Standard MIDI Files

Reply to Standard MIDI Files on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:48:57 GMT

jon2211 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:48:57 GMT

First, does anyone have a working version of [midifile], I downloaded the .dll today and put it in the search path but PD couldn't create.

Second, even if it does eventually load will it do the following:

I need to take a standard MIDI file which plays notes on multiple channels, sends program changes, etc. and have PD read it and send the data to a MIDI hardware sound module for playback.

Is this possible with [midifile] or other object?

I thought about reading data to array's for sending, does this sound plausible?

Thanks for any ideas etc

Reply to Standard MIDI Files on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:59:21 GMT

obiwannabe — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:59:21 GMT

Whatever happened to [xeq] ??

Good old [xeq], alas poor [xeq] , dear friend.

Maybe it's just not a Windows thing.

Reply to Standard MIDI Files on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:12:59 GMT

jon2211 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:12:59 GMT

i downloaded xeq for windows

http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/

but there is no help file.....

well, i decided just now to take another look at the web site and found the methods listed.

guessing mfread---->xeq---->midiout

will post back if it works

thanks

Reply to Standard MIDI Files on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:31:10 GMT

jon2211 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:31:10 GMT

got it....

xeq works great. Being on windows I couldn't just hook up to [midiout]. Sent MIDI data stream to [midiparse]. Used three [pack] objects to match channel fom [midiparse] to notes program and controller messages.

Open zip to find patch and MIDI file to test.

http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/xeq.html

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/xeqTest.zip