[jmsl] MIDI File Transcriber Crashes

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

Nick,

It appears that the pre-release update has indeed solved the problem.
Once again, thanks for your help!

BTW, it seems odd that Finale crashed when attempting to import the test
files as Sibelius 5 had no trouble with them.  This is, in part, why we
weren't able to detect the source of the problem in the first place.

Best,
Greg

Nick Didkovsky wrote:
> Great Greg, looking forward to your results.
> I meant that most playback software would not be affected (as opposed to
> transcribing software) since playback typically would not need to read
> time signatures.
> But I just tried importing your Handel MIDI file into Finale 2004a and
> it stopped after measure 8 which showed a time signature of 248/4 (!).
> Similarly, Finale showed a few bars of 250/4 after importing the Mozart
> example (but did not terminate on these bars)
> So Finale is not taking the absolute value, it is confusing the negative
> bits and producing big 8 bit numbers.
> Thanks
> Nick
> 
> 
> Greg Wilder wrote:
>> Nick,
>>
>> Thank you so much for taking the time necessary to dig into this.
>>
>> I was aware the MIDI files in question contained unusual elements, but I
>> didn't realize they had measures with a negative numerator in the time
>> signature!  As you suggest, most other transcription software is not
>> bothered by this and simply displays the absolute value.
>>
>> I will grab the updated pre-release and give it a whirl first thing
>> tomorrow morning.
>>
>> Best,
>> Greg
>>
>>   
>