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ThesisMonster YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	load and play MIDI file Mar 16th, 2010, 1:21pm   How do I simply load and play a MIDI file? It seems like many libraries let you mess around with the MIDI commands, but don't have a playback function. Am I wrong?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: load and play MIDI file Reply #1 - Mar 17th, 2010, 7:45am   The Processing MIDIFILE reading support thread seems related... The Music Video: Midi File Visualization threads might exhibit code solving this issue (haven't checked the code, just see the description...).

davbol Senior Member Offline Posts: 263

Re: load and play MIDI file Reply #2 - Mar 17th, 2010, 9:12am   google "javax midi" for further docs, but essentially it looks something like this: Quote: import javax.sound.midi.*; void setup() {   try {     File midiFile = new File(dataPath("whatever.mid"));     Sequencer sequencer = MidiSystem.getSequencer();     sequencer.open();     Sequence sequence = MidiSystem.getSequence(midiFile);     sequencer.setSequence(sequence);     sequencer.start();   } catch(Exception e) {} }