cra-template-reactronica v0.0.2

Reactronica

https://reactronica.com

React audio components for making music in the browser.

React treats UI as a function of state. This library aims to treat music as a function of state, rendering sound instead of UI. Visual components live side by side with Reactronica, sharing the same state and elegantly kept in sync.

Uses ToneJS under the hood. Inspired by React Music.

Warning: Highly experimental. APIs will change.

Install

$ npm install --save reactronica tone

Note: Use React version >= 16.8 as Hooks are used internally.

Template

To get started quickly with Create React App and Reactronica, just run the command below:

$ npx create-react-app my-app --template reactronica

Documentation

https://reactronica.com

Components

• Song
• Track
• Instrument
• Effect

Demos

• Digital Audio Workstation
• Music chord, scale and progression finder

Usage

import React from 'react';
import { Song, Track, Instrument, Effect } from 'reactronica';

const Example = () => {
  return (
    // Top level component must be Song, with Tracks nested inside
    <Song bpm={90} isPlaying={true}>
      <Track
        // Array of several types
        steps={[
          // Note in string format
          'C3',
          // Object with note name and duration
          { name: 'C3', duration: 0.5 },
          { name: 'D3', duration: 0.5 },
          // Array of strings for chords
          ['C3', 'G3'],
          null,
          null,
          // Array of objects for chords
          [
            { name: 'C3', duration: 0.5 },
            { name: 'G3', duration: 0.5 },
          ],
          null,
        ]}
        volume={80}
        pan={0}
        // Callback for every tick
        onStepPlay={(step, index) => {
          doSomething(step, index);
        }}
      >
        <Instrument type="synth" />
        {/* Add effects chain here */}
        <Effect type="feedbackDelay" />
        <Effect type="distortion" />
      </Track>

      <Track>
        <Instrument
          type="sampler"
          samples={{
            C3: 'path/to/kick.mp3',
            D3: 'path/to/snare.mp3',
            E3: 'path/to/hihat.mp3',
          }}
          // Add some notes here to play
          notes={[{ name: 'C3' }]}
        />
      </Track>
    </Song>
  );
};

Development

# Start Reactronica component build watch
$ npm start
# To run example page, in new terminal:
$ cd example
# Link local version of Reactronica to example
$ npm link ../node_modules/react
# Start up!
$ npm start
# If you get a babel-eslint issue, create a .env file with SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true in ./example

Known Issues

• Tried to migrate library to Typescript, however having issues with rollup-plugin-typescript being too strict while bundling. (branch jest-typescript - 26/12/19).
• Tone installed as dependency due to Module not found: Can't resolve 'tone' in '/Users/kcheung/Development/unkleho/reactronica/dist' issue in website/. Keep as both dependency and peer for now.
• Latest Tone (13.4.9) has this issue Cannot assign to read only property 'listener' of object '#<AudioContext>' due to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55039122/why-does-tone-js-not-play-nice-in-a-svelte-component. Tone cannot be bundled with Reactronica and has to be a peer dependency for now.
• If you get Hooks can only be called inside the body of a function component., have a look at https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/14721. Try going into the examples folder and running npm link ../node_modules/react.

Thanks

• https://tonejs.github.io/
• https://github.com/FormidableLabs/react-music
• https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/create-react-library
• https://github.com/crabacus/the-open-source-drumkit for the drum sounds

License

MIT © unkleho