#####################[ midibeeper.py Notes ]############################

Drums are not translated; the noise channel, if available, is not used.
The MIDI version does not seem to matter. You should be able to create a
a MIDI song in a modern digital audio workstation (DAW), such as 'LMMS',
and translate just fine, though it would be a good idea to keep it
simple.

BBC BASIC
=========
You can convert MIDI to BBC BASIC via...

    $> midibeeper.py --bbc "/path/to/song.mid"
    
    ...However, it will only print the output in the terminal. If you
       want to save it to a file...
       
           $> midibeeper.py --bbc "/path/to/song.mid" | tee Song.bbc
           
    ...Fortunately, emulators such as "b-em", support the pasting of
       text copied to the clipboard.
       
There are other BBC-related options as well, such as...

    --electron
    --bbc-binary
    --bbc-ssd
    --bbc-sdl


QBasic
======
Honestly, this sounds terrible if testing via QuickBASIC v4.5 on
'DOSBox'.


Other Options
=============
--maestro
--grub
--Organ
--Joelle (--praat --json)


Playing on modern computers
===========================
If you want to listen to the beeps on a a modern computer, you will need
the command-line programs 'aplay' and 'beep' installed.

This script was originally designed for Python v2.2, to which
"Python v2.4.2r1 for DJGPP (GCC 3.3.2" was available for MS-DOS v5; that
version was released on 2008/04/29.