A Python Music Synthesizer
A component represents a mathematical operation that can be performed. It can have 0 or more inputs and usually 1 or more outputs. A simple component (Constant) might output a single unchanging value, while a more complex component may scan midi messages, or generate an array of values representing a sine wave.
Component outputs may be connected to other component inputs. Each Input/Output is known as a Port, while each connection is known as a Patch. An algorithm is simply a network of connected components. Components themselves are stateless and may be re-used in multiple algorithms (if desired).
A voice is a single instantiation of a sound. It executes a given algorithm for a specific frequency. When you press a note on a midi keyboard, a Voice produces the sound using the current algorithm.
snyth has several complex package dependencies, both for runtime as well as debugging. Required:
- pyaudio
- pygame
- numpy Optional:
- python-graphviz
- matplotlib
- jupyterlab
Unfortunately, some of these dependencies are too complex for simple pip installation. I have supplied a conda environment.yml file to make setting up a working environment easier.
$ conda install -n snyth --file environment.yml$ conda activate snythYou can then execute a python environment to interact with snyth
$ python
$ ipython
$ jupyterlab