#!/bin/bash # London Tower Big Ben tune as a simple bash script # Copyright (C) 2002 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # # Usage: # $ midiclock /dev/midi0 tune="C 4, E 4, D 4, g 2, C 4, D 4, E 4, C 2, \ E 4, C 4, D 4, g 2, g 4, D 4, E 4, C 2," mididev="${1:-/dev/midi1}" tempo=80 # quarters per minute function playnote() { let "ms = 240000 / ($2 * $tempo)" echo -ne '\x90' >&3 echo -ne "$1\144" >&3 sleep $ms'e-3s' echo -ne '\x80' >&3 echo -ne "$1\000" >&3 } function playtune() { echo $1 | tr "cdefgabCDEFGAB" "<>@ACEGHJLMOQS" | \ while read -rd, note length; do playnote $note $length done } function playhour() { h=$(date +%l) while [ $h -gt 0 ]; do playnote $'\x37' 2 let "h--" done } if [ -e $mididev -a -w $mididev ]; then exec 3>$mididev echo -ne '\xb0\x07\x7f' >&3 # volume = 127 echo -ne '\xc0\x0e' >&3 # instrument = bells playtune "$tune" sleep 2 playhour exec 3<&- else echo "`basename $0` : invalid MIDI device ( $mididev )" fi