jMusic - Computer music composition in Java.

created by Andrew Sorensen and Andrew Brown

jMusic is a project designed to provide composers and software developers with a library of compositional and audio processing tools. It provides a solid framework for computer-assisted composition in Java™, and is also used for generative music, instrument building, interactive performance, and music analysis.

jMusic supports musicians with its familiar music data structure based upon note/sound events, and provides methods for organising, manipulating and analysing that musical data. jMusic scores can be rendered as MIDI or audio files for storage and later processing or playback in real-time. jMusic can read and write MIDI files, audio files, XML files, and its own .jm files; there is real-time support for JavaSound, QuickTime and MIDIShare.

jMusic is designed to be extendible, encouraging you to build upon its functionality by programming in Java to create your own musical compositions, tools, and instruments. In a spirit of mutual collaboration, jMusic is provided free and is an open source project. jMusic is 100% Java and works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD, Solaris, or any other platform with Java support.

jMusic Book

The book "Making Music with Java" by jMusic co-creator Andrew R. Brown, includes 300 pages of jMusic examples with explanations of all musical and programming concepts.

Get it from Lulu.

Introduction

A brief description of jMusic and its objectives.

jMusic News

Download

Getting and installing jMusic.

Established in 1998, jMusic continues to be used by individuals and institutions the world over to make music compositions, instruments and as a teaching resource.

Check the Applications, Instruments and Education pages of this site for more details.

The book "Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality", by jMusic co-creator Andrew R. Brown, describes many aspects of computer music in straight forward ways, including synthesis, algorithmic composition, and interactive music.