Better way to send MIDI over Wifi ?
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2025 7:05 am
Id like to experiment with creating live visuals on my laptop using midi output from Push3 SA over Wifi. I already wrote python script and run it via ssh on the Push3 (see below) and it works but wonder if there's maybe a better way to do this (eg. with M4L device) ?
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import rtmidi
import socket
import time
HOSTNAME = "mycelium.local"
PORT = 5500
# Resolve hostname to IP
try:
HOSTIP = socket.gethostbyname(HOSTNAME)
print(f"📡 Resolved {HOSTNAME} to {HOSTIP}")
except socket.gaierror:
print("❌ Could not resolve hostname.")
exit(1)
# Set up UDP socket
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
# Initialize MIDI input
midiin = rtmidi.MidiIn()
ports = midiin.get_ports()
print("Available MIDI Ports:")
for i, port in enumerate(ports):
print(f" [{i}] {port}")
# Open working port (index 0)
midiin.open_port(0)
print(f"✅ Listening on: {ports[0]}")
print(f"🚀 Streaming MIDI to {HOSTIP}:{PORT}")
try:
while True:
msg = midiin.get_message()
if msg:
message, _ = msg
status = message[0] & 0xF0
channel = (message[0] & 0x0F) + 1
# Debug print
if status == 0x90 and message[2] > 0:
print(f"🎵 Note On : {message[1]} vel {message[2]} (ch {channel})")
elif status == 0x80 or (status == 0x90 and message[2] == 0):
print(f"🎹 Note Off: {message[1]} vel {message[2]} (ch {channel})")
elif status == 0xB0:
print(f"?. CC : CC#{message[1]} val {message[2]} (ch {channel})")
else:
print(f"🔧 Other : {message}")
sock.sendto(bytearray(message), (HOSTIP, PORT))
time.sleep(0.001)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("?.? Stopped.")
midiin.close_port()