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    Reading PTCOP data, or converting to MIDI. [ G&J say hi ]

    Okay, so where I netted out on conversion to MIDI notes is as follows: note = 60 + (value - 15888) / 160 What's giving me the most problems now turns out to be the "beat." MIDI wants a float position in "beats," (4 beats per measure in 4/4) so I'm converting as follows: beat = value / 480.0...
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    Reading PTCOP data, or converting to MIDI. [ G&J say hi ]

    Hey there again, starting coding a bit and I have two questions: 1. Are the event "position indicator" values relative? My guess is that they are given Unit ID's will jump around so much from event to event. All of the numbers generally seem to be [0, 40, 80, 120, 240] and rarely much...
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    Reading PTCOP data, or converting to MIDI. [ G&J say hi ]

    Thanks so much -- this is spectacularly helpful. I've got a playdate soon with a friend of mine who's got of a bit of experience reverse engineering file formats, so I'm going to study this before then. Everything here makes perfect sense to me in terms of the schema you describe -- with one...
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    org to ptcop (pxtone) Converter [Java]

    Hey Noxid -- Sorry to dig up an old thread, but would you consider sharing the source for this tool? I'm trying to convert PTCOP files to MIDI: http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/5179/ Seeing how you went about writing the PTCOP format might help me shed some light on the matter.
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    Reading PTCOP data, or converting to MIDI. [ G&J say hi ]

    Hey, it's me, George. I feel guilty that my introduction has to be accompanied by a request, but I'm really scared of forums. I'm in a band called George & Jonathan, and we use pxtone exclusively to make our music. There is no other instrument that I have more virtuosity or proficiency with...
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