MIDI-to-MakeCode-Arcade

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.

Install

1. Download and install Python.
2. Clone this repo.
3. Install all the requirements in requirements.txt

You may need to edit commands listed in this repo to use py or python3 if python doesn't work.

Usage

Run src/main.py at the root of the repository in the terminal. (It is a CLI app)

Example commands

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

Help text

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.