Pianogui is a simple application that let's you play a midi file, or a midi input, and shows how it should be played on a piano. Pianogui is the "graphical" equivalent of Pianoterm
Below is a screenshots of the main window.
Todo: choose a license
Pianogui requires a C++14 compiler to build. (g++ 5.3 and clang++ 3.6.2 work both fine).
It also depends on the following libraries:
Also note that pianogui does not play music itself. Instead it
relies on a system-wide midi sequencer. On GNU/Linux you might
consider installing timidity
On debian, one can install them the following way:
sudo apt-get install timidity librtmidi-dev librtmidi2 libqt5widgets5 libqt5gui5 libqt5core5 qt5-default qt5-qmake g++-5,3
Once all the dependencies have been installed, you can simply compile pianogui by entering:
make
This will generate the pianogui binary in ./bin
Pianoterm needs a midi sequencer. If you decided to use timidity, you will need to run it first using:
timity -iA &
Then you can run the application by typing
./bin/pianogui
This will open an a window showing a piano keyboard.
On the "output port" menu, you can select the midi sequencer like TiMidity xxx:0.
On the "input" menu, you can either select an input keyboard (e.g. a virtual midi keyboard player)
or you can play a midi file by choosing select file in the input menu, or using the Ctrl + O shortcut.
When playing a midi file, one can play/pause it using the space key, or the Ctrl + P shortcut.
todo.txt contains a list of things that I still need to do.
Report bugs and questions to da.mota.sam@gmail.com (I trust the anti spam filter)