Re: [seq24-users] Simple request; how do I split a midi file in 2 pieces?

[rick <bs...@ta...>]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 02:16:41AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I'm a total newbie at midi, so please bear with me.  I've been running
> linux for a few years, and am now on Gentoo.  Seq24 is installed via
> portage, and appears to be working.  Even though timidity plays midi
> files just fine, seq24 doesn't seem to output to the speakers, but I can
> live with that.
> 
>   I have a midi file (9 instruments) that's approx 2 minutes long.  I
> want to use the last few seconds as a ringtone.  The documentation talks
> about editing sequences and adding notes, but it seems to assume that I
> know a lot about midi-editting, which is absolutely wrong.  For now, I
> just want to chop a file into 2 and save the second piece as a midi
> file.  Are there any detailed instructions elsewhere?  Thanks.

One way to get sound would be to get hold of a soundfont(ex. PC51f.sf2)
and call it up with perhaps Fluidsynth(what I use). Then in seq24
direct the seperate seqences to the newly recognized sounds.
You can run "fluidsynth -a jack soundfont" which should easily get you
there after starting and having jack running. "qjackctl" is very
handy also.