[PD] midi .smf files in PD
Krzysztof Czaja
czaja at chopin.edu.pl
Wed Nov 16 22:38:49 CET 2005
Martin Peach wrote:
...
> If it's the same as seq in max then I don't like the fixed playback
> rate, and its inability to play just part of a file, but that's just me.
yes, seq is part of cyclone... it is simple, dumb and basic, but
it does support variable playback tempo. The max-compatible way
is to send it "start -1" followed by a stream of "tick" messages
(slave mode). The incompatible extension of Pd version is that
in playback mode it interprets "start <whatever>" as a tempo
change.
Another incompatible extensions are the "goto <sec>" message for
jumping to a time position in the sequence (also in the form
"goto <sec> <ms-offset>"), and "scoretime <target>" for reporting
current score time. Setting and controlling loops with these two
is relatively easy.
Yet another incompatible extension is that Pd version does read
format 1 files.
There are two major drawbacks of cyclone's seq: it does not handle
sysex messages, and I have never tested it, neither methodically
nor in a regular use (I prefer xeq...)
Krzysztof
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