Questions tagged [midi]
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol used to allow music hardware, software and other equipment to communicate with each other.
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Move individual midi notes to the end of each note in Logic Pro X
Is there a function or method of moving a set of midi notes to their individual end note positions in Logic Pro X?
Ie. midi note A with length 10 should be moved to its end position (11), and midi ...
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LMMS MIDI notes don't stop
I don't know I'm right place but I connected my Casio ToneBank CT-670 to my DAW (LMMS 1.2.2) I can hear the notes I played but it does not stop. How can I set the DAW or the tonebank to sense my push ...
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Using digital piano as MIDI keyboard in Reaper
I have a HP302 Roland digital piano. It has a usb connector that easily plugs into my computer. The problem is, Reaper is not picking up the piano. It sometimes will say something along the lines of:...
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what types of equipment do i need to rapidly produce songs with keyboard instrumentation, USB microphone vocals, and multi-track recording? [duplicate]
I'm confused about the "tools" I need and what all is done by the synthesizer workstation vs laptop software.
I will create percussion and rhythm tracks with a keyboard synthesizer, do ...
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How to render midi stems trough a single intrument track in Reaper?
I have a project in Reaper with 255 individual midi tracks all nested under a folder track on which I added Virtual instrument, to avoid aving to configure each track individually.
This way I can ...
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How to access the lower manual and pedalboard on setBfree Organ emulator
I installed the organ emulator setBfree on a Debian GNU/Linux System.
I run it with Jack connected to the simple USB MIDI controller keyboard. This is working fairly well to connect to the upper ...
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Is there a drum module that doesn't have sound banks, just sends the MIDI signal out through USB or Bluetooth?
I bought a used Roland TD-4KP with added mesh pads and cymbals.
The things is that the TD4 module that comes with it doesn't have the aux input for a 3rd cymbal, and some pads, like the toms, have a ...
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How can I translate a song originally written for 5 octaves to be playable with only 3 octaves while still sounding good?
I'm working on a script to translate midifiles into button presses in a game (scum) where I can play an instrument. However, the game only allows me to play with 3 octaves. As someone with no ...
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How to convert Guitar Pro files to MIDI in batch?
Guitar Pro allows to export GP files to MIDI.
But I need to convert very many GP files to MIDI.
So is there any tool to do it in batch?
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Mimic special midi reverb event that gets quieter the higher it is set to
I am looking for a way to play midis with a special reverb in a midi player or similar.
This reverb, which was used in a Nintendo 64 game, uses a special reverb technique that seems to be a ...
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Midi velocity for multiple simultaneous notes
If I have multiple note-on MIDI messages occurring at the same time (simultaneously as a chord) should I be concerned about the velocity applied to each note-on to avoid things like clipping and other ...
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Midi controlled metronome?
For piano practice (Roland RD 88), I would like a metronome I can control with MIDI foot pedal/ switches (Roland FC-300). It's most important to me to adjust the tempo with an expression pedal CC, and ...
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ill-formed MIDI files: note_ons and note_offs don't correspond
I've been working with MIDI files generated from MIDI keyboard playing and finding that some of them are seriously flawed, in that the number of note_on messages and note_off messages does not always ...
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Some intuitions about Disklavier
I am working on a project which involves using a Disklavier, unfortunately at the moment I have no possibilities to play around with one myself and to try things out on a Disklavier. I was wondering ...
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FL Studio: Deciding the synthesizer for a notebased on its MIDI channel
Is it possible to, using a patcher channel, play notes of one midi channel through one synthesizer, and play notes of another midi channel through another synthesizer?
Example: I have a basic melody, ...
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How do you convert a midi file to a guitar sound?
I have made some guitar transcriptions that I would like to sell online. Guitar Pro 5 allows me to export the score to MIDI. I would just like to know what a good way is to get a guitar sound from ...
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Ableton Live - Playing back MIDI tracks and freezes, replaying same note forever
So I'm playing a MIDI track in Ableton Live, and suddenly it starts replaying the same note forever. I've tried hitting stop twice, turning midi learning on/off twice, literally deleting the track, ...
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Better midi playback on mac
I am trying to write scores for some popular bollywood songs using lilypond. I am checking the correctness of score by playing back the midi file. I am observing that the playback quality by different ...
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How can I split a sound into sinewaves, with each sine note being a different part of the overtone series?
I'm attempting to make a fake choir sound out of sine waves. For the past 5 years, I have been playing around with onlinesequencer.net. It's a very simple and limited online midi music making website ...
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1-byte MIDI messages through USB-MIDI converter
I have a "Fore" USB-MIDI converter and I suspect it is not properly handling the 1-byte MIDI messages that my Windows PC-based sequencer is sending. The codes are 0xf8 (timing code), 0xfa (...
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Extracting music features from MIDI, storing them in arrays, making new MIDI file from extracted features, how do I get output as similar to original?
I have extracted notes, chords, rests and time signatures from parsed MIDI file. Storing them and again playing them back, I still cannot get the original speed and mix of sounds. What am I doing ...
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Duration of a MIDI file by parsing it and making a stream of parsed notes and chords do not playback the same length music. What is the problem here?
I parsed a MIDI file in music21 by using converter.parse function in music21.
And for extracting notes and chords with duration, I have used the code as follows:
score = converter.parse('...
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Difference between MIDI tracks and channels
I am confused about midi channels and tracks. What is exactly the difference, and what is the use of a track at all? I can send my midi messages to the channels with the first 4 bits of a status byte, ...
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If I have a combination of pitches played as a chord in a MIDI, how do I extract only two pitches from it and get somewhat similar tone?
While extracting pitches in a MIDI file of piano instrument, I get chords with combination of pitches as D2.D3.D4.F#4.A4 played for 0.2 duration. However, I want to receive only a maximum of 2 pitches ...
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How does the analyze function work by taking 'key' in music21 library(python)? From a passed midi file, how can it determine the key and mode?
score = music21.converter.parse('filename.mid')
key = score.analyze('key')
print(key.tonic.name, key.mode)
This gives the key and the mode of a given midi file. How can I get similar information on ...
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Studio One: Map mixer faders to MIDI CC
Is it possible in Studio One to map multiple mixer channel volume faders to different MIDI CC messages, e.g. from an external fader controller?
Example:
CC 102 -> channel 1 volume
CC 103 -> ...
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Using Rhodes Plugin changes loop length in MPC Beats
In a tutorial how to create a simple House Track , I use MPC Beats with an AKAI MPK mini. If you start MPC Beats you'll be asked to open a template or your stuff. I chose open a House template. And ...
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How do you sync a Roland Boss RC 300 Loop Station to external rhythm sources?
I'm looking for ways to fatten the sound of the combo I play with. But the band plays tight tempos in strict 32 bar choruses.
Is there any way to sync the Roland Boss RC 300 Loop Station to external ...
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What is the best way to create a Midi file of transcription of orchestral score from audio or sheet music?
There is a song that I cannot find in midi format, and was wondering what the best process would be to create such a file, if I have either the original score and/or an audio recording of an orchestra ...
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How do I sync a Digitech SDRUM with a Boss RC-300 looper?
I'm getting a Digitech Sdrum for live looping. I would like to MIDI sync the Sdrum with a Boss RC-300 looper. The Sdrum can only be a MIDI master, not a MIDI slave.
In order to slave the RC-300 to ...
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calculating midi pitch bend value from key numbers with fractional part
I am creating a tool for composing with midi micro-tonal message (pitch bend), and I wanted make sure I am calculating the amount of bending correctly. I would appreciate it if any one could tell me ...
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I'm looking for midi software that will allow me to project to my students on both piano and a staff what I am playing [closed]
In my piano class in college, there was an electric piano that had a grand staff built onto it. Whenever someone played the keyboard, the whole class could see the notes being played light up on the ...
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It's possible to connect a usb midi controller into a midi synthesizer?
I do have an usb midi keyboard controller (m-audio keystation 49) and a synthesizer keyboard (KORG KROSS). I would like to assembly my controller to my synthesizer. However my controller only have ...
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Yamaha Digital Piano YDP-145: Play MIDI files on piano using built-in voices?
I recently bought an YDP-145 and I managed to connect it to my computer using USB to HOST. The piano comes with 10 voices and I'm wondering if it's possible to play MIDI files from my computer on the ...
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Use a laptop as a loop pedal
I saw this video of Peter Bence using a loop pedal to play different sounds on a piano, then loop the sounds and play new sounds over the top of the recordings:
I ...
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How do I make Timidity play MIDIs with only the sine wave instrument?
I have Timidity++ installed with FluidSynth soundfonts. How do I make Timidity play back any MIDI, mapping all instruments to a sine wave instrument (patch 81, bank 2, according to General MIDI Level ...
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Ableton stores MIDI mappings but does not react to inputs
I am trying to use my MIDI board (Gordius LG2) to control events in Ableton Live, but it doesn't react to my inputs.
Namely:
I edit the midi map
I see that the mappings are stored (they appear on ...
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control arranger track cubase with MIDI
When I learn my instrument or for jam I want to command Cubase in a "live" mode like Ableton.
The only solution that I find is that create a arranger track. With this I can "switch" to different ...
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How to change the MIDI tempo with scheme?
I would like to create a function which would automate some tempo changes in my score (it would be hidden on the score with something like \override Score.MetronomeMark #'transparent = ##t, indeed the ...
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Why can't velocity information be extracted from this kick drum loop?
I wanted to apply the groove of a downloaded kick drum loop to my own kick sound. The plan was to convert the loop’s audio, which happened to be in stereo, to MIDI and then simply hot swap the ...
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How can I make my DAW songs really groove? [closed]
For context: I make rock music in Ableton, and I use Ableton’s Drum Rack to quickly program drum beats (for reference, think “Heart of Glass” by Blondie or “Little Red Corvette" and "When ...
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How does one recall the current context properties for MIDI effects in Lilypond?
After setting the a context property for a MIDI effect, for example \set Staff.midiChorusLevel = #2, how would I save this value into a variable inside a Scheme function, should I want to temporarily ...
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What can a modern DAW do with analog sounds?
It's been several years since I last found much time to indulge my music hobby but I'm starting to think about it a lot lately so I want to get back up to speed a bit, at least conceptually.
When I ...
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What is Hold 2 in MIDI?
I found a MIDI Controller called "Hold pedal 2" (0d69 or 0x45). What is this? Is it important or useful?
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Styles player for Yamaha DGX 660
I have a DGX 660 keyboard.
On this keyboard 200 styles files are preinstalled. But you can use 100 more...
2 ways exist: load them on the keyboard or use them on a USB key. The bank total can't exceed ...
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How is a small MIDI keyboard mapped to a bass guitar strings?
Warning: total noob here.
Not sure if this is a lack of software or music knowledge (probably both). I started using a DAW (Cakewalk) and bought a very basic midi keyboard (Akai mini) to start making ...
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How to Stretch Midi Notes and Position in Logic Pro X
Reason 999 why FL studio is better than logic, but I want to use Alchemy so here we are.
In FL studio there is an easy option to stretch multiple midi notes and their placement so it is easier to ...
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Yamaha CLP-295GP: adjust “program change” parameter
I have taken the position of Organist/Pianist at my church and have “inherited” the Yamaha Clavinova CLP-295GP.
I am in the process of hooking up the organ (1100+ pipe with MIDI) and Clavinova to PC ...
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Portamento in the Scream Tracker
I am designing the implementation of the Scream Tracker 2 using Midi math. Everything matched perfect so far, until I considered "portamento". In the sci-pop articles there's no much ...
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How to convert recorded Piano music to midi?
I have recorded the output of an in-built track on my keyboard. It has a few instruments playing in the background, but I am interested in just the piano. How should I convert the recorded .mp3 file ...
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