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Making Music with Computers

Creative Programming in Python

Making Music with Computers

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    • Ch. 1 – Introduction and History
    • Ch. 2 – Elements of Music and Code
    • Ch. 3 – Organization and Data
    • Ch. 4 – Transformation and Process
    • Ch. 5 – Iteration and Lists
    • Ch. 6 – Randomness and Choices
    • Ch. 7 – Sonification and Big Data
    • Ch. 8 – Interactive Musical Instruments
    • Ch. 9 – Making Connections
    • Ch. 10 – Music, Number, and Nature
    • Ch. 11 – Exploring Powerful Ideas
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    • Music Library ▸
      • MIDI Constants ▸
        • Pitch
        • Duration
        • Dynamic
        • Panning
        • Instrument
        • Drums and Percussion
        • Scale and Mode
      • Transcription ▸
        • Note
        • Phrase
        • Part
        • Score
      • Composition ▸
        • Mod
        • View
        • Read/Write
      • Performance ▸
        • AudioSample
        • Envelope
        • MidiSequence
        • LiveSample
        • Metronome
        • Play
      • Mapping Values
    • GUI Library ▸
      • Display
      • Graphics ▸
        • Line
        • Circle
        • Point
        • Oval
        • Rectangle
        • Polygon
        • Arc
        • Icon
        • Label
      • Regular Controls ▸
        • Button
        • Checkbox
        • Slider
        • DropDownList
        • TextArea
        • TextField
        • Menu
      • Music Controls ▸
        • Fader
        • Rotary
        • Push
        • Toggle
        • XYPad
      • Events ▸
        • Keyboard Events
        • Mouse Events
        • Display Events
      • Color
    • Image Library
    • Timer Library
    • MIDI Library ▸
      • MidiIn
      • MidiOut
    • OSC Library ▸
      • OscIn
      • OscOut

GUI Library Functions

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) may be developed in jythonMusic using the GUI library.  Unlike many other GUI libraries, this library keeps simple things simple, and makes complicated things possible.

  • GUI Display
  • GUI Widgets
  • Graphics Objects
  • Event Functions
  • Scheduling Tasks

 

Reference

B. Manaris and A. Brown, Making Music with Computers: Creative Programming in Python, Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing, May 2014.

License

Creative Commons License Content licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where indicated otherwise.

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