A Python tool to convert a MIDI file to a MakeCode Arcade song! (Work in progress)
Some bug squashing may be needed but otherwise this tool is complete.
Web version will be available soon in a different repo.
- Download and install Python.
- Clone this repo.
- Install all the requirements in
requirements.txt
You may need to edit commands listed in this repo to use
pyorpython3ifpythondoesn't work.
Run src/main.py at the root of the repository in the terminal.
(It is a CLI app)
To convert the MIDI file Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up.mid and print the Arcade
song to standard output with the default track "dog", no divisor, (divisor of
1), and no character break.
python src/main.py -i "Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up.mid"
To convert the MIDI file at the absolute path
E:\Arcade MIDI to Song\testing\Friend_Like_Me_Disneys_Aladdin.mid and
write the output to Friend_Like_Me_Disneys_Aladdin song.ts in the current
directory with the "computer" track, a divisor of 2, a character break of 512,
and with debug messages on.
python src/main.py -i "E:\Arcade MIDI to Song\testing\Friend_Like_Me_Disneys_Aladdin.mid" -o "Friend_Like_Me_Disneys_Aladdin song.ts" -d 2 -t computer -b 512 --debug
usage: ArcadeMIDItoSong [-h] --input INPUT [--output OUTPUT] [--track TRACK]
[--divisor DIVISOR] [--break CHAR_BREAK] [--debug]
A program to convert MIDI files to the Arcade song format.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--input INPUT, -i INPUT
Input MIDI file
--output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
Output text file path, otherwise we will output to
standard output.
--track TRACK, -t TRACK
A track to use, which changes the instrument.
Available tracks include ['dog', 'duck', 'cat',
'fish', 'car', 'computer', 'burger', 'cherry',
'lemon']. (You can also use indices 0-8) Defaults to
'dog'.
--divisor DIVISOR, -d DIVISOR
A divisor to reduce the number of measures used. A
higher integer means a longer song can fit in the
maximum of 255 measures of a song, but with less
precision. Must be greater than or equal to 1, and
defaults to 1 for no division.
--break CHAR_BREAK, -b CHAR_BREAK
Break the hex string after so many characters.
Defaults to 0 for no breaking.
--debug Include debug messages. Defaults to info and greater
severity messages only.