This is just a dumb little demo to remind you what tones to play, in case you are lost in the desert and see bright lights. It uses Midi::Realtime to play tones. It's not terribly well written, but it will impress an 8-year old. :-)
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use MIDI::Realtime; use Tk; my $midi = MIDI::Realtime->new( dev => '/dev/sequencer', midi_device => 1 ); #1,2,3,4 #5 for external keyboard #thru USB UM-1 connector my %rects; my $mw = tkinit; my $canvas = $mw->Canvas( -bg => 'black', -width => 250, -height => 240, )->pack(); my $z = 0; my $w = 0; for my $x ( 1 .. 5 ) { for my $y ( reverse( 49 .. 60 ) ) { $rects{ $x }{ $y } = $canvas->createRectangle( $z, $w, $z + 50, $w ++ 20, -fill => 'lightblue' ); $w += 20; } $z += 50; $w = 0; } $mw->waitVisibility; $mw->after( 1000, sub { &signal_et } ); MainLoop; ###################################################################### +###### sub signal_et { $midi->patch( 57 ); #change instrument, my $time = 1; for ( 1, 2 ) { $w = 1; foreach my $num ( 58, 60, 51, 49 ) { $midi->note( $num, 1, 90 ); #note,channel,volu +me $canvas->itemconfigure( $rects{ $w }{ $num }, +-fill => 'hotpink' ); $mw->update; select( undef, undef, undef, $time / $_ ); $midi->note( $num, 1, 0 ); $canvas->itemconfigure( $rects{ $w }{ $num }, -fill => 'lightblue' ); $mw->update; $w++; } $midi->note( 56, 1, 90 ); $canvas->itemconfigure( $rects{ 5 }{ 56 }, -fill => 'h +otpink' ); $mw->update; select( undef, undef, undef, 1 ); $midi->note( 56, 1, 0 ); $canvas->itemconfigure( $rects{ 5 }{ 56 }, -fill => 'l +ightblue' ); $mw->update; select( undef, undef, undef, 1 ); $midi->patch( 56 ); #change instrument after 1rst v +olley } #response $midi->patch( 55 ); #et's instrument foreach my $num ( 58, 60, 51, 49 ) { $midi->note( $num, 1, 127 ); select( undef, undef, undef, .5 ); $midi->note( $num, 1, 0 ); } $midi->note( 56, 1, 127 ); select( undef, undef, undef, 1 ); $midi->note( 56, 1, 0 ); select( undef, undef, undef, 3 ); exit; } __END__