ForMIDI v0.4 "Forbidden Love"

Added

• The Meta event set_time_signature() method and the time_signature optional argument in the new() method.
• The MIDI event pitch_bend() (demonstrated in tests).
• In src/music.f90:
  • most useful notes values, alongside quarter_note, are now defined as Fortran parameters: whole_note, half_note, eighth_note, sixteenth_note and thirty_second_note, expressed in MIDI ticks.
  • A dotted() function returning the value of a dotted note.
  • Common note levels expressed as MIDI velocities, from pppp_level to ffff_level.
• The method play_broken_chord() can now either accept a value argument with the whole duration or a values array argument containing the values for each note.
• example/motifs.f90: based on Dmitri Shostakovich's DSCH motif and BACH motif, with four musical tracks. It uses the new values array argument of the method play_broken_chord().
• Unit tests for the function variable_length_quantity(i), which was added to be called by the method write_variable_length_quantity(self, i).
• A FORD documentation: a project file ford.yml and a workflow .github/workflows/ford.yml to generate GitHub Pages.

Changed

• In the Note_OFF() method, the velocity argument is now optional (64 is the default value).
• The ON and OFF MIDI constants are now defined as parameters, using their decimal value.
• The quarter_note parameter is now 96 instead of 128 (96 has the advantage of being a multiple of 2 and 3).
• Refactored automatic tests.

Fixed

• The last ishft() in the write_variable_length_quantity() is now toward the right instead of left (fixes Issue #9).

ForMIDI v0.3 "Forbidden Planet"

Forbidden Planet (1956) is considered to be the first movie with an entire electronic soundtrack, composed by Bebe and Louis Barron.

Added

• An example/README.md file presenting each example, with links to listen the OGG files.
• example/la_folia.f90: variations on La Folia, demonstrating the use of the method play_broken_chord().
• A method play_broken_chord(), using an array containing the intervals to play, was added in the MIDI_file_class. For the moment, each note has the same duration.
• A method get_name() returns the MIDI filename.
• src/utilities.f90: offers miscellaneous functions, like checked_int8().
• A ROADMAP.md file.
• A logo/ directory.

Changed

• OOP refactoring: src/formidi.f90 is now MIDI_file_class.f90.
  • The API was simplified by renaming many methods and arguments, and by removing the need to use int8, int16 or int32 integers: the user will now just use default kind integers. More simplifications:
  • init_formidi() is now automatically called when you create a MIDI file.
  • The size_pos variable is now automatically managed by the object.
  • The tempo and copyright (optional) are now passed to the construction new() method.
  • A text_event (optional) can now be passed to the new() and track_header() methods.
  • The track name is now passed to the track_header() method.
  • The metadata track is now closed automatically at the end of the new() method.
  • The subroutine write_chord() (renamed play_chord()) was moved in the MIDI_file_class.
  • The method Note() was split in two: Note_ON() and Note_OFF().
• Examples:
  • src/demos.f90 was removed and split into example/third_kind.f90,
    example/canon.f90, example/blues.f90 and example/circle_of_fifths.f90. They can be run with the fpm run --example command.
  • In examples, keyword argument lists are now generally used to improve understanding and comments were added.
  • The multi-tracks examples canon.f90, blues.f90 and la_folia.f90 now uses the control change Pan to obtain a stereo effect.
• src/music.f90 was splitted in two files: src/music.f90 and src/music_common.f90 which contain music theory elements common to the ForMIDI and ForSynth projects.
• The function get_MIDI_note() (renamed MIDI_note()) was moved in src/music.f90.
• build.sh improved.

Removed

• app/main.f90 was removed.

Fixed

• example/blues.f90: the note_OFF events of the drums were not correctly placed.