Hallo!
xeq looks very complicated to me, and I can't find any help patches for it, and it's a library. None of these issues may be important to you.
well, there is documentation: http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/xeq.html
But I wanted a simple record/playback type external that could be used in place of a midiin or midiout object.
yes, that can be done ... and it has some really nice feature ...
I attached patches for simple reading and writing of midi files (note: it's an "old-style" GOP patch)
LG Georg
#N canvas 627 49 384 186 12; #X text 16 21 _play_midi_file::::; #X msg 232 323 edit; #X obj 198 352 xeq $0-x; #X msg 57 264 rewind , flush; #X msg 65 297 stop , flush; #X obj 46 332 xeq_parse $0-x; #X obj 198 267 openpanel; #X msg 198 296 mfread $1; #X obj 46 363 outlet; #X obj 9 106 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty play 0 -6 0 6 -24198 -1 -1 ; #X obj 150 110 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty pause 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1; #X obj 228 110 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty stop 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1; #X obj 303 110 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty open 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1; #X msg 46 233 rewind , bang; #X obj 155 233 spigot; #X obj 76 107 tgl 15 0 empty empty loop 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1 0 1 ; #X connect 1 0 2 0; #X connect 3 0 5 0; #X connect 4 0 5 0; #X connect 5 0 8 0; #X connect 5 7 14 0; #X connect 6 0 7 0; #X connect 7 0 2 0; #X connect 9 0 13 0; #X connect 10 0 4 0; #X connect 11 0 3 0; #X connect 12 0 6 0; #X connect 13 0 5 0; #X connect 14 0 13 0; #X connect 15 0 14 1; #X coords 0 0 1 1 180 60 1;
#N canvas 495 204 291 123 12; #X text 17 17 _record_midi_file::::; #X obj 234 66 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty save 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1; #X obj 20 64 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty rec 0 -6 0 6 -258699 -1 -1 ; #X obj 70 65 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty stop 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1 ; #X obj 128 66 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty play 0 -6 0 6 -24198 -1 -1 ; #X obj 72 189 outlet; #N canvas 598 460 730 457 inside 0; #X obj 122 27 inlet; #X obj 202 27 inlet; #X obj 278 28 inlet; #X obj 429 28 inlet; #X obj 31 32 inlet; #X msg 144 318 edit; #X msg 119 190 restop; #X msg 144 293 readd 144 $1 $2 1; #X obj 107 358 xeq_record $0-x; #X msg 189 319 rewind; #X msg 47 139 record , retrack 1-track; #X msg 229 244 mfwrite $1; #X obj 229 213 savepanel; #X msg 372 263 rewind , flush; #X msg 380 296 stop , flush; #X obj 361 331 xeq_parse $0-x; #X obj 361 362 outlet; #X msg 361 232 rewind , bang; #X obj 202 53 t b b; #X obj 477 232 spigot; #X obj 352 28 inlet; #X connect 0 0 10 0; #X connect 1 0 18 0; #X connect 2 0 17 0; #X connect 3 0 12 0; #X connect 4 0 7 0; #X connect 5 0 8 0; #X connect 6 0 8 0; #X connect 7 0 8 0; #X connect 9 0 8 0; #X connect 10 0 8 0; #X connect 11 0 8 0; #X connect 12 0 11 0; #X connect 13 0 15 0; #X connect 14 0 15 0; #X connect 15 0 16 0; #X connect 15 7 19 0; #X connect 17 0 15 0; #X connect 18 0 13 0; #X connect 18 1 6 0; #X connect 19 0 17 0; #X connect 20 0 19 1; #X restore 72 165 pd inside; #X obj 72 138 inlet; #X obj 181 66 tgl 15 0 empty empty loop 0 -6 0 6 -262144 -1 -1 0 1 ; #X connect 1 0 6 5; #X connect 2 0 6 1; #X connect 3 0 6 2; #X connect 4 0 6 3; #X connect 6 0 5 0; #X connect 7 0 6 0; #X connect 8 0 6 4; #X coords 0 0 1 1 160 60 1;