[PD] MIDI in vanilla?

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

Em seg., 26 de out. de 2020 às 08:12, Christof Ressi <info at christofressi.com>
escreveu:

> I agree that we really need a way to read/write binary data. I have
> already thought about doing a PR to add such functionality to graphical
> arrays. It would be as simple as adding a flag to the [read( and [write(
> methods.
>
> In theory, it would be possible then to implement a MIDI file
> reader/writer as a Pd abstraction. But to be honest, I think only a
> masochist would do that :-)
>
You mean as it is or with your PR?


> On the other hand, mrpeach's [midifile] has always served me well and it's
> one of those things that don't really get obsolete.
>
I never used it because the organization of that help file scares me. Does
it have any advantages over cyclone/seq?

> So I don't think that Pd really needs built-in MIDI file support. After
> all, even a kitchen-sink language like Supercollider doesn't come with
> built-in MIDI file support.
>
But MAX does.
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