Generating a basic MIDI file

Magenta comes with multiple command-line scripts (installed in the bin folder of your Magenta environment). Basically, each model has its own console script for dataset preparation, model training, and generation. Let's take a look:

1. While in the Magenta environment, download the Drums RNN pre-trained model, drum_kit_rnn:

> curl --output "drum_kit_rnn.mag" "http://download.magenta.tensorflow.org/models/drum_kit_rnn.mag"

2. Then, use the following command to generate your first few MIDI files:

> drums_rnn_generate --bundle_file="drum_kit_rnn.mag"

By default, the preceding command generates the files in /tmp/drums_rnn/generated (on Windows C:\tmp\drums_rnn\generated). You should see 10 new MIDI files, along with timestamps and a generation index.

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