MIDI to Bytebeat patching is an act of taming the wild. It takes the raw, untamed electricity of algorithmic noise and subjects it to the rigid grid of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
(t * (freq >> 8)) & 0xFF
The first obstacle in creating such a patch is reconciling two incompatible definitions of time. MIDI is discrete and event-driven; its timeline advances in ticks, waiting for triggers to play a specific note at a specific velocity for a specific duration. Bytebeat, however, is continuous and time-centric. Its only variable is t (time), which increments linearly, often at the sample rate (e.g., 44,100 times per second). A MIDI file asks, "What happens at beat 48?" while a Bytebeat function asks, "What is the value of t right now, and how does it relate to its own past?" midi to bytebeat patched
Enter your bytebeat expression (e.g., t * ((t>>12|t>>8)&63&t>>4) ). MIDI to Bytebeat patching is an act of taming the wild
In traditional Bytebeat, t is an automaton. It just counts up forever. You cannot "play" it like an instrument; you can only change the formula. MIDI is discrete and event-driven; its timeline advances