Hydrogen drumkit creator script V2

An improved version of the original script is ready.

What's new:
- some small bugfixes
- more options
- espeak sample generator


This script helps you to create a Hydrogen drumkit.
There are 2 possible ways you can use this script : by providing your own
samples, or by providing a txt file that will be used to create espeak samples.


1) Provide your own samples:
   This will create a drumkit from sample files you provide

•  Manually create your samples (WAV, FLAC, AIFF) **
•  Place your samples in a temp dir
•  cd into the dir that holds this script and run the script like this :

     ./createH2kit_V2.py -i "/path/to/my/temp/dir/"

•  The script will ask you to enter some data about the kit you are creating
•  The drumkit will be created in the same dir where your samples are located
•  You can now import the H2drumkit file into Hydrogen (via Instrument > Import library > Local File)

 ** IMPORTANT NOTE:
 The names of the sample (wav/flac) files _must_ follow the below naming scheme:

        x-y instrument name.wav

   x : the instrument ID (=position of this instrument in the drumkit)
   y : the layer ID (0=lowest velocity sample)
   instrument name : this is the name that will be used for the instrument

 The rest of the script is interactive.


2) Auto create espeak kit 
   This mode will create a 'voice-drumkit' using the espeak voice syntheses utility

•  Create a text file that contains the words you want to use as samples ***
•  Place that file in a temp dir
•  cd into the dir that holds this script and run the script like this :

     ./createH2kit_V2.py -i "/path/to/my/temp/dir/my_text_file"

•  The script will ask you to enter some data about the kit you are creating
•  The drumkit will be created in the same dir where your text file is located
•  You can now import the H2drumkit file into Hydrogen via Instrument > Import library > Local File

 *** IMPORTANT NOTE:

 The lines in your text file must be formatted as follows (note the '*'):

   name of instrument * "text for espeak"

   eg:  Voice 1*"hello you"
   will create an instrument named 'Voice 1' that holds the 'hello you' espeak sample

 You can also add espeak options to the line:

   eg:  Voice 2*"hello you, how are you doing?" -s 50 -p 30
   will create an instrument named 'Voice 2' with an espeak sample at speed=50 and pitch=30

 For more options check the espeak man pages

Other options are :
 -h, --help    : will display this help.
 -i, --input   : specifies the dir or file you want to use as input
                 if you specify a dir, the script will assume that
                 this dir contains your self-made samples.
                 if you specify a file, the script will assume that this
                 file contains the text you want to feed to espeak.
 -v, --verbose : generates extra debug output.
 -l, --listen  : will let espeak say the text from the input file you
                 specified, without generating any output files.
                 you can use this option to preview the espeak samples.
                 (does not work if you dont provide a file as input)


Espeak example :
If you use this txt file as input:

   how low*"how low" -p 10
   can*"can" -s 10
   hello*"hello you"
   go*"go !" -p 150
   all*"how low can you go?" -p 20 -s 10

This is the result : espeak drumkit 2


Download :
You can download the script here

UPDATE : check out V5 of the script here