On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Steve Netting wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me if a utility for Linux exists which allows me
> to receive midi bulk-dumps (AKA Sys-Ex messages) from external
> equipment, and then restore these later (ie, squirt them back
> out of via midi).
>
> Several progs exist for DOS - but I really don't want all the
> hassle of dual-booting a machine purely for this ...
>
>
I am not sure if it works but you could try to do the following:
cat /dev/midi00 >dumpfile
start the sysex transfer
when finished
press CTRL-C
the dumpfile will contain the dumped data.
then to playback the data
first start sysex receive on your midi module
then do
cat dumpfile >/dev/midi00
which should send back the data to the midi port.
I tried here a cat /dev/midi00 >file
and pressed and released two keys on the MIDI keyboard,
then pressed Ctrl-C
and looked at the binary contents of the files:
it contained exactly the two note-on and the two note-off messages
and had a length of 12 byte.
I have currently no external MIDI expanders here so I can't try
to do the dump.
Benno.
