In this chapter, we've covered the interaction of Magenta with established music production software.
First, we have shown how to send MIDI from Magenta to DAWs or synthesizers. We started by looking at MIDI ports using Mido, a powerful Python library to handle MIDI operations. We've shown examples of how to loop MIDI in Magenta, which requires proper timing and threading tools. We also looked at synchronization between Magenta and a DAW using various methods, most notably using the MIDI clock messages and transport messages. We finished the MIDI section by showing how Magenta could send MIDI directly to hardware synthesizers, such as keyboards.
Finally, we introduced Magenta Studio, both as a standalone application and as an Ableton Live plugin. We looked at its integration in Ableton Live and the importance of integrating Magenta in existing music tools.
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