Every Rock Beat Ever ( Drums )

• Objective: Generate Unique and Interesting Rock Drum Beat MIDI Files
• Language: Python, HTML, CSS
• License: GNU
• Filetype(s): .PY, .HTML, Dockerfile, JSON
• APP Video Demo: https://www.loom.com/share/ac3e25eed1494cfca877b65aebff30eb
• Deployment Server

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Contributor(s):

• Chris Burrows ( Lead Programmer / Design)

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Setup:

Local Machine Instance -- Docker

1. Git Clone this Repository
2. Create .env in top level using dotenv_template.txt OR pass in environment variables (CONTEXT=LOCAL)
3. Install Docker https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/
4. In your terminal, cd (change directory) to the parent 'EveryRockBeatEver'
   • GitBash may be useful for a terminal application: https://git-scm.com/downloads
5. Run the Dockerfile command docker build -t erbe .
6. Run the Dockerfile command docker run -p 5000:5000 erbe
7. Open a browser and navigate to the URL: localhost:5000

Local Machine Instance -- IDE

1. Git Clone this Repository
2. Create .env in top level using dotenv_template.txt
3. In IDE Terminal:
   $ python -m venv venv # Virtual environment
$ source venv/Scripts/activate # (bash terminal)
   $ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ flask --app EveryRockBeatEver --debug run # (debug tag optional)

Cloud / Deployment Instance

• Follow all the above steps, specifying CONTEXT=CLOUD in .env
• Make sure your server is configured with the necessary CORS parameters.

Test Both Environments Simultaneously

• Follow all the above steps, specifying CONTEXT=FULL in .env

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How To:

1. From Home, click on the Quick Generate Button.
2. Now, a MIDI File displays with Playback options or a Download Option.
   It should be a rock drum beat within a tempo of 80 - 160 BPM.
3. Feel free to repeat, using the Quick Generate to get a new beat!

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Additional Features:

There are additional plans to integrate more user control over the algorithm using timbres, dynamics, breakability, and subdivisions. Machine Learning is also a prospect.

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Resources

This project would not have been possible without the use of some fantastic musical packages:
MIDIUtil: https://midiutil.readthedocs.io/en/1.2.1/
html-midi-player: https://cifkao.github.io/html-midi-player/

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About

The Inspiration

The "Every Rock Beat Ever" App was originated from the idea of creating an algorithm as the rhythmic foundation for a progressive metal album. The initial "code base" was a simple calculator in a Google Sheets field, but after its Author attended an online Data Science Bootcamp it was quickly adopted into a Python App.

The Author

Chris Burrows is an all around drummer with specialization in Progressive Metal and a Programmer with budding interests in Software Development and Data Science. You can also check out his contributions in musical projects on various platforms:

- Coma Cluster Void (Former Drummer)
- Thoren (Current Drummer)
- Vihaan (Former Session / Live Drummer)
- R.O.P. (Former Session / Live Drummer)
- Wonderbox (Former Producer / Engineer)