ah cheers thanks a million martin, you're a lifesaver!
am looking forward to getting stuck into your external properly now!
thanks,
john.
----- Original Message ----
From: Martin Peach martin.peach@sympatico.ca To: saint saintidle@yahoo.com Cc: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 2:09:05 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Midifile Object
It's fixed now in svn and works as advertised (opens files in patcher directory unless absolute path given). You can get source code and a compiled dll from http://puredata.info/Members/martinrp/
Martin
saint wrote:
hi martin/all,
sorry for buggin you about this again, but unfortunately i can't use your (or
any) midi external
for my purpose if i can't get this to work.
the problem i'm having with midifile is this: i can't get midifile to read a
.mid file that's in the
same folder as the pd patch by referring to it by it's short name only i.e. without the full path c:/progra~1/etc/etc (which does work btw, thanks)
is there anyway to get this...
[read test.mid( | [midifile]
...to work?!
(where the midi file and pd patch are in the same folder of course)
basically i need to copy multiple instances of the patch and run it from lots
of different folders
each referring to different midi files
again thanks a million in advance you've been more than helpful so far!
----- Original Message ---- From: Martin Peach To: saintidle@yahoo.com; pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, 12 February, 2008 8:53:59 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Phasor Driven Midi File Playback?
The latest versions are part of pd-extended in http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/ but the last functional WinXp version is in late 2007. The spaces in path names cause trouble throughout pd and other "cross-platform" programs, the only workaround I know of is to rename your directories without spaces. I usually use underscores instead. "Program Files" always causes trouble. Sometimes you can access it using something like C:\PROGRA~1 (the short DOS name) This works on my system:
[read C:/PROGRA~1/pd/doc/5.reference/textfile.txt(
but
[C:/PROGRA~1/pd/doc/5.reference/textfile.txt( | [read $1(
does not work.
Martin
From: saint To: pd-list@iem.at Subject: Re: [PD] Phasor Driven Midi File Playback? Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:39:53 -0800 (PST)
hmmm. i did try that but it seems to stumble at the first space in the full path (as pure data does)
unfortunately the patch will need to be ported around when it's done so specifying a full path won't fulfill my needs.
is there a .dll of the midifile external for w32 knocking around for which this read message works for shortened paths?
again, thanks all of you for your time!
----- Original Message ---- From: Mike McGonagle To: saint Cc: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, 12 February, 2008 7:22:29 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Phasor Driven Midi File Playback?
I think what is happening is that [midifile] is expecting a full path for the file name when using read. This is why it works for the [openpanel] because it returns a complete path. Did you try using the full path with [read $1(?
Mike
On Feb 12, 2008 12:33 PM, saint wrote:
thanks for the quick reply again martin,
it's a strange problem that i seem to be having.
because i definitely have all the midifiles in the same folder as the patch but
[midifile test.mid] ...or... [read test.mid(---[midifile] gives... 'error: midifile: unable to open test.mid'
but when i do [bang]---[openpanel]---[read $1(---[midifile] and point it to 'test.mid' it seems to work?
hmmmm... unfortunately for what i want to do i need to be able to automate opening different midifiles.
i'm using your zip from http://puredata.info/Members/martinrp/midifile/midifile.zip/view
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hi john,
if you can clean up midifile a bit (no offense martin!) so that we can load a midi and play the song with some simple sound (can be osc~ for piano, phasor~ for bass, noise~ for snare etc...). that would be neat. actually, i was working with midifile for loading channel 10 (drums) but i am having some problem with note-on / note-off (properly play the kick, snare). also when i load a midifile, there's like 5 sec. with no sound when pressing play. bref, i will investigate more but if we can come up with a good demo...
pat
patrick wrote:
if you can clean up midifile a bit (no offense martin!) so that we can load a midi and play the song with some simple sound (can be osc~ for piano, phasor~ for bass, noise~ for snare etc...). that would be neat. actually, i
I just checked in a new help file that uses some [osc~]s for the first few channels.
was working with midifile for loading channel 10 (drums) but i am having some problem with note-on / note-off (properly play the kick, snare). also
Some files use the MIDI noteoff message for note offs and others use noteon with velocity zero. Possibly drum tracks use only note ons and never send any note offs.
when i load a midifile, there's like 5 sec. with no sound when pressing play. bref, i will investigate more but if we can come up with a good demo...
I've noticed a lot of midi files have a few seconds of nothing at the beginning as though they were made by recording a keyboard live (or they set up a bunch of controls before starting). If you note the tick at which the sound starts you can just specify that offset to [midifile] and start there.
Martin
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