For decades, these two worlds never touched. You either sequenced romantic MIDI chords or wrote ((t>>12)|(t>>8))&63 in a C++ compiler. That is, until the tinkerers arrived. Enter the strange, beautiful beast known as the system.

: Patch MIDI CC knobs to variables within the formula (e.g., changing

Whether you are using a web-based tool like Websynth or a custom script, the general workflow follows these steps:

A system gives you:

In a patched environment, the standard MIDI status and data bytes—which carry channel and note information—must be translated into variables the Bytebeat engine can understand. This typically requires: