A protocol that transmits performance data—such as pitch, velocity, and duration—rather than actual audio. It relies on external synthesizers to interpret these commands into sound.
is incremented at a rate relative to the on a keyboard, allowing bytebeat functions to act as playable oscillators. midi to bytebeat
: Presented at the Audio Developer Conference, this talk/paper explores using simple formulas as control sources for synthesizer parameters like pitch and amplitude. Crucially, it demonstrates that these formulas can generate sequences of MIDI notes to feed external synthesizers. A protocol that transmits performance data—such as pitch,
Several hobbyist websites allow you to drag-and-drop a MIDI file and receive a JavaScript Bytebeat player snippet. These are excellent for beginners. Search "MIDI to Bytebeat Web Tool" (note: availability fluctuates as these are passion projects). : Presented at the Audio Developer Conference, this
: Some developers use Python scripts to extract MIDI note numbers and feed them into a bytebeat function that converts them to specific frequencies. Compact Stream Tools : Tools like
However, most Bytebeat composers use simplified integer approximations to keep the code small. 2. Sequencing with Bitshifts