NAME

MIDI::Drummer::Tiny::Tutorial::Quickstart

VERSION

version 0.5006

Import the Module

            

              
              
use MIDI::Drummer::Tiny ();
            
          

Object Instantiation

Use the defaults

            

              
              
my $d = MIDI::Drummer::Tiny->new;
            
          

Attribute configuration

            

              
              
my $d = MIDI::Drummer::Tiny->new(
    file       => 'drums.mid',
    bpm        => 120,
    volume     => 120,
    signature  => '5/4', # OR:
    #beats     => 5,
    #divisions => 4,
    bars       => 8,
    reverb     => 0,
    kick       => 36, # Override default patch
    snare      => 40, # "
    verbose    => 1,
);
            
          

Drum Set Components

Kick and snare-like things

acoustic_bass, electric_bass ("kick")

acoustic_snare, electric_snare, side_stick, clap

Cymbals

open_hh, closed_hh, pedal_hh

crash1, crash2, splash, china

ride1, ride2, ride_bell

Toms

hi_tom, hi_mid_tom, low_mid_tom, low_tom, hi_floor_tom, low_floor_tom

Miscellaneous

click, bell (metronome), tambourine, cowbell, vibraslap, etc.

Handy Duration Aliases

whole, triplet_whole, dotted_whole, double_dotted_whole

half, triplet_half, dotted_half, double_dotted_half

quarter, triplet_quarter, dotted_quarter, double_dotted_quarter

eighth, triplet_eighth, dotted_eighth, double_dotted_eighth

etc. up to 128th notes

Basic Beats

Rock

            

              
              
$d->metronome44;
# OR
$d->metronome44($d->bars, 1);
            
          

That's it!

Swing

            

              
              
$d->metronome44swing;
            
          

That's it!

Viennese Waltz

            

              
              
for my $n (1 .. $d->bars) {
    $d->note($d->quarter, $d->ride1, $d->kick);
    $d->note($d->quarter, $d->ride1, $d->snare);
    $d->note($d->quarter, $d->ride1, $d->snare);
}
            
          

In 3/4 time

Disco

            

              
              
for my $n ( 0 .. $d->bars - 1 ) {
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->closed_hh, $d->kick );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->closed_hh );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->closed_hh );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->open_hh );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->pedal_hh, $d->kick, $d->snare );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->closed_hh );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->closed_hh );
    $d->note( $d->sixteenth, $d->closed_hh );
}
            
          

This beat is extra-cheesy.

And Finally...

Either play the score with the built-in timidity++ functionality:

            

              
              
$d->play_with_timidity;
            
          

Or write-out the score to a MIDI file:

            

              
              
$d->write;
            
          

And then play the score with timidity:

            

              
              
> timidity drums.mid
            
          

You can also use the excellent, cross platform program, VLC.

You can also convert the MIDI file into MP3, or whatever format you like.

Easy!

AUTHOR

Gene Boggs <gene@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014-2025 by Gene Boggs.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm MIDI::Drummer::Tiny

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install MIDI::Drummer::Tiny