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Song (Song.java) Represents a ChordPro song in terms of SongElements.SongElement (SongElement.java) Basic element (parts) of a Song.
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These compiled classes must be available in the same directory as cp2mid.class. The Java interpreter will look for “cp2mid.class” and the rest of the compiled classes needed by cp2mid. Enter the command line: java cp2mid AFile.cho Thus, “AFile.cho” is translated to “AFile.mid”.ĭuring development and testing, you can run cp2mid starting with the compiled classes, e.g., cp2mid.class. cp2mid replaces “.cho” with “.mid” in order to make the MIDI file name. If you snag a ChordPro file from the Web, you may need to change its extension to “.cho”.

It does not recognize any other extensions. Here is cp2mid.bat: java -jar cp2mid.jar %1Ĭp2mid recognizes the “.cho” file name extension. You can hide the cp2mid.jar file within a Windows BAT file or shell file. “AFile.cho” is the name of an extended ChordPro file to be translated. Given the JAR file, enter the following command line to run cp2mid: java -jar cp2mid.jar AFile.cho An end user doesn’t really need to know about JAR. JAR is a way to package up a compiled Java program, hiding all of the interior classes, etc.
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“JAR” is an acronym for “Java Archive” and is produced by the Java archive program (jar), which is part of the Java development environment (JDK). The JAR file contains the compiled Java - the Java executable, if you will.
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I’m distributing both Java source code and a JAR file. A GUI is too much for a simple tool that translates an extended ChordPro file into a Standard MIDI File (Type 0). Command line interfaceĬp2mid doesn’t have a fancy graphical user interface (GUI). In the meantime, here are a few comments about the implementation. Just run the MIDI Guitar application and click “help” – an interactive tutorial will pop up.I’m prep’ing my ChordPro to Yamaha accompaniment program (cp2mid) for distribution. MIDI Guitar comes in a few variants: as standalone Windows/Mac standalone applications that can host VST/AudioUnit instruments and effects or as VST/AudioUnit plugins that can be hosted inside your favorite Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software.

Just connect your guitar and let MIDI Guitar do the rest. MIDI Guitar removes the need for any kind of specialized hardware beside a standard guitar interface to connect your guitar to your computer. Traditionally guitarists have had to seek out expensive and inconvenient hardware to be able to use a guitar as a MIDI controller.
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MIDI Guitar is the worlds first low latency, polyphonic software solution, allowing you to play both chords and single notes with instant audio feedback. get an awesome guitar tone: MIDI can control real guitar effects as well: compressors EQs, amps, etc… There are a few such effects inside MIDI Guitar and they are really in a territory of their own when it comes to guitar effects.record guitar notation directly in recording software (digital audio workstations).p lay your favorite software synthesizers/samplers with your guitar, rather than a keyboard.This makes it possible to use your standard guitar exactly as you would use a MIDI keyboard or MIDI controller. MIDI Guitar is a revolutionary piece of software that converts your guitars analog audio signal into a digital MIDI signal.
