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Date1999-05-18 17:30
FromPatrick Robinson
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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a midi file player/converter that saves/plays midi
format 0. I usually use Cakewalk, but it seems the .mid files it saves are
not compatable with Csound.

many thanks

Pat.

Date1999-05-18 20:59
FromLarry Troxler
SubjectRe: your mail
On Tue, 18 May 1999, Patrick Robinson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Can anyone recommend a midi file player/converter that saves/plays midi
> format 0. I usually use Cakewalk, but it seems the .mid files it saves are
> not compatable with Csound.

It's been a long time, and I don't have the Midi File specs handy, but I
seem to remember that the only difference in file format between 0 and 1
is that 0 has only one track, and has a byte in the File header set to
indicate that is format 0 and not 1.

So, you should  be able to merge all you tracks into one, and then go in
with a hex editor and change the appropriate byte (I seem to remember it
being in one of the first size bytes of the file)

Also, I'm sure the old "miditools" package includes a utility to do this.

Larry