mtsespy

Python bindings for the ODDSound MTS-ESP library.

Installation

To install from PyPI:

$ pip install mtsespy

or to clone the repo and install from source:

$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/narenratan/mtsespy.git
$ cd mtsespy
$ python3 -m pip install .

Using MTS-ESP requires the libMTS dynamic library which is available in the ODDSound MTS-ESP repo here. The places to put it for each OS are given in the MTS-ESP README here. To use MTS-ESP on ARM, for example on a Raspberry Pi, you can build the open source libMTS in this repo.

Examples

Set tuning of midi note 69 to frequency 441 Hz

import signal

import mtsespy as mts

with mts.Master():
    mts.set_note_tuning(441.0, 69)
    signal.pause()

Pull frequency of midi note 69 on midi channel 0

import mtsespy as mts

with mts.Client() as c:
    f = mts.note_to_frequency(c, 69, 0)

The Master and Client context managers, used above, handle registering and deregistering the MTS-ESP master and client.

Wrapper names

The function names in the MTS-ESP C++ library and this Python wrapper correspond as follows

Master functions

C++	Python
MTS_RegisterMaster	register_master
MTS_DeregisterMaster	deregister_master
MTS_HasIPC	has_ipc
MTS_Reinitialize	reinitialize
MTS_GetNumClients	get_num_clients
MTS_SetNoteTunings	set_note_tunings
MTS_SetNoteTuning	set_note_tuning
MTS_SetScaleName	set_scale_name
MTS_FilterNote	filter_note
MTS_ClearNoteFilter	clear_note_filter
MTS_SetMultiChannel	set_multi_channel
MTS_SetMultiChannelNoteTunings	set_multi_channel_note_tunings
MTS_SetMultiChannelNoteTuning	set_multi_channel_note_tuning
MTS_FilterNoteMultiChannel	filter_note_multi_channel
MTS_ClearNoteFilterMultiChannel	clear_note_filter_multi_channel

Client functions

C++	Python
MTS_RegisterClient	register_client
MTS_DeregisterClient	deregister_client
MTS_HasMaster	has_master
MTS_ShouldFilterNote	should_filter_note
MTS_NoteToFrequency	note_to_frequency
MTS_RetuningInSemitones	retuning_in_semitones
MTS_RetuningAsRatio	retuning_as_ratio
MTS_FrequencyToNote	frequency_to_note
MTS_FrequencyToNoteAndChannel	frequency_to_note_and_channel
MTS_GetScaleName	get_scale_name
MTS_ParseMIDIDataU	-
MTS_ParseMIDIData	parse_midi_data

Scala files

The mtsespy package also includes a scala_files_to_frequencies function which uses the Surge Synth Team Tuning Library. This is not part of the MTS-ESP library; it's included because I find it convenient to be able to use tunings in Scala scl and kbm files with MTS-ESP in Python. The scala_files_to_frequencies function can be called as

from mtsespy import scala_files_to_frequencies

frequencies = scala_files_to_frequencies("tuning.scl", "tuning.kbm")

or, using a default keyboard mapping,

frequencies = scala_files_to_frequencies("tuning.scl")

and returns a list of 128 frequencies in Hz, one for each each midi note.