RtMidi is a set of C++ classes that provide a cross-platform API for real-time MIDI input/output on Linux, macOS/OS X, and Windows. It is a Python binding package for RtMidi that uses Cython to wrap the RtMidi C++ interface. The API is essentially the same as in C++, but the naming scheme for classes, methods, and parameters has been changed to Python PEP-8 norms and the Python package name structure requirements. It supports Python3.
Installing python-rtmidi on Windows
Method 1: Using pip to install python-rtmidi Package
Follow the below steps to install the python-rtmidi package on Windows using pip:
Step 1: Install the current or latest version of Python3 in windows.
Step 2: Now check if pip and python are correctly installed in the system using the following commands.
python –version
pip –version
Step 3: Upgrade pip to the latest version to avoid errors during installation.
pip install –upgrade pip
Step 4: Enter the following command to install python-rtmidi using pip.
pip install python-rtmidi
Method 2: Using setup.py to install python-rtmidi
Follow the below steps to install the python-rtmidi on Windows using the setup.py file:
Step 1: Download the latest source package of python-rtmidi for Python3 from here.
curl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/92/bf/749468bc43f85ec77f37154327360ba82e7d0ae622341eab44a6d75751c3/python-rtmidi-1.4.9.tar.gz > python-rtmidi-1.4.9.tar.gz
Step 2: Extract the downloaded package using the given command.
tar -xzvf python-rtmidi-1.4.9.tar.gz
Step 3: Go to the python-rtmidi-1.4.9 folder and enter the following command to install the package.
cd python-rtmidi-1.4.9
python setup.py install
Verifying python-rtmidi installation on Windows
Make the following import in your Python terminal to verify if the installation of python-rtmidi has been done properly:
import rtmidi
If there is any error while importing the module then the python-rtmidi package is not installed properly.