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FOSDEM PWA

MIDI Live performer

UA2.220 (Guillissen) | Day 2 | 15:40 - 16:00 | Speakers: Steven Goodwin

MIDI Live performer
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Abstract

JavaScript is a great language for it’s ease and low barrier to entry, fast turnaround workflows, and trying quick experiments. It’s generally not so great for real-time tasks, such as music playback or for working with live musicians.

And yet, that’s what this library does.

In this talk we look at how the midi-live-performer library can act as a real-time MIDI looper, echo unit, and auto-accompaniment system. There’s a slight detour to show midi-info, which provides user-friendly names for MIDI messages, both in real-time and not. Then we explain how it works, where the weaknesses in timing lay, and how it formed the basis for a solo recording of the multi-instrumentalist work “In C”

Speakers

Steven Goodwin

Since 1999 Steven Goodwin (London, England) has been professionally involved in both the community and development environment for Linux, Free Software and Open Source. His first articles in Linux Magazine in 2001 began a long partnership where he brought the C programming language to the newsstand, demonstrated home automation, and uncovered command line power tools. He was also an "Open Source Champ" at Microsoft where he pioneered the use and advocacy of FLOSS in a (traditionally) closed environment.

As a speaker and commentator he has spoken at many major national, and international, conferences such as UKUUG and FOSDEM as well as writing the annual 'FOSDEM diaries' and gave the closing keynote at the 20th Anniversary FOSDEM event.

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