webmidi hax

midi.html

<div id="devices"></div>
<br/>
<h3>Select your midi device, play some notes.</h3>
<br/>
<div id="letters"></div>

script.js

// depends on https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/webmidi@2.5.1
// via https://github.com/djipco/webmidi

WebMidi.enable(function (err) {

  dbox = document.getElementById("devices")
  if (err) {
    console.log("WebMidi failed", err)
    throw "that's bad"
  } else {
    console.log("WebMidi enabled")
    di=0;
    WebMidi.inputs.forEach(d=>{
      if (di == 0) { checked = 'checked'; } else { checked = ''; }
      dbox.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", '<input type="radio" '+checked+' id="device-'+d.id+'" name="indevice" value="' + d.id + '"><label for="device-'+d.id+'">&nbsp;'+d.name+'</label><br>');
      ++di;
    })
    
      const m = {}
      m.in = WebMidi.inputs[0]
      // m.out = WebMidi.outputs[0]

      ltrbox = document.getElementById("letters")

      var sustained = false
      const midiRange = [0, 127]
      const asciiRange = [48,126]
      const rmap1 = (x1, y1, x2, y2, v) => Math.max(Math.min(Math.floor((v - x1) * (y2 - x2) / (y1 - x1) + x2), y2), x2)
      const rmap = (v) => rmap1(midiRange[0], midiRange[1], asciiRange[0], asciiRange[1], v)
      window.rmap=rmap
      const noteHandler = function (e) {
        lowestData = Math.min.apply(null, Array.from([e.data[1], e.data[2]]))
        console.log(e.data[0], e.data[1], e.data[2])
        s = String.fromCharCode(rmap(lowestData)).toLowerCase()
        if (sustained) {
          // shouting mode enabled
          s = s.toUpperCase()
        }
        ltrbox.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", s)
      }
      
      const sustainer = function(e) {
        // yay global state manipulation
        if (e.data[1] == 64 && e.data[2] == 127) {
          sustained = true
        }
        if (e.data[1] == 64 && e.data[2] == 0) {
          sustained = false
        }
      }

      dbox.addEventListener("change", function(evt) {
        m.oldIn = m.in
        m.in = WebMidi.getInputById(evt.target.value)
        console.log("changed devices", evt.target.value)
        m.oldIn.removeListener()
        m.in.addListener("noteon", "all", noteHandler)
        m.in.addListener("controlchange", "all", sustainer)
      })
    dbox.querySelector("input").dispatchEvent(new Event("change", { bubbles: true } ))    
  }
});

scripts

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/webmidi@2.5.1"></script>

style.css

body {
  margin: 18px;
}
h3 {
  margin: 0;
  display: inline;
}
#devices {
  width: 600px;
}
#letters {
  width: 600px;
  min-height: 150px;
  padding: 9px;
  overflow-wrap: break-word;
  border: thin solid;
  
}

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