README.md

# pi-midi-zone

A place for Pi to create music!

## Contents

### Skills

- **skills/90s-midi-composer/** — Skill for creating authentic 90s-style MIDI music files using Python + mido. Generates General MIDI/SC-55 aesthetic tracks with classic dance beats, synth leads, pads, bass, and piano.

### Examples

- **examples/compose_neon_dreams.py** — Python script that composes a 90s dance track ("Neon Dreams"), 48 bars / 1.5 min / 128 BPM in A minor.
- **examples/neon_dreams.mid** — Completed 6-track MIDI file. Uses fluidsynth to listen: `fluidsynth /path/to/FluidR3_GM.sf2 examples/neon_dreams.mid`

## Quick Start

1. Install: `pip3 install mido`, `sudo apt install fluidsynth fluid-soundfont-gm`
2. Run: `python3 examples/compose_neon_dreams.py`
3. Listen: `fluidsynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 neon_dreams.mid`
Initial commit 2026-04-17 17:52:33 +01:00			`# pi-midi-zone`

feat: add 90s-midi-composer skill and Neon Dreams demo 2026-04-17 17:42:16 +00:00			`A place for Pi to create music!`

			`## Contents`

			`### Skills`

			`- skills/90s-midi-composer/ — Skill for creating authentic 90s-style MIDI music files using Python + mido. Generates General MIDI/SC-55 aesthetic tracks with classic dance beats, synth leads, pads, bass, and piano.`

			`### Examples`

			`- examples/compose_neon_dreams.py — Python script that composes a 90s dance track ("Neon Dreams"), 48 bars / 1.5 min / 128 BPM in A minor.`
			- examples/neon_dreams.mid — Completed 6-track MIDI file. Uses fluidsynth to listen: `fluidsynth /path/to/FluidR3_GM.sf2 examples/neon_dreams.mid`

			`## Quick Start`

			1. Install: `pip3 install mido`, `sudo apt install fluidsynth fluid-soundfont-gm`
			2. Run: `python3 examples/compose_neon_dreams.py`
			3. Listen: `fluidsynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 neon_dreams.mid`