/melrose

interactive programming of melodies, producing MIDI

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Melrōse - programming of music melodies

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Introduction

melrōse is a tool to create and play music by programming melodies. It uses a custom language to compose notes and create loops and tracks to play. This is an example of a simple major scale C.

sequence('c d e f g a b c5')

Note sequences in your program can be changed while playing giving you direct audible feedback. For the best experience, use the melrōse tool together with the Visual Studio Code Plugin for Melrōse.

Install

See Download and build instructions.

Usage

melrōse is a tool to create music by programming melodies and uses a custom language to compose notes that are played with MIDI. Note sequences in your program can be changed while playing which makes it possible to even use it for live performance. For the best experience, use the melrōse together with the Visual Studio Code Plugin for Melrōse.

Read the documentation on how to use melrōse.

Status

Until v1.0.0 the language syntax may change in an incompatible way.

Programming music

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System setup

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Contributions

Fixes, suggestions, documentation improvements are all welcome. Fork this project and submit small Pull requests. Discuss larger ones in the Issues list. You can also sponsor Melrōse via Github Sponsors.

Software is licensed under MIT. © 2014-2021 ernestmicklei.com