Babbitt

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  Select where to export the midi file

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  First window after opening Babbitt.jar; input the length of music and the set of pitch classes to be included

Inspiration

I thought it would be cool to be able to generate random-sounding music without going through the trouble of doing it by hand.

What it does

Generates a 10-track MIDI with random notes in the set of pitch classes specified by the user.

How I built it

NetBeans.

Challenges I ran into

A very annoying bug with exporting the midi file took two hours to get rid of. Also, the user-specified length for the midi is only approximate.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Made it work!

What I learned

First time using the various java MIDI-related APIs; first time using NetBeans and Swing.

What's next for Babbitt

Playing the midi file directly instead of hunting down the newly-exported file.

Built With

• java