Midi

Scribbletune exports clips as MIDI files using the jsmidgen module

As the name suggests, the midi method generates a MIDI file from it’s input. It takes 1 mandatory and 1 optional parameter:

• clip {Array} The clip that you create using the clip method
• filename {String} This is optional. If you don’t provide a filename, Scribbletune will create a file called music.mid.

import { clip, progression, midi } from 'scribbletune';

const c = clip({
	notes: 'c4',
	pattern: 'x_______'
});

midi(c); // Will create a file called music.mid
// OR
midi(c, 'c.mid'); // Will create a file called c.mid

Create downloadable MIDI files from the browser

An additional feature as of v1.9.0 available in the midi method is the ability to export a byte string instead of MIDI file. This is useful when you want to provide an ability to allow users to create MIDI data and download it as a MIDI file from the browser. Just pass the null keyword as the second parameter of the midi method.

import {clip, midi} from 'scribbletune';

const c = clip({
  notes: 'c4',
  pattern: 'x'
});

const bytes = midi(c, null); // Pass `null` as the second param to get bytes
const b64 = btoa(midi(c, bytes)); // Encode byte string from Scribbletune as base64
const uri = 'data:audio/midi;base64,' + b64;
const link=document.createElement('a');

link.href=uri;
link.download = 'music.mid';
link.click(); // this will start a download of the MIDI byte string as a file called "music.mid"

Please refer to the installation section to learn how to use Scribbletune in the browser.