midi-recorder 1.0.0__tar.gz

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+ MIT License
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Maarten Boot
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+ # midi-recorder: run and check everything inside a virtualenv.
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+ # make -> show targets
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+ # make all -> clean rebuild of the venv, then format, lint, typecheck and test
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+ # make check -> ruff check + ruff format --check + mypy --strict + pytest
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+ # make build -> check, then build sdist + wheel into dist/ and run twine check
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+ # make testpypi -> build, then upload dist/* to TestPyPI (repository section mboot_testpypi in ~/.pypirc)
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+ # make pypi -> only from a clean tree whose HEAD is tagged v<version>: build, then upload dist/* to PyPI after you retype the version
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+ # make run ARGS="-o ~/midi --idle 20"
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+
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+ PYTHON ?= python3
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+ VENV ?= .venv
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+
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+ ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
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+ VBIN := $(VENV)/Scripts
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+ else
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+ VBIN := $(VENV)/bin
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+ endif
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+ STAMP := $(VENV)/.installed
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+ VERSION = $(shell sed -n 's/^__version__ = "\(.*\)"/\1/p' midi_recorder.py)
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+ PY := midi_recorder.py midi_recorder_gui.py
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+ SRC := $(PY) tests stubs
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+
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+ .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
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+ .PHONY: help all venv lint format format-check typecheck test check build run run-gui clean distclean testpypi pypi pypi-guard
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+
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+ help:
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+ @echo "all distclean + venv + lint + format + format-check + typecheck + test"
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+ @echo "venv create the virtualenv and install dependencies"
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+ @echo "lint ruff check"
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+ @echo "format ruff format (rewrites files)"
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+ @echo "format-check ruff format --check"
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+ @echo "typecheck mypy --strict"
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+ @echo "test pytest"
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+ @echo "check lint + format-check + typecheck + test"
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+ @echo "build build sdist + wheel into dist/ and run twine check"
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+ @echo "run run the recorder (ARGS=\"...\" passes options)"
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+ @echo "run-gui run the status window (needs tkinter; ARGS=\"...\" passes options)"
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+ @echo "clean remove caches"
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+ @echo "distclean clean + remove the virtualenv"
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+ @echo "testpypi check + build + upload dist/* to TestPyPI"
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+ @echo "pypi clean + tagged commit only; check + build + upload dist/* to PyPI after confirmation"
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+ all: distclean venv lint format format-check typecheck test
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+ venv: $(STAMP)
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+ $(STAMP): pyproject.toml
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+ $(PYTHON) -m venv $(VENV)
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+ $(VBIN)/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
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+ $(VBIN)/python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ touch $(STAMP)
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+ lint: $(STAMP)
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+ $(VBIN)/mypy $(PY) tests
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+ check: lint format-check typecheck test
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+ build: $(STAMP) check
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+ rm -rf dist
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+ $(VBIN)/python -m build
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+ $(VBIN)/twine check dist/*
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+ run: $(STAMP)
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+ $(VBIN)/python midi_recorder.py $(ARGS)
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+ run-gui: $(STAMP)
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+ $(VBIN)/python midi_recorder_gui.py $(ARGS)
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+
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+ clean:
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+ rm -rf .mypy_cache .ruff_cache .pytest_cache build dist *.egg-info
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+ find . -name __pycache__ -not -path "./$(VENV)/*" -prune -exec rm -rf {} +
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+ distclean: clean
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+ # ---------------------------------------
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+ # Manual uploads. Credentials come from the repository sections in ~/.pypirc (username __token__, password = API token).
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+ # The normal way to publish is a GitHub release (.github/workflows/release.yml, trusted publishing, no token).
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+ # Every upload needs a new __version__ in midi_recorder.py: neither index accepts the same file twice.
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+ testpypi: build
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+ pypi: pypi-guard build
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.5
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+ Name: midi-recorder
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+ Version: 1.0.0
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+ Summary: Record all incoming MIDI events to timestamped .mid files, saved automatically when playing stops
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/maarten-boot/recording-midi-data
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/maarten-boot/recording-midi-data/issues
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+ Author: Maarten Boot
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+ License-Expression: MIT
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Keywords: daw,midi,mido,piano,recorder
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
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+ Classifier: Environment :: Console
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+ Classifier: Environment :: X11 Applications
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: MIDI
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.10
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+ Requires-Dist: mido>=1.3
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+ Requires-Dist: python-rtmidi>=1.5.8
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+ Provides-Extra: dev
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+ Requires-Dist: build; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: mypy; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: pytest; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: ruff; extra == 'dev'
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+ Requires-Dist: twine; extra == 'dev'
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+
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+ # recording-midi-data
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+ **midi-recorder** records everything that comes in on your MIDI inputs and saves it as a standard MIDI file.
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+ There is nothing to press: the first note starts a recording, and when you stop playing the file is closed and saved.
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+ Each file is named after the moment the recording started: `2026-10-05_21-35-12.mid`.
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+ - Notes, sustain and other pedals, channel and polyphonic aftertouch, pitch bend and all other messages are kept. Only `clock` and `active_sensing` are dropped.
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+ - Listens on **all** MIDI inputs at once; inputs plugged in later are picked up automatically.
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+ - Plays back in real time in any DAW (1 tick = 1 ms).
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+ - Crash safe: a journal is written while you play, and recovered at the next start.
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+ - Command line, plus a small status window.
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+ - Linux, Windows and macOS.
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+ There is no live display of the notes; open the finished file in your DAW for that.
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+
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+ ## Install
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+
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+ ```
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+ pipx install midi-recorder # or: pip install midi-recorder
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+ ```
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+
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+ Python 3.10 - 3.12. The MIDI backend `python-rtmidi` has no prebuilt wheels for Python 3.13 yet, so on 3.13 pip would have to compile it.
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+ | System | Notes |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora) | Needs the ALSA sequencer, which any normal desktop install has. The status window needs tkinter: `sudo apt install python3-tk` (Debian/Ubuntu) or `sudo dnf install python3-tkinter` (Fedora). |
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+ | Windows 10, 11 | A MIDI input can usually be opened by only one program at a time. Close your DAW first, or route the keyboard through a loopback driver such as loopMIDI so both can listen. |
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+ | macOS | Should work through CoreMIDI. The automated tests run on macOS, but it has not been tried with a real keyboard. |
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+ ## Quick start
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+ ```
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+ midi-recorder --list # show the MIDI inputs it can see
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+ midi-recorder -o ~/midi # record into ~/midi, stop with Ctrl-C
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+ midi-recorder-gui -o ~/midi # the same, with a status window
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+ ```
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+ `midi-recorder --list` prints a short error instead of a traceback when no MIDI backend is available.
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+ If you leave out `-o`, files go into the current directory.
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+ ## How a recording works
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+ 1. A recording **starts** with the first event from any input.
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+ 2. It **ends** when no event has arrived for `--idle` seconds (default 30), *and* no note is held and no sustain pedal is down. While a key or the pedal is held, it waits up to `--max-hold` seconds (default 120) instead, so a long held chord does not cut the file, and a stuck note cannot keep it open forever.
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+ 3. The file is written as a type 1 MIDI file: a tempo track plus **one track per input**, named after the input. With only one keyboard you get one note track.
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+ 4. Ctrl-C (or closing the window) saves the recording in progress before exiting.
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+ Timestamps are taken when the event reaches the program, so their accuracy is whatever your operating system's MIDI driver and scheduling give you, typically about a millisecond.
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+ ## Options
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+ Both programs take the same options.
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+ | Option | Default | Meaning |
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+ |---|---|---|
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+ | `-o`, `--outdir` | `.` | Folder for the `.mid` files, created if missing. |
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+ | `--idle` | `30` | Seconds of silence that end a recording. |
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+ | `--max-hold` | `120` | Longest silence allowed while a note or the sustain pedal is held. |
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+ | `--log-level` | `INFO` | `DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARNING` or `ERROR`. |
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+ | `--log-file` | `<outdir>/midi_recorder.log` | Where to write the log. |
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+ | `--no-log-file` | | Log to stderr only. |
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+ | `--list` | | `midi-recorder` only: list the MIDI inputs and exit. |
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+
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+ ## Status window
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+ `midi-recorder-gui` shows whether it is **recording** (with the number of events and the elapsed time) or **ready**, the inputs it is listening on, the recordings saved so far, and a button that opens the output folder.
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+ Closing the window saves the recording in progress.
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+ ## If it crashes
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+ While you play, every event is also appended to `YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.journal` in the output folder, and the file is flushed as events arrive.
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+ When a recording is saved normally the journal is deleted.
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+ If the program or the computer dies mid-recording, the next start turns each leftover journal into a `.mid` file and logs a warning. A write that was cut off by the crash is skipped. If a `.mid` with that name already exists, the recovered file gets `_recovered` in its name instead of overwriting it.
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+ Run only one recorder per output folder, otherwise one could mistake the other's live journal for a crash.
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+ ## Logging
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+ Messages go to stderr and to `<outdir>/midi_recorder.log`, which is rotated at 1 MB and keeps 3 old files. A failing MIDI backend or an input that cannot be opened is logged once, not every few seconds.
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+ ## Development
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+
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+ ```
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+ git clone https://github.com/maarten-boot/recording-midi-data
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+ cd recording-midi-data
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+ make check # ruff, ruff format --check, mypy --strict, pytest (creates .venv)
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+ make all # the same from a fresh venv, also runs ruff format
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+ make build # checks, then builds the sdist and wheel into dist/ and runs twine check
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+ make run ARGS="-o ~/midi"
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+ ```
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+ `make` with no target lists everything. The checks run on Linux, Windows and macOS in GitHub Actions.
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+ `mido` ships no type information, so a minimal stub for the part this program uses lives in `stubs/mido/`.
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+ ## License
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+
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+ MIT, see `LICENSE`.
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+
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+ Thanks Claude.
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+ # recording-midi-data
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+
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+ **midi-recorder** records everything that comes in on your MIDI inputs and saves it as a standard MIDI file.
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+ There is nothing to press: the first note starts a recording, and when you stop playing the file is closed and saved.
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+
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+ Each file is named after the moment the recording started: `2026-10-05_21-35-12.mid`.
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+
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+ - Notes, sustain and other pedals, channel and polyphonic aftertouch, pitch bend and all other messages are kept. Only `clock` and `active_sensing` are dropped.
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+ - Listens on **all** MIDI inputs at once; inputs plugged in later are picked up automatically.
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+ - Plays back in real time in any DAW (1 tick = 1 ms).
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+ - Crash safe: a journal is written while you play, and recovered at the next start.
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+ - Command line, plus a small status window.
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+ - Linux, Windows and macOS.
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+
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+ There is no live display of the notes; open the finished file in your DAW for that.
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+
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+ ## Install
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+
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+ ```
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+ pipx install midi-recorder # or: pip install midi-recorder
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+ ```
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+
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+ Python 3.10 - 3.12. The MIDI backend `python-rtmidi` has no prebuilt wheels for Python 3.13 yet, so on 3.13 pip would have to compile it.
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+
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+ | System | Notes |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora) | Needs the ALSA sequencer, which any normal desktop install has. The status window needs tkinter: `sudo apt install python3-tk` (Debian/Ubuntu) or `sudo dnf install python3-tkinter` (Fedora). |
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+ | Windows 10, 11 | A MIDI input can usually be opened by only one program at a time. Close your DAW first, or route the keyboard through a loopback driver such as loopMIDI so both can listen. |
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+ | macOS | Should work through CoreMIDI. The automated tests run on macOS, but it has not been tried with a real keyboard. |
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+ ## Quick start
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+ ```
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+ midi-recorder --list # show the MIDI inputs it can see
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+ midi-recorder -o ~/midi # record into ~/midi, stop with Ctrl-C
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+ midi-recorder-gui -o ~/midi # the same, with a status window
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+ ```
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+ `midi-recorder --list` prints a short error instead of a traceback when no MIDI backend is available.
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+ If you leave out `-o`, files go into the current directory.
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+ ## How a recording works
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+ 1. A recording **starts** with the first event from any input.
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+ 2. It **ends** when no event has arrived for `--idle` seconds (default 30), *and* no note is held and no sustain pedal is down. While a key or the pedal is held, it waits up to `--max-hold` seconds (default 120) instead, so a long held chord does not cut the file, and a stuck note cannot keep it open forever.
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+ 3. The file is written as a type 1 MIDI file: a tempo track plus **one track per input**, named after the input. With only one keyboard you get one note track.
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+ 4. Ctrl-C (or closing the window) saves the recording in progress before exiting.
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+ Timestamps are taken when the event reaches the program, so their accuracy is whatever your operating system's MIDI driver and scheduling give you, typically about a millisecond.
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+ ## Options
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+ Both programs take the same options.
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+ | Option | Default | Meaning |
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+ | `-o`, `--outdir` | `.` | Folder for the `.mid` files, created if missing. |
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+ | `--idle` | `30` | Seconds of silence that end a recording. |
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+ | `--max-hold` | `120` | Longest silence allowed while a note or the sustain pedal is held. |
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+ | `--log-level` | `INFO` | `DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARNING` or `ERROR`. |
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+ | `--log-file` | `<outdir>/midi_recorder.log` | Where to write the log. |
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+ | `--no-log-file` | | Log to stderr only. |
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+ | `--list` | | `midi-recorder` only: list the MIDI inputs and exit. |
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+ ## Status window
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+ `midi-recorder-gui` shows whether it is **recording** (with the number of events and the elapsed time) or **ready**, the inputs it is listening on, the recordings saved so far, and a button that opens the output folder.
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+ Closing the window saves the recording in progress.
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+ ## If it crashes
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+ While you play, every event is also appended to `YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.journal` in the output folder, and the file is flushed as events arrive.
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+ When a recording is saved normally the journal is deleted.
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+ If the program or the computer dies mid-recording, the next start turns each leftover journal into a `.mid` file and logs a warning. A write that was cut off by the crash is skipped. If a `.mid` with that name already exists, the recovered file gets `_recovered` in its name instead of overwriting it.
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+ Run only one recorder per output folder, otherwise one could mistake the other's live journal for a crash.
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+ ## Logging
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+ Messages go to stderr and to `<outdir>/midi_recorder.log`, which is rotated at 1 MB and keeps 3 old files. A failing MIDI backend or an input that cannot be opened is logged once, not every few seconds.
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+ ## Development
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+ ```
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+ git clone https://github.com/maarten-boot/recording-midi-data
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+ cd recording-midi-data
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+ make check # ruff, ruff format --check, mypy --strict, pytest (creates .venv)
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+ make all # the same from a fresh venv, also runs ruff format
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+ make build # checks, then builds the sdist and wheel into dist/ and runs twine check
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+ make run ARGS="-o ~/midi"
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+ ```
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+ `make` with no target lists everything. The checks run on Linux, Windows and macOS in GitHub Actions.
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+ `mido` ships no type information, so a minimal stub for the part this program uses lives in `stubs/mido/`.
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+ ## License
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+ MIT, see `LICENSE`.
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+ Thanks Claude.