TYPE2BEAT.js

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// Type2Beat
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/*
 * A PlugIn that creates a beat / a note pattern from an input string (idea is based on TypeDrummer).
 * INPUT has to be changed within the editor. Haven't come up with a better solution yet, sorry.
 */
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var INPUT = "Ryan Gosling is a handsome man!"; // Change it up!!!
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var string = INPUT;
var currentStep = 0;

NeedsTimingInfo = true;
var wasPlaying = false;

function ProcessMIDI() {
    var info = GetTimingInfo();
    if (wasPlaying && !info.playing) {
        MIDI.allNotesOff();
        currentStep = 0;
    }
    wasPlaying = info.playing;
    if (info.playing) {
        var seq = typeToBeat(string);
        var div = GetParameter("Beat Division");
        var nextBeat = Math.ceil(info.blockStartBeat * div) / div;
        var noteLength = 1 / div;
        if (info.cycling && info.blockEndBeat >= info.rightCycleBeat) {
            if (info.blockEndBeat >= info.rightCycleBeat) {
                var cycleBeats = info.rightCycleBeat - info.leftCycleBeat;
                var cycleEnd = info.blockEndBeat - cycleBeats;
            }
        }
        while ((nextBeat >= info.blockStartBeat && nextBeat < info.blockEndBeat) ||
            (info.cycling && nextBeat < cycleEnd)) {
            if (info.cycling && nextBeat >= info.rightCycleBeat) {
                nextBeat -= cycleBeats;
            }
            if (seq[(currentStep % seq.length)] != null) {
                var noteOn = new NoteOn();
                noteOn.pitch = seq[(currentStep % seq.length)];
                noteOn.sendAtBeat(nextBeat);
                Trace("Note: " + MIDI.noteName(noteOn.pitch));
                var noteOff = new NoteOff(noteOn);
                noteOff.sendAtBeat(nextBeat + noteLength);
            }
            currentStep += 1;
            nextBeat += 0.001;
            nextBeat = Math.ceil(nextBeat * div) / div;
        }
    }
}

function typeToBeat(string) {
    var startNote = GetParameter("A → ");
    var alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.split('');
    var inputArray = Array.from(this.string.toUpperCase());
    var outputArray = [];
    for (i = 0; i < inputArray.length; i++) {
        if (alphabet.includes(inputArray[i])) {
            outputArray.push(alphabet.indexOf(inputArray[i]) + startNote);
        } else {
            outputArray.push(null);
        }
    }
    return outputArray;
}

ResetParameterDefaults = false;

var PluginParameters = [{
    name: "🥁 TYPE2BEAT",
    type: "text",
},{
    name: "Text: " + INPUT,
    type: "text",
}, {
    name: "A → ",
    type: "menu",
    valueStrings: MIDI._noteNames,
    minValue: 0,
    maxValue: 127,
    numberOfSteps: 128,
    defaultValue: 60
}, {
    name: "Beat Division",
    type: "linear",
    minValue: 1,
    maxValue: 8,
    numberOfSteps: 7,
    defaultValue: 4
}];