How can I write a MIDI file with Python?

Question

I am writing a script to convert a picture into MIDI notes based on the RGBA values of the individual pixels. However, I cannot seem to get the last step working, which is to ac

Answer 1

I know this is an old post, but I'm the author of the library, and I wanted to mention that python 2 and 3 support have now been unified and with the demise of Google Code the code is now hosted on GitHub and can be installed via pip, ie:

pip install MIDIUtil

Documentation is available at Read The Docs.

(Tried to comment but I lacked the experience points.)

The end-of-track message is created automatically when the file is written to disk.

Answer 2

Looking at the sample, something like

from midiutil.MidiFile import MIDIFile

# create your MIDI object
mf = MIDIFile(1)     # only 1 track
track = 0   # the only track

time = 0    # start at the beginning
mf.addTrackName(track, time, "Sample Track")
mf.addTempo(track, time, 120)

# add some notes
channel = 0
volume = 100

pitch = 60           # C4 (middle C)
time = 0             # start on beat 0
duration = 1         # 1 beat long
mf.addNote(track, channel, pitch, time, duration, volume)

pitch = 64           # E4
time = 2             # start on beat 2
duration = 1         # 1 beat long
mf.addNote(track, channel, pitch, time, duration, volume)

pitch = 67           # G4
time = 4             # start on beat 4
duration = 1         # 1 beat long
mf.addNote(track, channel, pitch, time, duration, volume)

# write it to disk
with open("output.mid", 'wb') as outf:
    mf.writeFile(outf)