MIDI I/O Interface

muspy.read_midi(path: Union[str, pathlib.Path], backend: str = 'mido', duplicate_note_mode: str = 'fifo') → muspy.music.Music

Read a MIDI file into a Music object.

Parameters:

• path (str or Path) – Path to the MIDI file to read.
• backend ({'mido', 'pretty_midi'}) – Backend to use.
• duplicate_note_mode ({'fifo', 'lifo, 'close_all'}) –

  Policy for dealing with duplicate notes. When a note off message is presetned while there are multiple correspoding note on messages that have not yet been closed, we need a policy to decide which note on messages to close. Defaults to ‘fifo’. Only used when backend=’mido’.

  • ’fifo’ (first in first out): close the earliest note on
  • ’lifo’ (first in first out):close the latest note on
  • ’close_all’: close all note on messages

Returns:

Converted Music object.

Return type:

muspy.Music

muspy.write_midi(path: Union[str, pathlib.Path], music: Music, backend: str = 'mido', **kwargs)

Write a Music object to a MIDI file.

Parameters:

• path (str or Path) – Path to write the MIDI file.
• music (muspy.Music) – Music object to write.
• backend ({'mido', 'pretty_midi'}) – Backend to use. Defaults to ‘mido’.