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Design and Play A MIDI Synthesizer - MATLAB & Simulink
Design and Play A MIDI Synthesizer - MATLAB & Simulink
Design and Play A MIDI Synthesizer - MATLAB & Simulink
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To learn about interfacing with MIDI devices in general, see MIDI Device Interface.
• Velocity indicates how hard a note is played. By convention, Note On messages with velocity set to zero represent note off messages. Representing note
off messages with note on messages is more e�cient when using Running Status.
• Note indicates the frequency of the audio signal. The Note property takes a value between zero and 127, inclusive. The MIDI protocol speci�es that 60 is
Middle C, with all other notes relative to that note. Create a MIDI note on message that indicates to play Middle C.
channel = 1;
note = 60;
velocity = 64;
msg = midimsg('NoteOn',channel,note,velocity)
msg =
MIDI message:
NoteOn Channel: 1 Note: 60 Velocity: 64 Timestamp: 0 [ 90 3C 40 ]
To interpret the note property as frequency, use the equal tempered scale and the A440 convention:
frequency =
261.6256
Some MIDI synthesizers use an Attack Decay Sustain Release (ADSR) envelope to control the volume, or amplitude, of a note over time. For simplicity, use the
note velocity to determine the amplitude. Conceptually, if a key is hit harder, the resulting sound is louder. The Velocity property takes a value between zero
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and 127, inclusive. Normalize the velocity and interpret as the note amplitude.
amplitude = msg(1).Velocity/127
amplitude =
0.5039
To synthesize a sine wave, create an audioOscillator System object™. To play the sound to your computer's default audio output device, create an
audioDeviceWriter System object. Step the objects for two seconds and listen to the note.
osc = audioOscillator('Frequency',frequency,'Amplitude',amplitude);
deviceWriter = audioDeviceWriter('SampleRate',osc.SampleRate);
tic
while toc < 2
synthesizedAudio = osc();
deviceWriter(synthesizedAudio);
end
First, create an array of midimsg objects and cache the note on and note off times to the variable, eventTimes.
To mimic receiving notes in real time, create a for-loop that uses the eventTimes variable and tic and toc to play notes according to the MIDI message
timestamps. Release your audio device after the loop is complete.
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i = 1;
tic
while toc < max(eventTimes)
if toc > eventTimes(i)
msg = msgs(i);
i = i+1;
if msg.Velocity~= 0
osc.Frequency = 440 * 2^((msg.Note-69)/12);
osc.Amplitude = msg.Velocity/127;
else
osc.Amplitude = 0;
end
end
deviceWriter(osc());
end
release(deviceWriter)
simplesynth
To query your system for your device name, use mididevinfo. To listen to your chosen device, call the simplesynth function with the device name. This
example uses an M-Audio KeyRig 25 device, which registers with device name USB 02 on the machine used in this example.
mididevinfo
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Call the simplesynth function with your device name. The simplesynth function listens for note messages and plays them to your default audio output
device. Play notes on your MIDI device and listen to the synthesized audio.
simplesynth('USB 02')
See Also
Classes
midimsg | mididevice
Functions
midisend | midireceive | mididevinfo
External Websites
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• https://www.midi.org
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