My Robot Drummer...

DIY Beats

MIDI::Simple::Drummer

  1. It's on CPAN and will install on any machine.

  2. It only depends on MIDI::Simple, which depends on nothing but Perl itself!

Static not dynamic

This package renders a .mid file.
It does not interact with you.

Why make a MIDI drummer?

The metronome is boring!
Metronomes go on forever, which is not real.
Songs have parts, including an end.
Drummers cue your place in the song.
I miss my virtuoso drummer and teacher.

What Song Do You Think This Is?

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Back In Black!

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The General MIDI Kit

The GMK is pretty feeble but works just fine and is part of every machine.

Drums: snare, two basses and six toms
Cymbals: hi-hat (closed/open/pedal), two crashes, a China, a Splash, two rides and the ride bell
Miscelaneous other instruments like the venerable cowbell, bongos and congos, etc.

Open the .mid in your favorite sequencer

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And fiddle about. Every sequencer has better patches than the GMK.

The GMK is not Neil Peart's kit!

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Let's Get This Party Started!

First, let's check out the essential bits...

The Kit

The kit is just a hash of internal method names, like

11 POD Errors

The following errors were encountered while parsing the POD:

Around line 56:

Deleting unknown formatting code G<>

Around line 60:

Deleting unknown formatting code G<>

Around line 78:

Deleting unknown formatting code G<>

Around line 84:

Deleting unknown formatting code G<>

Around line 102:

=over without closing =back

Around line 111:

=end perl doesn't match =begin for. (Stack: =over; =begin for)

Around line 119:

=end perl doesn't match =begin for. (Stack: =over; =begin for; =begin for)

Around line 154:

=end perl doesn't match =begin for. (Stack: =over; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for)

Around line 184:

=end perl doesn't match =begin for. (Stack: =over; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for)

Around line 201:

=end perl doesn't match =begin for. (Stack: =over; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for)

Around line 223:

=end perl doesn't match =begin for. (Stack: =over; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for; =begin for)