Re: [Denemo-devel] (new subscriber) Any way to record from MIDI device

[Robert M. Riches Jr.]

Richard,

Thank you for the info that Denemo's File -> Open is supposed to
be able to read MIDI files.  I tried three files.  If I
understand correctly, at least one of them, perhaps all of them,
were exported from NoteEdit.  The "file" command reports them as

Achildsproclamation.mid: Standard MIDI data (format 1) using 5 tracks at 1/384
zt1.mid:                 Standard MIDI data (format 1) using 2 tracks at 1/384
zt2.mid:                 Standard MIDI data (format 1) using 2 tracks at 1/384

When I attempt to open any of them, Denemo immediately crashes.
Here's what 0.8.12 reports when I attempt to open them:

==============================================================================

Parent: child exited, pid = 20584, exit status = 0
** Message: File '/home/rob2/dl/Achildsproclamation.mid' loaded.
** Message: format: 1 (several simultaneous tracks); number of tracks: 5; 
division: 384 PPQN.

==============================================================================

Parent: child exited, pid = 20588, exit status = 0
** Message: File '/home/rob2/dl/zt1.mid' loaded.
** Message: format: 1 (several simultaneous tracks); number of tracks: 2; 
division: 384 PPQN.

==============================================================================

Parent: child exited, pid = 20592, exit status = 0
** Message: File '/home/rob2/dl/zt2.mid' loaded.
** Message: format: 1 (several simultaneous tracks); number of tracks: 2; 
division: 384 PPQN.

==============================================================================

I guess I need to file a bug report.

Thanks,

Robert Riches
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> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:26:28 +0000
> From: Richard Shann <address@hidden>
> To: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> from the main menu
> File->Open and select file type midi or mid
> to import a midi file. Denemo has been improving rapidly, try to use
> a recent version (0.8.12) or better still the current development (in
> git) which gives you a zoomed display and several systems in the
> display.
> >I didn't see any documentation on the file format.  Going to the
> > xmlns URL in a test file (http://denemo.sourceforge.net/xmlns/Denemo)
> I think this is supposed to describe the format of the denemo xml
> manual, I don't know if it was ever actually set up, or what it quite
> would do if it was:( 
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 15:59 -0800, Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
> > (A new subscriber here...)
> > 
> > The searching I have done about Denemo appears to show there is
> > no method in Denemo to record a whole song in real time from a
> > MIDI device or to import a MIDI file.
> > 
> > Is there some way for Denemo to record from a MIDI device or
> > import from a MIDI file?
> > 
> > Alternatively, are there any existing utilities that will convert
> > a MIDI file to a Denemo file?
> > 
> > I didn't see any documentation on the file format.  Going to the
> > xmlns URL in a test file (http://denemo.sourceforge.net/xmlns/Denemo)
> > yields a 404 error.  If I write my own conversion utility, will
> > Denemo tolerate newlines and other superfluous white space in the
> > XML?
> > 
> > (Background: My wife is the composer, and I'm the geek.  She needs
> > a notation editor that allows insertion and deletion of notes in
> > the middle of measures for early experimental composition while
> > trying to figure out the rhythm of a new piece.  She was using
> > NoteEdit, but the demise of KDE3 has made NoteEdit unavailable.
> > At this point, Denemo appears to be the best at an editor that
> > meets those needs.)
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Robert