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# MIDIPlayer
**TODO: Add description**
A MIDI player for Elixir.
## Installation
## Prerequisites
If [available in Hex](https://hex.pm/docs/publish), the package can be installed
by adding `midi_player` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
Install FluidSynth to play MIDI commands:
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:midi_player, "~> 0.1.0"}
]
end
On Linux:
```sh
sudo apt install libfluidsynth-dev
```
Documentation can be generated with [ExDoc](https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc)
and published on [HexDocs](https://hexdocs.pm). Once published, the docs can
be found at [https://hexdocs.pm/midi_player](https://hexdocs.pm/midi_player).
On OSX:
```sh
brew install fluidsynth
```
## Examples
First, let's create some events.
This plays a piano sound for the C note for 1 second:
```elixir
iex> piano = MIDIPlayer.Event.Note.new(0, 60, 0, 1000, 127)
```
We can change the instrument to a violin after one second like so:
```elixir
iex> change = MIDIPlayer.Event.ChangeProgram.new(0, 1000, 41)
```
(Note that it could be simpler to use another MIDI channel for another instrument.)
Finally, play two notes on the violin at the same time:
```elixir
iex> violin1 = MIDIPlayer.Event.Note.new(0, 67, 1000, 3000, 127)
iex> violin2 = MIDIPlayer.Event.Note.new(0, 64, 1000, 3000, 127)
```
Now we are ready to play these events.
First start the player like so:
```elixir
iex> MIDIPlayer.start_link()
```
Then load the events, and play them!
```elixir
iex> MIDIPlayer.generate_schedule([piano, change, violin1, violin2], 3000)
iex> MIDIPlayer.play()
```

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A GenServer for playing a schedule of MIDI commands at predefined times.
"""
# TBD: I think cancelling the timer could introduce a race condition.
# Could maybe match timer's reference to saved one?
@type schedule :: [{non_neg_integer(), binary()}]
# Client API