Group project for Music Software Projects at NYU, 2015.
By Mads Lund and Aric Werner
##Final version
###Dependencies You will need to be running Python 2.7, and have a few other packages installed to run Koshka:
brew install portaudio # If you have a Mac
pip install pyaudio
pip install numpy
pip install scipy
###Excecution Run Koshka using the executable file:
python koshka/koshka.py
A score can also be run without GUI using the command line:
usage: koshka.py [-h] [--no_gui [NO_GUI]] [-l [LOOP]] [score]
Koshka - MSP project
positional arguments:
score
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--no_gui [NO_GUI]
-l [LOOP], --loop [LOOP]
The online help can be found here.
##Homework 9 By Mads Lund and Aric Werner
The homework solution is implemented with the two Python programs and the required deliverables and be executed with the command: ./homework9.sh.
The unit test for homework 9 can be executed using the command:
python -m unittest discover -p *meantone* koshka/
There is no explicit unit test for interval comparison since the correctness of the interval are already tested and the comparisons are only differences.
###Melody playback
homework9.py is a program able to play a monophonic melody encoded with a simple file format. The melody Mary had a little lamb is encoded in this format in the file scores/mary.mscore.
###Interval Comparison
homework9_scale.py is a program for comparing frequencies and cents between different intervals and between tuning systems.
usage: homework9_scales.py [-h] [-f BASEFREQ] [-i INTERVALS0] [-i1 INTERVALS1]
scale0 scale1
MSP homework 9 scale interval comparison
positional arguments:
scale0 The supported scales are: EvenTempered, PythagSeries,
PythagChromaticScale, PythagDodecaphonic,
PtolemyNaturalChromatic, Meantone, Meantone12Tone
scale1 Same as scale0
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f BASEFREQ, --basefreq BASEFREQ
-i INTERVALS0, -i0 INTERVALS0, --intervals0 INTERVALS0
List of interval for scale0. Default: all interval in
an octave.
-i1 INTERVALS1, --intervals1 INTERVALS1
List of interval for scale1. Default: the same as
intervals0
##Homework 8 By Mads Lund and Aric Werner
The current version of our project, Koshka, is able to play Ptolemy's scale and the Bembe Wheel described in score files located in the folder ./scores/
The two parts of the homework and the harness test for Ptolemy's scale can be run using the shell script:
./homework8.sh
Alternatively, the parts can be runned seperatly using the commands:
./koshka/koshka.py scores/ptolemy_scale.txt --no_gui
./koshka/koshka.py scores/bembe_wheel.txt --no_gui --loop 1
And with GUI:
./koshka/koshka.py scores/ptolemy_scale.txt
./koshka/koshka.py scores/bembe_wheel.txt
The unit test for homework 8 can be executed using the command:
python -m unittest discover -p *ptolemy* koshka/