Linuxwave GUI

A simple Electron-based GUI for linuxwave, a command-line tool to generate music from bytes of files (default: /dev/urandom). This app lets you easily run linuxwave and post-process the output with sox, providing a user-friendly interface for random music generation.

Features

• Enter BPM, key, and duration to generate music.
• Runs linuxwave and sox with your chosen parameters.
• Displays status updates when generation is complete.
• Requires linuxwave and sox to be installed on your system.

Prerequisites

• Any Linux Distro (recommended: Arch, Ubuntu, etc.)
• linuxwave (install from source or download a release)
• sox (install via your package manager)
• Node.js (v16+ recommended)

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Arcmyx/linuxwavegui.git
   cd linuxwavegui

2. Install dependencies:

Usage

1. Make sure linuxwave and sox are installed and available in your PATH.
2. Start the Electron app:
3. Enter your desired BPM, key, and duration, then click Generate.
4. When finished, output.wav and output.mid will be generated in the project directory. Note that output.mid will be a little bit different from the audio. This is to be expected - I used the best tool I could find for pitch detection on npm. It still sounds cool, though.

Notes

• This app only works on Linux, as linuxwave and sox are Linux-only tools.
• The GUI is not intended to be run in a web browser. Always launch with Electron, or the execution of programs will fail.
• If you encounter issues with permissions or missing dependencies, ensure all prerequisites are installed and accessible.

License

GPLv3

Author: Arcmyx