F♭ V.0.8

A programming language aimed at music composition.

This directory is an implementation of the programming language F♭. A music-composition DSL, designed and implemented during the final 14-day mini-project at a course named Programming Language Design, at DIKU in 2016.

Trying out the language.

Assuming that you are on a Debian-based linux distro:

1. Check that your machine has a group for playing audio by typing:

   grep audio /etc/group
   look for something that looks like:
   audio:x:29:pulse
   And add yourself to the group by typing :
   sudo gpasswd -a yourUserName audio

2. Install a music-synthesis or sequencer program. (I suggest fluidsynth).

   sudo apt-get install fluidsynth
sudo apt-get install fluid-soundfont-gm
sudo apt-get install jackd2
sudo apt-get install alsa

3. Install F# (a functional language) by typing:

   sudo apt-get instal mono-complete

4. Install pymidi by typing:

   sudo apt-gte install python-midiutil

5. Start up a the synthesiser by entering:

   fluidsynth --audio-driver=alsa -o audio.alsa.device=hw:0 /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2
   in a seperate terminal.

6. Change directory into the directory ./bin and run the script named tests.sh

Future work.

A version V.1.0.0 of F♭ will be later this summer. This first version will not be backwards compatible with V.0.0.1.