MIDI SYSEX utilities?

Hello,

Is there a simple midi console program for Windows where I can write a
script to communicate sysex handshaking with an older synthesizer, or
else is there a simple language with good midi tools? I just found
this, http://home.modemss.brisnet.org.au/~mlevoi/midi.html where
there's VBA macros for Excel but maybe there are different options.

Thanks,

Clark

You might try using the Java libraries for MIDI to do what you need.
More specifically, you need to use classes in the java package
javax.sound.midi

For an overview, download this PDF
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/pdf/programmer_guide.pdf

You of course would need to download one of the more recent
J2SE (Java 2 Standard Edition)
versions, which include all the necessary libraries.

I don't think you need to necessarily be an accomplished programmer
to use these Java libraries. And whatever you create will then run on
several platforms - Windows, Mac, Linux - any platform that has a Java
Virtual Machine.

To create an executable Java program, you need (as a minimum) define a
MyClass.java file containing a single class (an object-oriented
programming concept defining 1+ functions and 1+ data members), and it
has to have a main function, which (after compiling with the javac
tool to create MyClass.class) is what is called from the command line:
java {MyClassFile}

For further details about Java, of course you should visit java.sun.com

Best of luck,
Harold

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "threesixesinarow"
<CACCOLA@N...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a simple midi console program for Windows where I can write a
> script to communicate sysex handshaking with an older synthesizer, or
> else is there a simple language with good midi tools? I just found
> this, http://home.modemss.brisnet.org.au/~mlevoi/midi.html where
> there's VBA macros for Excel but maybe there are different options.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Clark
>

Thanks, Harold. Much more portable than Apple II.

Clark

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "harold_fortuin" <harold@m...>
wrote:
>
> You might try using the Java libraries for MIDI to do what you need.
> More specifically, you need to use classes in the java package
> javax.sound.midi