>I went "Hunting" for a program that had the capability of "Editing MIDI 
>Music" and found PlayerPro by Antonio Rosset in Switzerland .. That 
>supposedly had that capability .. 
>
>I E-Mailed the supplier .. BEFORE I bought it ($99.95)  .. inquiring if I 
>could make "Extracts" of MIDI Music with the program ..
>
>Their Customer service asked Rosset (By E-Mail) .. Rosset told them yes. 
>His assuring words .. Very easily .. So I bought it .. 
>
>It is a VERY VERY Complicated Program .. AND NO "Book" .. 
>
>I've written Rosset (E-Mail) .. asking for Guidance .. He will not answer 
>my letters ..
>
>Again .. I'm Looking for a Program that will Edit .. Make Extracts .. 
>from MIDI Music .. One that is UNDERSTANDABLE .. Can anyone in the "List" 
>give me a lead ..
>
>OR .. is there someone out there that Understands PlayerPro .. And 
>can/will explain to me how to make Extracts from MIDI music with it ..

A few things to remember. A Standard MIDI File (SMF) is just a set of 
instructions to the sound module, whether its an external synth or your 
onboard QuickTime instruments, to play a given pitch for a given length 
of time. (Actually start note and stop note commands). When you open the 
MIDI file with PlayerPro or any sequencing program (I use Opcode's 
Vision) you will see a representation of all those note commands. Most 
programs support the Piano Player Roll view. Some (and I'm not sure about 
PlayerPro) will show your MIDI data using conventional notation. Editing 
or extracting protions of that tune is just a matter of cutting, pasting, 
deleting as in normal Mac programs. Drag thru a section of your piano 
roll, hit DELETE, then play the data and only the remaining parts will 
play.
It's not clear from your post whether you have actual MIDI files. If you 
will e-mail me provately, I'll try to help further.



Roger M. Clary
MacMUSE Software
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