Converting MIDI to Sysex

[asacela]

I'm not quite sure how to go about this or whether this has been done, but it would be really interesting if you could convert MIDI files back to Sysex files. I have a machinedrum and it would be cool to be able to program something in MIDI through Ableton, or in my case, play it using electronic drums, then load it back on the machinedrum for its sounds and parameter locking. It's a bit tedious to program patterns on the machinedrum by hand so this would be extremely useful. I would like to do this myself, but I'm really not sure where to start besides the machinedrum docs. It would be great if you could provide some additional documentation/links and advice. Thanks!

[carrierdown]

That's a cool idea! Some thoughts;

• Reading MIDI-files is a bit more involved than writing basic MIDI files, since various DAWs will probably produce slightly different MIDI files that utilize various parts of the spec. However, there are libraries that help convert MIDI to JSON for example, so that could be a quick way to get started.
• You could probably infer quite a bit from reading the source code about the format of the SysEx, but it would probably be helpful to have the Elektron SysEx reference handy as well. Get in touch with me on twitter for instance and I can PM it to you if interested. I'm at twitter.com/KnUpland.

[evolvetek]

love this idea, asacela. if you get it working, LMK. i'll fire you some electronic drum performance midi files in your desired style. i love the sounds in the machinedrum. i've been doing studio recordings for about two years now using an alesis strike pro, triggering superior drummer 3 kits. steven james burks 3 6 0 . 9 0 0 . 9 4 4 9 linkedin <http://linkedin.com/in/stevenjamesburks> . facebook <http://facebook.com/stevenjamesburks> . twitter <http://twitter.com/stevenjamsburks>

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On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 1:29 AM Knut Andreas Ruud ***@***.***> wrote: That's a cool idea! Some thoughts; - Reading MIDI-files is a bit more involved than writing basic MIDI files, since various DAWs will probably produce slightly different MIDI files that utilize various parts of the spec. However, there are libraries that help convert MIDI to JSON for example, so that could be a quick way to get started. - You could probably infer quite a bit from reading the source code about the format of the SysEx, but it would probably be helpful to have the Elektron SysEx reference handy as well. Get in touch with me on twitter for instance and I can PM it to you if interested. I'm at twitter.com/KnUpland. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGFCLICDJYKOZFPYSYELMSTS7TMXPANCNFSM4XZKWA3Q> .