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J M Pierlejewski (External) wrote in <1996Apr12.155238.24270@leeds.ac.uk> on
12-Apr-96 15:52:38 :
>I am thinking of writing a program to convert/exchange
>Octamed MIDI messages to SYSEX format that can be loaded into a standard
>sequencer....I don't know how other sequencers load SYSEX messages, so could
>anyone please tell me what sequencer they use and how messages are loaded.

>So if I strip the header I can interchange the remaining data by adding a new
>header.

I use Bars & Pipes Pro 2.5 (which is free on Compuserve)

B&Pipes loads sysex through an accesory called BigSys, it will load raw SysEx
files so to convert a message do the following

All Midi SysEx dump packets begin with 'f0' and end with 'F7'

Load up a hex editor (File X is a good one)

Remove the Octamed header. ie. any bytes before the first F0

save file and import into B&Pipes.


B&Pipes also will store SYSEX messages in a track as other sequencers will so
the best way to exchange SYSEX between various sequencers is to store the
SYSEX in a track as save as a midi file.

It may not be possible to add your own header to a raw sysex message as some
headers also store the length of the message in hex.