Midi Comunications

[Thomas McGrath III]

There is a stack called MIDIBuilder.rev that I downloaded from 
somewhere. It creates MIDI files. I looked and there is some hex data 
conversion stuff in it. Here is the web address:

http://www.shopperturnpike.com/usefulsoftware/midibuilder.html

HTH

TOM



On Mar 4, 2005, at 6:48 PM, Ben Fisher wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> I too am interested in MIDI, as I have an old Casio Midi keyboard that 
> I use occasionally. It would be really cool to see how MIDIs work and 
> write an editor. For the past couple of years I've been playing around 
> with the idea but never found the time.
>
> In older versions of Rev, there used to be a sample MIDI program. I 
> think it lives at http://support.runrev.com/resources/unsupported.php 
> This might be the first step in looking at the hex behind midis.
>
> Most good midi editors have a "score view." (Of course they also cost 
> $$$ and so I don't have them.) From playing the piano, I know how 
> musical notation works and with a little effort could put something 
> like that together (I.e. a program turning a list of notes into 
> musical notation).
>
> Maybe you could use Rev's read from port commands to get data from the 
> MIDI port? These days, most MIDI devices use USB, and so I guess they 
> are out of reach at least for now. If you learn something cool, please 
> tell me at jamon.ben at gmail.com
>
> -Ben
>
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