32bit midi joiner?

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Midicat freeware was recommended to me in another ng. Trouble is that
it's commandline and, as such, fiddly. Found that I had to move all
the potential MIDIs I wanted to make one Hallowe'en medley of (to
attach to an email) to the C drive as well as the midicat.exe file.
Then, had to rename them to 8.3 to avoid typing hassles. If
commandline had ability to support pastes from Windows sources, I've
come to realize, I'd have no problem using this type of app. But you
make _one_ little mistake and you have to re-type in the command even
if you use the F1 or F3 keys. And watch out if the error is at the
beginning!

Anyway, I dl Midicat from here if anyone else is interested and
doesn't mind commandline stuff:
http://www.gnmidi.com/utils/midicat.zip

But was hoping for a 32bit freeware alternative. I googled a lot and
came up with nothing so hoping someone here knows of something. I did
try some simple file-joining programs but files wouldn't play (no
surprise there, though). Stationery creation is time-consuming enough
even with the fantastic Arachnophilia add-on without adding the
hassles of this type of thing.

Thanks.
 
Midicat freeware was recommended to me in another ng. Trouble is that
it's commandline and, as such, fiddly. Found that I had to move all
the potential MIDIs I wanted to make one Hallowe'en medley of (to
attach to an email) to the C drive as well as the midicat.exe file.
Then, had to rename them to 8.3 to avoid typing hassles. If
commandline had ability to support pastes from Windows sources, I've
come to realize, I'd have no problem using this type of app. But you
make _one_ little mistake and you have to re-type in the command even
if you use the F1 or F3 keys. And watch out if the error is at the
beginning!

Anyway, I dl Midicat from here if anyone else is interested and
doesn't mind commandline stuff:
http://www.gnmidi.com/utils/midicat.zip

But was hoping for a 32bit freeware alternative. I googled a lot and
came up with nothing so hoping someone here knows of something. I did
try some simple file-joining programs but files wouldn't play (no
surprise there, though). Stationery creation is time-consuming enough
even with the fantastic Arachnophilia add-on without adding the
hassles of this type of thing.

Thanks.
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It's looking for the wrong thing half the time that is the problem.
Somewhere along the way, something clicked. It's a new skill I've
developed but I now can do mixing of MP3s. And somewhere through all
the searching for a way to concatenate MIDI files, it clicked that
maybe same term used. Now instead of a handful of googles results, by
using "mix MIDI" or some variation, I get a lot of hits. But there's
the other problem, dl and trying a bunch. Perhaps someone can
recommend a good "MIDI editor", if I can call it that, that will mix
(concatenate) MIDI files?

I'm starting a new thread so that title reflects question.

Thanks!
 
fitwell said:
But you
make _one_ little mistake and you have to re-type in the command even
if you use the F1 or F3 keys. And watch out if the error is at the
beginning!
Click to expand...

Maybe writing bat files would make it easier.
Anyway, I dl Midicat from here if anyone else is interested and
doesn't mind commandline stuff:
http://www.gnmidi.com/utils/midicat.zip
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link, I need it too.

Did you know that it is actually possible to paste from the clipboard
in a dos window, use the menus in the dos window to do it.
 
fitwell said:
Midicat freeware was recommended to me in another ng. Trouble is
that it's commandline and, as such, fiddly
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If you don't mind DOS, this isn't very "fiddly"...

Go to the DOS prompt...
go to appropriate directory...
type in...
copy /b filename1.ext + filename2.ext + .......... + lastfile.ext

This will merge all of the files together into the first file

Or if you don't want to type all the filenames...
copy /b *.ext all.tmp
ren all.tmp all.ext

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Maybe writing bat files would make it easier.
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Arggh, I thought of that. Bats and I don't mix and I bugged them
enough for a while in the bat group. Todd (and the too modest Sieste
<g>), wrote a bat for me with multiple choice ability. Not a day goes
by that I don't marvel at what a sophisticated (yet "simple" to an
experienced bat writer) piece of coding that is. I'd rather come up
with another solution, for now at least.
Thanks for the link, I need it too.

Did you know that it is actually possible to paste from the clipboard
in a dos window, use the menus in the dos window to do it.
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PLEASE, how do you actually do that? All these years and I've never
knew it could be done! It would make life a lot easier.

I could build the "code" using PathCopy and into a text editor and
then paste into the DOS command line if I knew how to do that. That
wouldn't get around the path issue, or seeming path issue, in Midicat,
but it sure would get rid of half the problem! And no having to
rename from LFN to 8.3 with PathCopy!!!

Thanks!
 
dadiOH said:
Go to the DOS prompt...
go to appropriate directory...
type in...
copy /b filename1.ext + filename2.ext + .......... + lastfile.ext
Click to expand...
Or if you don't want to type all the filenames...
copy /b *.ext all.tmp
ren all.tmp all.ext
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I don't think that will work for midi files. The sound card needs to
be reset between the songs. The midi drivers in windows also need
resetting. Otherwise the sounds and other special settings will
destroy the next song.

Things like rythm settings and instrument sounds need to be reset
between songs.
 
fitwell said:
PLEASE, how do you actually do that? All these years and I've never
knew it could be done! It would make life a lot easier.
Click to expand...

I simply do a copy to clipboard in windows(98) and then move over to
the dos window, open the menu or use the paste button, depending on
how I have set the properties of the dos prompt window.

Earlier I am sure I had a menu alternative to do it with, but I
changed some settings yesterday, and now I have a paste button in the
title row in the dos window.

Do this: go to the dos prompt in your start menu, right-click it and
choose properties. There you can change the settings for the dos
window.
I could build the "code" using PathCopy and into a text editor and
then paste into the DOS command line if I knew how to do that. That
wouldn't get around the path issue, or seeming path issue, in Midicat,
but it sure would get rid of half the problem! And no having to
rename from LFN to 8.3 with PathCopy!!!
Click to expand...

Renaming from LFN is hard to overcome, I usually rename files so I
don't have to shorten their names.

But you should really try to learn a little about bat files, they are
so useful, and you can write them in your favorite text editor instead
of fighting with the command line in the dos window.
A bat file is just a simple text file named anything.bat and in it you
write one dos command on every line.

Later you can execute that bat file by doubleclicking on it, and you
can even find the .pif file which is generated in the same dir when it
is executed the first time and change that pif file to make it execute
as you like it.
 
I don't think that will work for midi files. The sound card needs to
be reset between the songs. The midi drivers in windows also need
resetting. Otherwise the sounds and other special settings will
destroy the next song.
Click to expand...

I suspect that, too. I had my doubts but I thought I'd try and so I
dl one of those file joiner thingies. No go.
 
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