CREATE A PYTHON SCRIPT THAT PERIODICALLY APPENDS LOG ENTRIES TO A TEXT FILE: a task request for the open source project The Amanuensis: Automated Songwriting and Recording

Repository

https://github.com/to-the-sun/amanuensis

The Amanuensis is an automated songwriting and recording system aimed at ridding the process of anything left-brained, so one need never leave a creative, spontaneous and improvisational state of mind, from the inception of the song until its final master. The program will construct a cohesive song structure, using the best of what you give it, looping around you and growing in real-time as you play. All you have to do is jam and fully written songs will flow out behind you wherever you go.
If you want to try it out, please get a hold of me! Playtesters wanted!

Details

I'm looking for someone who knows a little Python and could write a little script for this project.

For the sake of the diagnostic process, a log file is continually compiled documenting the behavior of the program as it moves along. I have been running into issues with this log getting too large. The object it stored in, dict, eventually runs up to hundreds of thousands of lines and starts taking up a lot of processing power just to store new entries. Therefore I am going to need to start clearing it periodically, writing a file to disk each time. Rather than have to write a new log file every time, it would be ideal to be able to append to the same text file. As far as I'm aware, this is not something that's possible in Max, but is with Python.

Components

All of the entries to be stored in the log are sent via UDP to a standalone version of log.maxpat.

Rather than have to get information after it's already been stored here, it may be ideal to just send it to the Python script immediately as it runs in the background. I already have a UDP receiver written in the Python script that handles the rhythmic analysis, consciousness.py, so that part would be taken care of.

Deadline

I'm hoping for the right person this would be an easy task. Maybe something that takes no more than 10 days.

Communication

Reply to this post or contact me through Github for more details.

Proof of Work Done

https://github.com/to-the-sun