Removing the original method per MIDI message (event) API

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2019 Ladyada for Adafruit Industries
+Copyright (c) 2019 Ladyada for Adafruit Industries, Kevin J. Walters
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.rst

@@ -68,11 +68,14 @@ Usage Example
     print("Default output MIDI channel:", midi.out_channel + 1)
 
     while True:
-        midi.note_on(44, 120)
-        midi.note_off(44, 120)
-        midi.control_change(3, 44)
-        midi.pitch_bend(random.randint(0,16383))
-        time.sleep(1)
+        midi.send(NoteOn(44, 120))  # G sharp 2nd octave
+        time.sleep(0.25)
+        a_pitch_bend = PitchBend(random.randint(0, 16383))
+        midi.send(a_pitch_bend)
+        time.sleep(0.25)   
+        midi.send([NoteOff("G#2", 120),
+                   ControlChange(3, 44)])
+        time.sleep(0.5)
 
 
 Contributing

adafruit_midi/__init__.py

@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ class MIDI:
 
     """
 
-    NOTE_ON = 0x90
-    NOTE_OFF = 0x80
-    PITCH_BEND = 0xE0
-    CONTROL_CHANGE = 0xB0
-
     def __init__(self, midi_in=None, midi_out=None, *,
                  in_channel=None, out_channel=0, in_buf_size=30, debug=False):
         if midi_in is None and midi_out is None:
@@ -173,55 +168,6 @@ def send(self, msg, channel=None):
 
         self._send(data, len(data))
 
-    def note_on(self, note, vel, channel=None):
-        """Sends a MIDI Note On message.
-
-        :param int note: The note number. Must be 0-127.
-        :param int vel: The note velocity. Must be 0-127.
-
-        """
-        self._generic_3(self.NOTE_ON, note, vel, channel)
-
-    def note_off(self, note, vel, channel=None):
-        """Sends a MIDI Note Off message.
-
-        :param int note: The note number. Must be 0-127.
-        :param int vel: The note velocity. Must be 0-127.
-
-        """
-        self._generic_3(self.NOTE_OFF, note, vel, channel)
-
-    def pitch_bend(self, value, channel=None):
-        """Send a MIDI Pitch Wheel message.
-
-        :param int value: Range is 0-16383. A ``value`` of 8192 equates to no pitch bend, a value
-                          of less than 8192 equates to a negative pitch bend, and a value of more
-                          than 8192 equates to a positive pitch bend.
-
-        """
-        self._generic_3(self.PITCH_BEND, value & 0x7F, value >> 7, channel)
-
-    def control_change(self, control, value, channel=None):
-        """Sends a MIDI CC message.
-
-        :param int control: The controller number. Must be 0-127.
-        :param int value: The control value. Must be 0-127.
-
-        """
-        self._generic_3(self.CONTROL_CHANGE, control, value, channel)
-
-    def _generic_3(self, cmd, arg1, arg2, channel=None):
-        if not 0 <= arg1 <= 0x7F:
-            raise RuntimeError("Argument 1 value %d invalid" % arg1)
-        if not 0 <= arg2 <= 0x7F:
-            raise RuntimeError("Argument 2 value %d invalid" % arg2)
-        if channel is None:
-            channel = self._out_channel
-        self._outbuf[0] = (cmd & 0xF0) | (channel & 0x0f)
-        self._outbuf[1] = arg1
-        self._outbuf[2] = arg2
-        self._send(self._outbuf, 3)
-
     def _send(self, packet, num):
         if self._debug:
             print("Sending: ", [hex(i) for i in packet[:num]])

examples/midi_intest1.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 print("Midi input test with pauses")
 
 # Convert channel numbers at the presentation layer to the ones musicians use
-print("Input channel:", midi.in_channel + 1 )
+print("Input channel:", midi.in_channel + 1)
 
 # play with the pause to simulate code doing other stuff
 # in the loop

examples/midi_simpletest.py

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+# simple_test
 import time
 import random
 import usb_midi
 import adafruit_midi
+from adafruit_midi.control_change   import ControlChange
+from adafruit_midi.note_off         import NoteOff
+from adafruit_midi.note_on          import NoteOn
+from adafruit_midi.pitch_bend       import PitchBend
 
 midi = adafruit_midi.MIDI(midi_out=usb_midi.ports[1], out_channel=0)
 
@@ -13,8 +18,12 @@
       midi.in_channel + 1 if midi.in_channel is not None else None)
 
 while True:
-    midi.note_on(44, 120)
-    midi.note_off(44, 120)
-    midi.control_change(3, 44)
-    midi.pitch_bend(random.randint(0, 16383))
-    time.sleep(1)
+    midi.send(NoteOn(44, 120))  # G sharp 2nd octave
+    time.sleep(0.25)
+    a_pitch_bend = PitchBend(random.randint(0, 16383))
+    midi.send(a_pitch_bend)
+    time.sleep(0.25)
+    # note how a list of messages can be used
+    midi.send([NoteOff("G#2", 120),
+               ControlChange(3, 44)])
+    time.sleep(0.5)