Disklavier

Greetings Joan,

I have a couple of tools for adding text data to MIDI files. They can make much less work of it and also allow you to change things easily. You don't have to work with individual files. The system works from a database file in tabbed text format and inserts "keyworded" text events into the files. Since I wrote the programs I can modify them to suit individual needs but here is how it works:

one program reads all the text events (general text type, not lyrics or copyright info etc) from files in a folder and generates a tabbed text listing based on keywords. keywords are identified as //keyword: value but this could be changed in format. you can set up one file in cakewalk and use it as a template. 

the tabbed text table then can have any number of entries added. the file name is the entry in the first column, the rest of the data is the values for the keywords. i use //title: //composer: //performer: and maybe a few others. you can add any number of files to the table and save it. when you run the other program, it looks for the file names in the target folder and adds the keyworded text to the file with that name. it also removes any text with keywords that are used in the table so making corrections is easy, just edit the table and run the program again. 

i think that the text adding program makes sure that the added keywords are put first in the file at time 0 but i have another program that promotes text with my three main keywords title composer and performer to the top. could modify this program to do the same for other keywords. 

i have made many variations of these programs so i am not completely clear what the basic version does. i have the set of programs along with documentation in a file on my website but i no longer give the address for these programs because i want feedback from users and rarely get it. if anyone wants to use these or other tools, contact me and i'll freely share them in exchange for feedback.

Saturday, August 23, 2008, 6:10:58 PM, you wrote:
> Thanks for info, Kevin.

> I am spending a considerable time putting the names in some of the
> midi files online that don't have the right names. I will probably
> end up using these as backups for original midis I put on the disklavier.

> Joan

> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Goroway <kgoroway@...> wrote:

>> Joan, have you considered putting them on a memory stick? I'm
> almost certain I've done what you are asking with a memory stick, and
> it works exactly as you expect. Folders are recognized (at least one
> level, I don't think I went deeper than that), and unknown file types
> are ignored.

>> The nice part about the memory stick, of course, is that you can add
> to it and remove stuff at will...

>> Here's a warning about both the memory stick, and the CD
> though...Each time you wake the piano from standby it goes off and
> figures out the entire structure of the storage so that it can load
> them into the internal database (just for reference...they are still
> on the external media of course). This can take considerable time if
> there are lots of files and folders.

>> -Kevin



>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Joan Heitzeberg (Conahan) <jheitzeb1@...>
>> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 7:23:13 PM
>> Subject: [disklavier] Quick Questions For Anyone - Mark IV Using CD
> with Midi Files


>> I am wondering if anyone has loaded a CD with Midis into their
>> Disklavier Mark IV and played midis from that device. I know that it
>> is doable and just have a quick question .....

>> Can I put the midis in folders on the CD when I burn the CD of midi
>> files? Will it recognize the folder structure or do I need to just
>> put midi files on the CD? 

>> If I have another file amongst the midis such as an Excel document
>> will this be ignored?

>> Thanks,
>> Joan

>> I am trying to backup some of the classical and piano rolls with
>> proper names in the midis so that I can play them from a CD I burn
>> rather than loading them onto the hard drive.


>  

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