How I built my own music performance software in JavaScript
summary
Built a JavaScript performance tool that drives an Ableton Push controller end to end: reads pads via web MIDI, renders the push display from a canvas, converts pixels to 16-bit RGB565 frames, XORs bytes for USB signal shaping, and streams 60 fps to the device over libusb inside Electron. It is pattern-based, controls synths by standard MIDI (127 velocity levels, 16 channels), is on GitHub and npm, and it works live.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 0:45Fundamental Sounds
- 2:23Snare Clap Rimshot
- 2:52Breathing Rhythm
- 3:20Clap
- 3:42Rimshot
- 9:57Ableton Push Tube
- 16:28Velocity
- 19:55What Would Be Easier than Using Canvas
- 25:25Demo
- 25:55Ableton
