A funny program to play like Chopin. (tribute to Gazebo)
"In memory of all the electric pianos bought for children who no longer use them."
"I like Chopin" is a very special MIDI player for Linux, Mac and Windows that uses Python3 with three operating modes: simple MIDI player, passthrough, and playback. The last allows you to play like Chopin. It is an awesome mode that ensures any key you press on the keyboard will always play the correct note from a selected MIDI file. You need a physical MIDI keyboard or piano connected to the computer, the selection of music is done by an internal web server, at the URL http://127.0.0.1:8888.
Bring your piano back to life and impress your friends with this musical magic trick!
Python3 and the Python dependency manager python-poetry are assumed to be already installed on your machine.
cd src/
poetry installOn Linux, you need utility libraries for X C Binding libxcb-cursor0 or xcb-cursor0.
apt install libxcb-cursor0poetry run python i-like-chopin.py| With a Virtual Synth | With Piano in Daw Mode | With Rack Synth |
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- Python 3.10.12
- PySide6 6.7.1
- mido 1.2.10
- python-rtmidi 1.4.7
- netifaces2 0.0.22
- qrcode 7.4.2
- pillow 10.4.0
- bottle 0.13.2
No native virtual MIDI driver is provided with Windows, but there are a number of them available for free:
- RTP loopMIDI developed by Tobias Erichsen, who also programmed a version of the Network MIDI driver for Windows.
- MIDI Yoke which is part of the MIDI OX utility (32 bits only).
- Linux Debian 12 on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
- Linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon
- Windows 10 / RTP loopMIDI / OmniMIDI (load and play soundfonts) / VirtualMIDISynth
- MacOS 14.6.1
- USB to Midi CME U2MIDI Pro
- Steinberg UR22mkII
- Modartt Pianoteq Stage
- Keyboard Arturia Keystep 37
- Keyboard Arturia Keylab 61 Essential
- Piano Yamaha Clavinova CLP-123 -> LOCAL OFF = press MIDI/TRANSPOSE then PIANO1 (must lite)
Thank you to cyri11e for carrying out the program tests on MacOS and for his great patience.