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# Life
#
# Generate music from life

function weblife(gen,size,cellstring,scale,key,style,stepsize) {
	p = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,a,b,c';
	cells = []
	for ( r=0; r<size; r++ ) {
		cells[r] = []
		for ( c=0; c<size; c++ ) {
			pos = 1 + r*size + c
			s = substr(cellstring,pos,1)
			cells[r][c] = integer(s)
		}
	}

	r = cells2scale(size,cells,scale,key,stepsize,style)
	# printcells(size,cells);

	for ( n=1; n<gen; n++ ) {
		cells = lifegen(size,cells);
		# printcells(size,cells);
		r += cells2scale(size,cells,scale,key,stepsize,style)
	}
	writemf(r,"www.mid")
	writelines(r,"www.lines")
}

function printcells(size,cells) {
	printf("
"); for ( r=0; r<size; r++ ) { for ( c=0; c<size; c++ ) { v = cells[r][c]; printf(string(v)); } printf("<br>"); } } function lifegen(size,cells) { newcells = [] for ( r=0; r<size; r++ ) { newcells[r] = [] for ( c=0; c<size; c++ ) { v = cells[r][c]; rowup = r-1 if ( rowup < 0 ) rowup = size-1 rowdown = r+1 if ( rowdown >= size ) rowdown = 0 colleft = c-1 if ( colleft < 0 ) colleft = size-1 colright = c+1 if ( colright >= size ) colright = 0 tot = cells[rowup][colleft] +cells[rowup][c] +cells[rowup][colright] +cells[r][colleft] +cells[r][colright] +cells[rowdown][colleft] +cells[rowdown][c] +cells[rowdown][colright] ; # print("r=",r," c=",c," v=",v," tot=",tot) if ( v == 0 && tot == 3 ) { # print("BIRTH r=",r," c=",c) newcells[r][c] = 1 # birth } else if ( v == 1 && tot != 2 && tot != 3 ) { # print("DEATH r=",r," c=",c) newcells[r][c] = 0 # death } else { newcells[r][c] = v } } } return(newcells) } function cells2scale(size,cells,scale,key,stepsize,style) { sc = scalenamed(scale); # print("sc=",sc); scalesize = sizeof(sc); scalenotenum = 1 oct = 0 scalenote = [] basent = phrase("'"+key+"'"); for ( n=0; n<size; n++ ) { scalenote[size-n-1] = basent scalenote[size-n-1].pitch += sc%scalenotenum.pitch + oct*12 # print ("scale n=",size-n-1," scalenote=",scalenote[size-n-1]); scalenotenum++ if ( scalenotenum > scalesize ) { scalenotenum = 1 oct++; } } p = '' for ( r=0; r<size; r++ ) { for ( c=0; c<size; c++ ) { if ( cells[r][c] ) { nt = scalenote[r] nt.time = c*stepsize nt.dur = stepsize p |= nt } } } if ( style == "raw" ) { p.length = stepsize*size } else if ( style == "arpeggiate" ) { p = arpeggio(p) p.length = latest(p) } else if ( style == "highest" ) { p = mono(p) p.length = stepsize*size } else if ( style == "lowest" ) { p = mono(p,1) p.length = stepsize*size } return(p) }