The Sound
midiOutStarter.mp3
click for
http://www.omino.com/snd/midiOutStarter.mp3
click for
http://www.omino.com/snd/midiOutStarter.mp3
The Code
Here’s a super simple plain-old-C file that uses Core MIDI on Mac OS X to send random notes to all the channels:
And here is a Reason setup with some various cute sounds used for the MP3 above.
Huh?
Oh… I write MIDI software so infrequently these days that I need to keep around a starter-app, to remember how it’s done. Perhaps someone else might happen upon this example and benefit. Meanwhile, at least I know where to find it.



Very cool sounding. Sort of reminds me of some Harry Partch pieces I heard back in school. That might be a naive interpretation of “random notes” – but … all the same :)
are you saying that nearly 100 years of electronic music can be summarized by this one piece of software?