Drum Machine Pattern2MIDI Tool

Utility for translating drum machine patterns from CSV into Sonic-Pi for MIDI pass through to a drum machine.

Included is a Pattern Repository created from 260 Drum Machine Patterns.pdf By Renee-Pierre Bardet

Included in the repository are CSV UTF-8 (Comma Separated Values) patterns which are designed to follow the format from the 260 Drum Machine Patterns book. See the SampleDrumPattern.csv file included in the root file for more information.

The format for the csv is as follows, a capital o - [ O ] signifiying Note not Played and a capital x - [ X ] signifying Note Played over a sixteen (16) beat measure with a time signature of 4/4.

Result	Condition
Note Not Played	O
Note Played	X

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
ACCENT - AC	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
CYMBOL - CY	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
CLOSED HAT - CH	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
OPEN HAT - OH	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
HIGH TOM - HT	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
MIDDLE TOM - MT	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
SNARE DRUM - SD	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
RIM SHOT - RS	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
LOW TOM - LT	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
CLAPS - CPS	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	X	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	X
COW BELL - CB	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
BASS DRUM - BD	O	O	O	X	O	O	O	X	O	O	O	X	O	O	O	X

File Structure

Concept

 1. Pattern_Repository

  1.1 {Pattern Name}

    1.1.A Original

      1.1.A / - {Pattern} - #
  
    1.1.B Break

      1.1.B / - {Pattern} - Break - #

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Example

1. Pattern_Repository

  -Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban

    --Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Original

      ---Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Original/AfroCuban-l.csv
      ---Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Original/AfroCuban-2.csv
      ---Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Original/AfroCuban-N.csv

    --Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Break

      ---Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Break/AfroCuban-Break-1.csv
      ---Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Break/AfroCuban-Break-2.csv
      ---Pattern_Repository/AfroCuban/Break/AfroCuban-Break-N.csv