Vibe Composer MIDI
Compose and play music in real-time using natural language commands. Supports multi-track arrangements with 128 General MIDI instruments and drum kits.
Enables real-time music composition and playback through natural language commands using the JZZ MIDI library, supporting 128 General MIDI instruments, drum kits, multi-channel arrangements, and both software and hardware synthesizers with configurable timing and BPM control.
What it does
- Compose music from text descriptions
- Play multi-track arrangements with different instruments
- Control timing and BPM settings
- Route audio to software or hardware synthesizers
- List available MIDI outputs
- Create drum patterns and percussion tracks
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About Vibe Composer MIDI
Vibe Composer MIDI is a community-built MCP server published by mikeborozdin that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Vibe Composer MIDI lets you compose and play music in real-time with natural language, 128 MIDI instruments, and full BP It is categorized under other. This server exposes 2 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
How to install
You can install Vibe Composer MIDI in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
License
Vibe Composer MIDI is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Tools (2)
Lists MIDI outputs
Plays a music score
vibe-composer-midi-mcp
- Vibe composer as an MCP server
- Watch the video for an overview
- Talk to an LLM and compose music!
- Multi track - not just a piano, but the whole band
- Also can output to a software or a hardware synthesizer for a better sound!
Complete example on YouTube
Example prompts
Play an upbeat melody on the pianoSpicy it up with fast passages with 16th notesAdd a few bars on the saxophone while piano is playing chordsAdd drums for the whole duration of the song
Playing it on a software or hardware synthesizer
- Ask an LLM to list MIDI outputs -
Which MIDI outputs are available?- It may tell you that you have
Logic Pro
- It may tell you that you have
- Then ask to play it on logic pro and assign channels: e.g.:
Play in on Logic Pro and route the tracks to the following channels:
- Piano - channel 0
- Sax - channel 1
- Drums - channel 2
Installation
- Using an example of Claude Desktop as an MCP client:
Add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
"vibe-composer-midi-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["vibe-composer-midi-mcp@latest"]
}
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