I always thought that just using MEGAEnhancer V2.0.0 was enough.
I never considered using Jørgen Sørensen's program.
Is the use of Split and Splice necessary?
Hi Genos!,
a Standard MIDI File ("SMF") can of course be opened, edited and saved again
directly in the "MEGA Enhancer", but NOT a Yamaha
Style file.
Yamaha
Style Files are basically MIDI files, but they contain other data sections in addition to the MIDI data section. The most important of these are the "
CASM" section and the "
OTS" section. Some Style files may also contain a "
MDB" (Music Finder) section, and in a very small number of Style files, an "
MH" section can be found.
If you load a Style file into a "normal" MIDI editing program (which is NOT specially designed for STYLE editing), the additional data sections mentioned will be ignored and will NOT be saved later when the edited (MIDI) file is saved again.
This behavior also applies to the Yamaha "MEGA Enhancer". You CAN load a Style file directly (either by changing the file type from "* .mid" to "All files", or by changing the Style file extension to .mid), but after saving with "MEGA Enhancer"
the Style file will no longer work.For this reason, you MUST use the "Style Split and Splice" program to split the Style file into the MIDI part (.mid) and the "Non MIDI" part (.nmi). The MIDI part (.mid) can then be edited in the desired MIDI editing program (e.g. the "MEGA Enhancer"). The edited MIDI file will later be put back ("spliced") together with the original "Non MIDI" part in "Style Split and Splice", and you have a working Style file again.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Chris