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

[Jeremiah Benham]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 07:30:35PM -0800, Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:

I commented out a line that was causing a crash. If the current git gives you 
trouble send the midi file to me. 

Jeremiah

> 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
> address@hidden
> 
> 
> > 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
> 
> 
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