diff --git a/Platform/Apple/tools/ConvertMidi/README.md b/Platform/Apple/tools/ConvertMidi/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1d1bb022 --- /dev/null +++ b/Platform/Apple/tools/ConvertMidi/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Converting MIDI files to internal music secquencer files: + +cvtmid.py, the MIDI file converter, uses the mido package: https://mido.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ + +Simply put a MIDI file in the same directory as ctvmid.py and type: +''' +./cvtmid.py midifile.mid > midifile.seq +''' + +The midifile.seq output file is an ACME assembly file that can be included in another assembly file, a PLASMA file, or assembled into a binary file which can be loaded later. Simply type: +''' +acme --setpc 0x1000 -o seqfile.bin midifile.seq +''' +The starting address is irrelevant, but ACME requires one to assemble properly.