Export to Audio

[tchx84]

Request: Perhaps the app could allow the user to export audio files e.g., to Ogg.

Context: I literally just tried the app, composed my first beat and thought "this would be a great soundtrack for a game", e.g., a game made with Gameeky :)

[Revisto]

Hi, thanks for making an issue! I see two ways of this happening:

1. Adding a record button and record freely
2. export options, maybe with options like how many times to repeat the beat in the export or how much blank space to put at the end of the audio file (since the crash symbol (for now) is long and it can be cut in the export)

[tchx84]

Hi, thanks for making an issue! I see two ways of this happening:

😄

1. Adding a record button and record freely

At Sugar Labs, we tried this with Music Keyboard. A major drawback is that it assumes a lot of dexterity, which isn't a great UX or accessible.

3. export options, maybe with options like how many times to repeat the beat in the export or how much blank space to put at the end of the audio file (since the crash symbol (for now) is long and it can be cut in the export)

Right, this one would make a lot of sense, e.g., a proper "export" dialog where users can tweak properties like how many loops and other things at a conceptual level. Better UX, and reproducible results.

[Ivan951236]

Or simply to make this feature request is a real feature, it is to bundle the app with a audio converter like FFmpeg or something and then in the code is to use FFmpeg either pre-existing or the one bundled in the app to convert the midi track to another audio file, like opus, mp3 or ogg like the OP mentioned

TL;DR just use FFmpeg