Installing symfonion on MacOSX

Symfonion is a JSON based language to create music works. It takes a JSON file as input and outputs a midi file or plays it on the fly.

Today, I installed it on my Macbook Air and would like to share the steps.

1. Install Java

Download Java from here And follow the steps described here if you don't have it yet.

2. Install symfonion binary

Download symfonion binary from here Place it under /opt/local/bin.

$ sudo mv symfonion-0.8.10.jar /opt/local/bin/

3. Create a shell to run symfonion

Create a file named /opt/local/bin/symfonion.

#!/bin/bash

java -jar /opt/local/bin/symfonion-0.8.10.jar $@

And change the permission to 755.

$ sudo chmod 755 /opt/local/bin/symfonion

4. Done!

If you have installed symfonion successfully, you will see the output below when you type symfonion from a shell.

nikephoros:Music hiroshi$ symfonion 
usage: SYNTAX
 -c,--compile <arg>   compile the specified file to a standard midi file.
 -h,--help            print the command line usage.
 -I <arg>             specify midi in port.
 -l,--list            list the available midi devices.
 -o <arg>             specify a file to which a compiled standard midi
                      file is output.
 -O <arg>             specify midi out port.
 -p,--play <arg>      play the specifiled file.
 -r,--route           run a midi patch bay.
 -V,--version         print the version information.
nikephoros:Music hiroshi$