Fwd: [Jazzplusplus-user] File format question: audio/sample triggers

[Keith H. <par...@gm...>]

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From: Keith Handy <par...@gm...>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:00:49 -0500
Subject: Re: [Jazzplusplus-user] File format question: audio/sample triggers
To: Joakim Verona <jo...@ve...>

The reason I asked is because I wanted to know if there was any
generally acceptable or quasi-universal way to write audio triggers
into midi files generated by my own program ... not expecting them to
play on John Q. Public's computer, but at least be useable by someone
who is using a sequencer.



On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:01:19 +0200, Joakim Verona <jo...@ve...> wrote:
> Keith Handy <par...@gm...> writes:
>
> For some things(ok, I can only think of the "play track" event I
> added) jazz++ uses its own midi tags in midi files. This is allowed by
> the midi spec.
>
> For audio I think its simpler. I think jazz++ just intercepts midi
> events designated for an audio track and sends them to the audio
> player instead.
>
> /Joakim
>
>
>
> > I have a question that I wasn't able to find an answer for on the
> > website ...
> >
> > I know that you can set up a track to trigger audio samples.  But how
> > is this saved in the actual .mid file?  As far as I know there isn't
> > anything in the midi specification for triggering wavs ... or is
> > there?
> >
> > I know you can also do this in other sequencers like Cakewalk (even
> > old versions) but I would assume you have to save as .wrk in order not
> > to lose the audio info.  Does jazz++ have a similar "project file"
> > format it saves to for this?  Or does it cheat by saving an audio
> > track as if it were a regular midi track with some extra data tacked
> > onto it that would just be ignored by other sequencers/players?
> >
> > -Keith
> >
> >
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