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Mike
could you please forward me the modified chacone midi file.

Midi Magic 
Thank you for the info on solomon.

suresh



mcgregor2play wrote:
> 
> I would like to offer my comments about the e-competition and the
> MIDI files from that competition.
> 
> First, it is a shame that Wen-Yin Chan's preliminary files were
> lost.  I hope that Yamaha will take steps to make this occurrence
> less likely in the future, for the sake of the contestants as well
> as us file users.
> 
> Second, can anyone shed light on why finalist Tao Lin was not
> awarded anything.  From what I hear on the MIDI files, his playing
> was rather good if not excellent. Was there a big boo-boo on the
> quintet or concerto portion of the competition?  Was he disqualified
> for some reason?
> 
> Third, it is a testimony to the robustness of the Disklavier Pro
> recording and editing process that the files were able to be
> segmented, edited, and posted so quickly -  to say nothing of how
> magnificent they sound.
> 
> Finally, some suggestions for downloads.
> 
> 1.  I believe all of the files are OK, but a number of my initial
> download attempts only captured part of the file.  The telltale sign
> (at least for me)is a file size of 64k in Windows Explorer.  In
> every case, I got "incomplete" errors when trying to play files of
> that size, even though the incomplete file would begin to play.  A
> second attempt to download usually captured the complete file. So I
> advise everyone to check your e-competition downloads and try to
> play all of the files of size 64k and smaller. If you get an error,
> it is likely you have an incomplete file, and you should keep trying
> to download it until you get an error-free file.
> 
> 2.  Errors occurred if I tried to change the file name during
> download.  So I kept the original file names and truncated them
> later as needed in order to make all file names unique in the first
> 8 character positions (for bulk ESEQ conversion using MID2ESEQ).  To
> my pleasant surprise, the resulting ESEQ files were well-labeled for
> display on the Disklavier control unit.
> 
> 3.  The Bach-Busoni Chaconne, one of Tao Lin's preliminary
> performances, contains 1264 measures of dead air at the beginning of
> the file.  If you play this file in MIDI format, the empty measures
> are ignored.  However if you convert it to ESEQ format uusing
> DKVUTILS MID2ESEQ utility, all of those dead measures are there -
> over 40 minutes of silence before the Chaconne begins to play. On
> the EExplore utility, this 15-minute piece displays as 58 minutes
> long.  I fixed it by using a sequencer to remove the first 1264
> measures ffrom the original MIDI file, then converted the modified
> file to ESEQ.  If anyone else faces the same situation, I will
> gladly forward the modified MIDI file to you. (Or possibly the MIDI
> file has been corrected at the e-competition site by now?)
> 
> 4.  I downloaded the HTML page for each semifinalist and finalist,
> as a single file (web archive).  I found that I could open the page
> in an HTML editor such as Word, and edit the HREF references so that
> when I click on a link, the downloaded MIDI file plays.  It is a
> matter of removing everyhing in the link definition (if that is the
> right term) except the MIDI file name, and then saving the page
> again.  If that MIDI file resides in the same folder as the saved
> HTML page for that artist, then it will play your downloaded file
> rather than going to the internet to retrieve the file from the e-
> competiton web site, or returning an error if you are not connected
> to the internet. Thus you have a playlist for each artist and keep
> it visible when you are playing the files.
> 
> That's all I have.  Enjoy!
> 
> Mike McGregor
> Double Oak, TX
> 
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