TinyProject -- Easy BeatBox (Head First Java Version)

This is the code of a easy beatbox which come from Head First Java and I just want to share it with some website friend. You can design your own electronic stuff by clicking those boxes with diffrent keys and instruments. Use the button “start” can play the beatbox you design. you can stop it anytime by cilcking “stop”. “Tempo Up” and “Tempo Down” are used to change the tempo of your music. And I also add the “serializeIt” and “restore” so you can save and load your demos.

I think it’s a great tiny-project which can make us familier with GUI and Midi. You may make a wonderful beatbox at the same time. enjoy it!

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.sound.midi.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;

public class BeatBox {
	JPanel mainPanel;
	ArrayList<JCheckBox> checkboxList;
	Sequencer sequencer;
	Sequence sequence;
	Track track;
	JFrame theFrame;
	
	String[] instrumentNames = {"Bass Drum", "Closed Hi-Hat", "Open Hi-Hat", "Acoustic Snare",
			"Crash Cymbal", "Hand Clap", "High Tom", "Hi Bongo", "Maracas", "Whistle", "Low Conga", 
			"Cowbell", "Vibraslap", "Low-mid Tom", "High Agogo", "Open Hi Conga"};
	int[] instruments = {35, 42, 46, 38, 49, 39, 50, 60, 70, 72, 64, 56, 58, 47, 67, 63};
	
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		new BeatBox().buildGUI();
	}
 	
 	public void buildGUI() {
 		theFrame = new JFrame("Cyber BeatBox");
 		theFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 		BorderLayout layout = new BorderLayout();
 		JPanel background = new JPanel(layout);
 		background.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
 		
 		checkboxList = new ArrayList<JCheckBox>();
 		Box buttonBox = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
 		
 		JButton start = new JButton("Start");
 		start.addActionListener(new MyStartListener());
 		buttonBox.add(start);
 		
 		JButton stop = new JButton("stop");
 		stop.addActionListener(new MyStopListener());
 		buttonBox.add(stop);
 		
 		JButton upTempo = new JButton("Tempo Up");
 		upTempo.addActionListener(new MyUpTempoListener());
 		buttonBox.add(upTempo);
 		
 		JButton downTempo = new JButton("Tempo Down");
 		downTempo.addActionListener(new MyDownTempoListener());
 		buttonBox.add(downTempo);
 		
 		JButton serializeIt = new JButton("serializeIt");
 		serializeIt.addActionListener(new MySendListener());
 		buttonBox.add(serializeIt);
 		
 		JButton restore = new JButton("restore");
 		restore.addActionListener(new MyReadInListener());
 		buttonBox.add(restore);
 		
 		
 		Box nameBox = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
 		for(int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
 			nameBox.add(new Label(instrumentNames[i]));
 		}
 		
 		background.add(BorderLayout.EAST, buttonBox);
 		background.add(BorderLayout.WEST, nameBox);
 		
 		theFrame.getContentPane().add(background);
 		
 		GridLayout grid = new GridLayout(16, 16);
 		grid.setVgap(1);
 		grid.setHgap(2);
 		mainPanel = new JPanel(grid);
 		background.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, mainPanel);
 		
 		for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 			JCheckBox c = new JCheckBox();
 			c.setSelected(false);
 			checkboxList.add(c);
 			mainPanel.add(c);
 		}
 		
 		setUpMidi();
 		
 		theFrame.setBounds(50, 50, 350, 350);
 		theFrame.pack();
 		theFrame.setVisible(true);
 	}
 	
 	public void setUpMidi() {
 		try {
 			sequencer = MidiSystem.getSequencer();
 			sequencer.open();
 			sequence = new Sequence(Sequence.PPQ, 4);
 			track = sequence.createTrack();
 			sequencer.setTempoInBPM(120);
 		} catch(Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public void buildTrackAndStart() {
 		int[] trackList = null;
 		
 		sequence.deleteTrack(track);
 		track = sequence.createTrack();
 		
 		for(int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
 			trackList = new int[16];
 			int key = instruments[i];
 			for(int j = 0; j < 16; j++) {
 				JCheckBox jc = (JCheckBox) checkboxList.get(j + (16*i));
 				if( jc.isSelected()) {
 					trackList[j] = key;
 				} else {
 					trackList[j] = 0;
 				}
 			}
 			makeTracks(trackList);
 	 		track.add(makeEvent(176, 1, 127, 0, 16));
 		}
 		track.add(makeEvent(192, 9, 1, 0, 15));
 		try {
 			sequencer.setSequence(sequence);
 			sequencer.setLoopCount(sequencer.LOOP_CONTINUOUSLY);
 			sequencer.start();
 			sequencer.setTempoInBPM(120);
 		} catch(Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
 	}

 	public class MyStartListener implements ActionListener {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) {
 			buildTrackAndStart();
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public class MyStopListener implements ActionListener {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) {
 			sequencer.stop();
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public class MyUpTempoListener implements ActionListener {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) {
 			float tempoFactor = sequencer.getTempoFactor();
 			sequencer.setTempoFactor((float) (tempoFactor * 1.03));
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public class MyDownTempoListener implements ActionListener {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) {
 			float tempoFactor = sequencer.getTempoFactor();
 			sequencer.setTempoFactor((float) (tempoFactor * 0.97));
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public class MySendListener implements ActionListener {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 			JFileChooser fileSave = new JFileChooser();
 			fileSave.showSaveDialog(theFrame);
 			saveFile(fileSave.getSelectedFile());
 		}
 	}
 	
 	private void saveFile(File file) {
 		boolean[] checkboxState = new boolean[256];
 		for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 			JCheckBox check = (JCheckBox) checkboxList.get(i);
 			if(check.isSelected()) {
 				checkboxState[i] = true;
 			}
 		}
 		try {
			FileOutputStream fileStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
			ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(fileStream);
			os.writeObject(checkboxState);
		} catch(IOException ex) {
			System.out.println("could't write the beatbox out");
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
 	}
 	
 	public class MyReadInListener implements ActionListener {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) {
 			JFileChooser fileOpen = new JFileChooser();
 			fileOpen.showOpenDialog(theFrame);
 			openFile(fileOpen.getSelectedFile());
 		}
 	}
 	
 	private void openFile(File file) {
 		boolean[] checkboxState = null;
 		try {
 			FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(file);
 			ObjectInputStream is = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn);
 			checkboxState = (boolean[]) is.readObject();
 		} catch(Exception ex) {
 			ex.printStackTrace();
 		}
 		for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 			JCheckBox check = (JCheckBox) checkboxList.get(i);
 			if(checkboxState[i]) {
 				check.setSelected(true);
 			} else {
 				check.setSelected(false);
 			}
 		}
 		sequencer.stop();
 		buildTrackAndStart();
 	}
 	
 	public void makeTracks(int[] list) {
 		for(int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
 			int key = list[i];
 			if(key != 0) {
 				track.add(makeEvent(144, 9, key, 100, i));
 				track.add(makeEvent(128, 9, key, 100, i+1));
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	
 	public MidiEvent makeEvent(int comd, int chan, int one, int two, int tick) {
 		MidiEvent event = null;
 		try {
 			ShortMessage a = new ShortMessage();
 			a.setMessage(comd, chan, one, two);
 			event = new MidiEvent(a, tick);
 		} catch(Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
 		return event;
 	}
}