(Access it from BBS with load #miditron-0)

Miditron!

The first midi-to-picotron conversion tool!

This tool allows you to convert .mid or .midi files into .sfx files used by the Picotron synth tracker.
Just drag and drop the desired midi onto the window, and voila! Your midi is transformed into a .sfx file, conveniently placed onto your sfx folder in your current cart~

Beware!! The tool is pretty barebones though! And far, far from perfect. So you might encounter glitched tracks and have to manually adjust patterns and tracks to fit the desired results.

Some handy tips for adjusting your midi files for an optimal result would be:

• Use only 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meters; These meters are the most optimally supported by the tool
• Avoid odd-numbered sections of the song (sections are separated by time signature change or tempo change)
• Avoid using .midi with too many simultaneous notes/instruments (Picotron only supports 8 a time)
• If need be, check the Ignore Tempo Changes checkbox (some midi files are weird and change tempo every note, and miditron will identify it as a section change, and will mess everything up)

I worked really hard on this tool, and I've learned a lot! I'm really proud of it and I'm happy to feel like I'm contributing to this wonderful community >w<

Cheeeers 🌟🌺

If you want me to love you just say that.

Jokes aside, GREAT job. I can’t wait to use it. Never thought someone would make something like this at such an early stage. thanks for this amazing work

Neat idea!!

I'm trying to convert this midi song https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cnCi9D_URdiBHduwcyvCuKdGZBvj3zNS/view?usp=sharing but the converter seems to lock/stall while processing.

I have the same “stalled” problem while processing a midi I need to use…
Albeit it’s a short sound file I’ve created with NSF2MIDI, and idk if this program has a glitch rn :/

This is very neat! Threw a couple files at it - this version of Magnetic Rag went poorly (I think there might be too much variation in note lengths to quantize properly) but the University of Arizona had an anonymous Italian madrigal (labeled "L'Amorosa Ero #6") that was quite lovely after I dialed in a good instrument definition!

Edit: Yeah, I think the Arizona midi collection is the high-percentage play for using this - all the files are tagged with number of voices, and the notes sometimes say what subdivision you want to quantize to as well.