Midi Tools:

A great source for midi versions of your favorites: http://www.ifni.com/
you can download them, play 'em on the PC, the convert them to see you your player sounds

To convert, do the following:

• on a windows machine first convert a selected mid binary file into a text file using 

mididmp.exe file.mid >  file.txt

• then run the text to cse466 format converter as follows

mid2cse file.txt <track #> <tempo in quarter notes/sec> <resoltion in ms per timeslice> <offset> <output file will be in ASCII HEX> <song name (not used but needed)>

• for example, I downloaded "In the Light" by Led Zepplin to Light.mid

mididmp.exe Light.mid > Light.txt

mid2cse.exe Light.txt 2 300 20 0 Light.out Light

• As used above, mid2cse will translate track 2 of the midi text file at a tempo of 300 qn/min (100 BPM in 3/4 time) using a time resolution of 20ms. I added no offset to make the song higher or lower, and the output file will be called Light.out. The song name is "Light".
• Here is the windows version of mid2cse.exe that does NOT require Cygwin environment. Thanks to Mauro for compiling (and fixing) the program on Windows.