Conversion from MIDI to SysEx ?

[Kermit Jagger]

Is there any utility, Mac or PC, that can extract the sysex code contained in a MIDI file and create a SysEx file with the data ?

In other words, something that takes a MID file as input, and creates a SYX file as output.

[Lagrange]

Have you tried MIDI DISAssembler? It handles Sysex but can only convert it to text form. Not too sure of how you'd go aboot converting to SYX file, maybe filter everything but the sysex?

EDIT: oop heres a sheyet load of free MIDI utilz including sysex dump file to MIDI file (but not vice versa)...

http://www.gnmidi.com/gnfreeen.htm

HTH

L

[BertKoor]

Something to try: rename the MID file to SYX.

But most sequencers do have filters for such tasks. Select all the normal midi commands, delete them and you're left with the sysex junk.

[Lagrange]

This one is funny yet kinda concerning..
midvirus Check midi files against midi viruses.

I had no idea there were MIDI viruses..


BTW: Heres a converter for MAC SysEx Librarian

L

[Kermit Jagger]

THanks guys but no dice. What I want to do is use some banks I have in MIDI format with a VSTi that can import sysex files. Without the original synth to load the bank from the sequencer and resave it with a sysex utility, what I've tried so far has not enabled me to create a syx file out of a mid file.

The Mac utility doesn't convert MID to SYX.

The gnmidi site lists a syx2mid utility, but not the reverse (unfortunately).

Still looking...

[billcar2004]

Have you seen smfdump. It extracts the sysex data. Its a command prompt program but it works. the only thing is if the sysex is a bank of programs it splits them into seperate sysex messages for seperate programs. You can get it from here http://www.kvitek.com/midi/
Liam

[Lagrange]

I was going to say that there might be a problem with formatting of the actual data. I mean if the info is dumped in one continues string your hardware may not read it that way.. hmmm

L

[beej]

My old Atari MIDI sysex handler could do this, it would extract sysex data from MIDIfiles and save it to SYX files.

It's a relatively trivial thing to implement, so you should be able to find something that will do this, I'm sure. You just need to search and find a sysex chunk, and throw away anything else in the file that might interrupt the sysex, like active sensing or clocks.

[Lagrange]

beej.. I figured that MidAssembler would do this as it filters the MIDI file..

Kermit are you sure you are using MA properly?? Maybe you should post a file so I can take a look see..

L

[Kermit Jagger]

Lagrange, thanks. I prefer Midi REXX (http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/midirexx/midirexx.htm)

beej, superb ! Exactly what I needed. Thanks. BTW, what's the Atari util, I still have an STe ready to work ?

KvR comes up trumps, again

[beej]

It was called "Dump-It!". The early version was a simple dumper that also worked as a desk accessory. The next major version was more sophisticated and let you specify dump requests, would handle Wavestation all dumps (256K) when most utilities buffers would max out at 32K, and worked nicely under MagiC in a multitasking environment.

Not sure which version this one is: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Dump_It/
And some SoundOnSound fame:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_ar ... notes.html
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_ar ... feb97.html

Ah, memories... I loved my Atari...

[Andywanders]

Maybe MIDI OX can do it...

http://www.midiox.com/

But as someone else suggested earlier; your host program should be able to handle this (unless it's reaper, live, tracktion, FL etc.). This would be a piece of cake to do in Logic or Cubase.

[Tronam]

Lagrange, thanks. I prefer Midi REXX (http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/midirexx/midirexx.htm)

beej, superb ! Exactly what I needed. Thanks. BTW, what's the Atari util, I still have an STe ready to work ?

KvR comes up trumps, again

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