https://github.com/mobeets/miditouchpad

use your Mac's touchpad as a midi controller to play music
https://github.com/mobeets/miditouchpad

midi-controller midi-device music music-generation touchpad trackpad

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use your Mac's touchpad as a midi controller to play music

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mobeets/miditouchpad
• Owner: mobeets
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-25T19:43:55.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-11-10T15:36:53.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-12T17:11:34.965Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: midi-controller, midi-device, music, music-generation, touchpad, trackpad
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
__What this does__: Lets you use your mac's trackpad as a midi controller.

## Getting started

0. Install requirements with `pip install -r requirements.txt`

1. Open up GarageBand or Logic with a Software Instrument track

2. `cd miditouchpad` and then run `python play.py` and drag your finger along the trackpad

## Options

The default MidiPad maps the x-position on your trackpad to notes, and the y-position to velocity (loudness). It also has a few options for specifying exactly which notes are played:

- Play notes in D major: `python play.py --notes D`

- Play notes in F# minor: `python play.py --notes f#`

- Change which octaves are included: `python play.py --octaves 4`

- Change the latency: `python play.py --latency 0.3`