.getoutportcount() )

-- play a note on output-port 0 on channel 1
-- port, note, [vel], [channel]
midi.noteOn(0, 60, 50, 1)

-- deinitialize library
midi.gc()

LÖVE Music-Apps that could benefit from lovemidi:
- Mutrix
- Sect

TODO
It would be cool if someone could provide me an updated makefile for Linux and Macosx.

[Ranguna259]

... I'm sorry but what is this ?

[SiENcE]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Midi

I will post a demo video tomorrow .

[Ranguna259]

Yeah, I've searched but I couldn't relate what I read on wikipedia with love.. I'll wait for the demo.

[SiENcE]

Okay, here you go. Video added to top post and also some ideas ... and what can I do with it?

Have fun!

[Ranguna259]

Loved the end "Ok bye"
Well now that I know what this is, let me tell you: This is pretty cool, it's like a joystick but with music. Awesome work

[veethree]

Can this be used with usb midi controllers?

[SiENcE]

Sure. I use a Logilink in my video.

[rexjericho]

Hey, this is really cool! A neat application of this program would be to hook up an electronic drum kit and launch notes when drum pads are hit and become a one man band.

You could pre-program a stack of notes that form a melody. When a certain drum pad is hit, the program would pop off the next note and send it to a synthesizer. Other drum pads could be used to signal the program to switch to the next melody.

Here's a guy that does this using audio triggers on real drums:

[SiENcE]

Oh thats nice! I love the tune .

Yes this is possible. You can connect as many devices (soft or hardware) as you like to lovemidi and direct inputs and outputs the way you want.

I really love this little box synth πλ².