Disklavier-Echo-Effect

This is a course project for MUS 305 at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, under the course direction of Dr. Heinrich Taube

• This project aims to simulate an "echo" effect on a Yamaha Disklavier piano, on up to 16 key simulatenously, with repetitions and diminishing of echo sound up to the performer.
• The program runs using the musx library and uses threading to run real-time outputs to a Yamaha Disklavier.

Running the program

• Have a computer connected to a Yamaha Disklavier.
• In a terminal, do python -m realtime (repeat) (sustain) (cutoff)
  • repeat defines the number of repetitions that are played following the initial note
  • sustain defines the number of seconds each repetition is held for
  • cutoff defines a midi note number where lower notes maintain the echo functionality, and higher notes play like a normal piano. An option to invert this feature is still in progress.