MIDI AUTOMATION

1. CORE ENGINES

Mingus: The Music Theory Brain (Scales/Chords).

Mido: The MIDI File Creator (The Recording Engineer).

2. POTENTIAL ENGINES (FUTURE)

rtmidi: Connects Python directly to Reason 10 for live play.

Pygame: Used for building the User Interface (Buttons/Windows).

3. SCRIPT COMPONENTS

• chord_engine.py: Piano/Rhodes Chords.
• bass_gen.py: Root-note Basslines.
• top_line_melodist.py: Horn/Lead melodies.
• song_builder.py: Assembles the final 32-bar song file.

4. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS

.py: Python script file extension.

Step 1-2-3: Our custom name for Modal Mixture (Borrowed Chords).

1. Install Python: Downloaded version 3.14 (64-bit). This is the 'interpreter' that runs our music logic.

2. Install VS Code: This is our 'studio console' where we type the code.

3. Library Commands: We opened the terminal and ran these to give Python 'music knowledge':

• pip install mingus (For Music Theory)
• pip install mido (For MIDI File Creation)

Pro Tip: If 'pip' isn't recognized, use the full path to python.exe -m pip install.