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Trackman MIDI Song File Conversion Utility
The conversion utility accepts one or more standard MIDI files
and outputs standard Trackman files.
Screen Resolution
The converter runs in ST medium (mode 2) or ST high (mode 3)
only. If you use Trackman in TT medium (mode 5), you will need to
switch to ST high to use the conversion utility.
File Menu
Convert MIDI Song File - converts a single MIDI file.
Convert All MSF's - converts all MIDI files in the selected path.
Quit - exits the conversion utility.
Goodies Menu
Format - a floppy disk in drive A or B, single or double sided.
Autoskip Off - duplicate file names are normally skipped
automatically. Selecting 'Autoskip Off' will present a dialog box
each time a duplicate file is encountered. You can then choose:
1. Save overwrite the existing file.
2. Skip the file is not saved.
3. Rename you can rename the file before it is saved.
Short Notes - you can choose how short notes are processed:
1. Off no changes will be made.
2. 1/16 short notes will be stretched to 1/16 note.
3. 1/32 short notes will be stretched to 1/32 note.
Use the short note facility when converting drum patterns. Often
the drums in a MIDI song file will have notes so short that it
would be difficult to use Trackman's 'Screen Edit'. The process
is applied to all very short notes in the MIDI song file.
If you need to alter the note lengths for a specific track then
make the conversion without using 'Short Notes' and instead use
Trackman's 'Post Quantise' or 'Set Gate Time' to get the effect
you want.
Notes
Prompts will appear in the menu bar to let you know what is
happening, this confirms which menu selection you made when the
file selector is displayed.
If the MIDI song file contains tracknames they will be put in the
tracksheet for the sequence.
System exclusive data is supported and converted.
System Limitations
Running tempo is not supported.
Converted tempo may be one tenth BPM out due to rounding errors
in the conversion process - if you see a tempo of 119.9 BPM you
can probably guess what was intended.
About MIDI Song Files
Some MIDI song files use General MIDI, which attempts to
standardise drum and voice assignments to increase portability
between synthesizers. This system is supported. Files containing
this information will have extra tracks containing controller
setup data and patch changes. Typically, this data will be in bar
one and will be used to set up your General MIDI synthesizer.
General MIDI tracks are usually named 'GM/GS', 'FADE', 'PATCH CH'
or may be any un-named track.
If you do not use General MIDI synthesizers you may wish to
delete the first bar to remove the unwanted information.
Alternatively you could erase the tracks containing the GM data.
Drum Maps
Unless you have a General MIDI drum synth it is unlikely that the
drum maps in the MIDI song files will match the drum map of your
synth. You can create a drum map using Trackman's 'Drum List'. We
have noticed a number of different drum maps in use, but each
supplier tends to use the same one across all files.
(c)1993 Hollis Research