AutoSaveMIDI - app for automated retrospective MIDI recording

vagfilm

I saw that there was a category for DiY projects here at PianoClack, that was still empty… I am sure that CyberGene will use this category for a thread on his Cybrid project, and maybe some current or future members will post about the development of sampled instruments, or hardware hacks. Meanwhile, I will inaugurate the DIY category by reannoucing here my little side-project that I developed in the last months: AutoSaveMIDI.

This is a small "set and forget" free application for automatic retrospective saving of live playing. The program is continuously running and listening to MIDI events and automatically saves midi files of your playing, split by silent intervals between takes.

The main goal of this application is to complement the VSTs standalone applications that commonly do not permit MIDI recording; with AutoSaveMIDI you don't need to use a DAW if you are only interested in simple MIDI recording. I took inspiration from a very useful feature of pianoteq and cantabile...

You can download the application for Windows here (I hope that the Mac version is announced this week):

https://sites.google.com/view/autosavemidi/

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Using AutoSaveMIDI is straight-forward, and the above mentioned webpage of the project contains all the necessary information about configuration. Hope you enjoy it...

Del Vento

How about Android? That sound the most interesting one, given the easiness with which it could be used (as opposed to laptop). I have some Android experience, and I'd be willing to collaborate with you if there is interest

vagfilm

Sure. Will talk by PM…

EB5AGV

As a former beta-tester and now daily user of this utility, I can only say is brilliant! 😀

vagfilm

Thanks… Your insistance that I should add some features that I was too lazy to include, made it much better. Thank you for your patience.

PianoNotes

Hi, I tried installing on my Windows 10. It installs but starting up I see to processes starting up in Task Manager, then they disappear and that is it. Not window ever pops up. Would you know why it's doing this?

HZPiano

Hello,

PianoNotes ,

Just a hunch! Might it have something to do with an active antivirus/security process blocking it?

I've had Norton intervene with "unknown" executables -- which were actually my own 😲. As soon as my compilation was ready, the .exes disappeared within the blink of an eye. Telling Norton to keep its fingers off of them remedied that.

Again -- just a hunch.

Cheers and a happy solution,

vagfilm

PianoNotes
Hi. I am the author of AutoSaveMIDI. This was an amateur project I did a few yeara afo, and quite frankly haven't lookes into it for a while.
Can you describe in detail your setup? Have you connected a midi keyboard to the PC before launching the program? What version have you installed?

PianoNotes

Hi, good suggestion. It does not appear to be my AV, I disabled it and the same happens.

That is the type of problem that isn't easy to resolve as it is clearly happening only on my PC. I think I will have to look elsewhere.

I see something called MidiEditor and also Cakewalk but this is getting in DAW land, not my first choice.

PianoNotes

Hi, very good question. No the keyboard was not connected. I will receive it next week. I just have been installing software in preparation for it. We can wait until I do that so you don't waste time on this.

But apart from that, I have a Scarlett 2i2 driver for audio and that is about it. I'm just running the install on Windows 10. The download site says 1.02. https://sites.google.com/view/autosavemidi/

vagfilm

I think that on launch, the app looks for an active midi input (it can be either a physical keyboard or a virtual midi port such as loopbe1 or loopMIDI). If no midi input is present, it aborts (remember, this is an amateur program that I wrote for myself and decided to share... So, minimal time was spent on making fail proof).

Just to test, try downloading and installing LoopMIDI (google it... It is a free tool). Run it and then run AutoSaveMIDI and see if the GUI comes up.

PianoNotes

ah you got it. Kudos. With loopMidi running it shows up.

I think this app is a great simple tool. Thanks for it!

vagfilm

Good to know. When your keyboard arrives you can select it as "midi input" and uninstall loopMIDI. But please remember thay my app is simple and practical, but it does not claim the same level of absolute temporal precision of a DAW professional software.. .

PianoNotes

It will be great while it lasts. Getting my first controller keyboard and only need simple. I'm certain it will evolve with time. For now, it's perfect. Thans again.

EB5AGV

PianoNotes I am glad you got it sorted out (I was the one who recommended it on the other forum). I use this software daily and is perfect to save any inspiration you have while playing, and also to keep a record of your playing evolution

SouthPark

That sniffer type application will be handy.

PianoNotes

Thanks EB, it's perfect for my needs.