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Bummy Beat Machine

The Bummy Beat Machine (BBM) was created because I love to tap my fingers against things in a rhythm. Unfortunately, I failed to foresee that the BBM would produce TWO sounds (one keyboard click and the other computer-generated), throwing me off my flow.

Looks like we'll have to procure better hardware to create a true, rsk-approved beat machine.

*Only Supports MacOS

Demo

Origins

It started with a few .wav files from FreeWaveSamples (also where I got the beats for Beats) and this addition to .bashrc:

function beats {
  local beat3="beat3.wav"
  local beat5="beat5.wav"
  local beat6="beat6.wav"

  while true; do
    read -n 1 -s key
    if [[ "$key" == "l" || "$key" == "s" ]]; then
      (afplay "$beat3" &)
    elif [[ "$key" == "p" || "$key" == "q" ]]; then
      (afplay "$beat5" &)
    elif [[ "$key" == "m" || "$key" == "x" ]]; then
      (afplay "$beat6" &)
    elif [[ "$key" == "0" ]]; then
      echo "Exiting..."
      break
    fi
  done

}

I was happy enough, but then I wanted a piano. And I couldn't find a 20s sample of each note! So I created my own piano notes with some sine waves and used threading to add some concurrency, and I needed Python for that.

How to Use

First get the directory on your mac - you might need to install some stuff (like the keyboard module for python) and approve terminal to take control of your keyboard.

Then run sudo python3 beats.py and enjoy!

I've also included the code I used to create the piano.