Bugs item #1911426, was opened at 2008-03-10 20:48 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by claudiusmaximus You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=478070&aid=1911426...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: externals Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: ClaudiusMaximus (claudiusmaximus)

Assigned to: Martin Peach (mrpeach)

Summary: mrpeach/midifile works best with real note-off messages

Initial Comment: Some software (at least timidity and midi2ly) require real note off messages and not the "note on with velocity 0" messages provided by [makenote] used in the midifile help patch.

I'm not sure what the official spec says, but switching to writing proper note-off messages to the file fixed my issues with notes not ending and instrument polyphony being exceeded.

So, instead of

[makenote 64 100] [pack f f] [list prepend ...]

Use:

"my note float" [t f f] | [pack f 64] | [list prepend ...] // channel number + 144 | [pipe f 100] [pack f 64] [list prepend ...] // channel number + 128

or similar.

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