midi-m8

A command line tool for turning Dirtywave M8 songs into Midi tracks.

Installation

Precompiled 64 bit binaries for Linux, Windows and OS X can be found in the Releases. Download them and run them from the command line.

To compile your own version:

1. install the Rust toolchain
2. $ cargo-install midi-m8

You'll now have a binary in the ./target/release/ directory.

Usage

``` Usage: midi-m8 [OPTIONS]

Arguments: Input (.m8s) file

Options: -t, --output

Output file name [default: tracks.midi] -g, --global-transpose How to map M8 note numbers to Midi Note numbers [default: 36] -n, --only-track Only output track number (1-8) -m, --max-note-length Cap the maximum note length to this value in quarter notes --track-1-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 1 to this value in quarter notes --track-2-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 2 to this value in quarter notes --track-3-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 3 to this value in quarter notes --track-4-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 4 to this value in quarter notes --track-5-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 5 to this value in quarter notes --track-6-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 6 to this value in quarter notes --track-7-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 7 to this value in quarter notes --track-8-max-note-length Cap the maximum note length for track 8 to this value in quarter notes -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version ```

Or in other words, point the command at a .m8s file, and you'll get a multi-track Midi file in return. You should be able to drag these Midi files into your DAW.

Possible features

That are not currently supported: - Time signatures - Tempo - Table support - Respect sequencer commands (other than GRV) - Respect scales - Instrument mode: output one track per instrument - Configurable channels - Instrument (program) changes - CC support