Chart<-->Mid Converter

**BlazeDGO** · Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 358

A have a weird problem. I use Vista, and the converter works fine, it's just that the .mid file doesn't show up anywhere. Neither does the .chart file. It never did. It only shows up when I load a chart in Feedback (the .mid file also shows up). So I know the files are there, I just can't move them to different folders.

**Myjniak** · Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

Hi!
I've got a problem. chart2mid2chart works nice, when I convert mid to chart but when I want chart to mid, there is:
"Error converting, send chart to Leff!"
Please, help me!

**punkforlife93** · Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 50

For me, it always says that the main startup class cannot be found, and I have no idea what that means...?

**ajanata** · Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

Sorry for the bump, but I have a "bug" report.

When the Rock Band mode is selected, instead of just adding PART DRUMS, could you make it use the proper note for OD? It's still using 103, which is the expert solo marker in Rock Band. It should be using 116, which is OD on every difficulty.
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**Blackrose2015** · Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 10

Does anyone know anything about the 64bit users?

**Johnesty** · Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

**iancan5** · Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 2

im missing the jar file for my chart2mid2chart can someone plz help wherever i download it i still dont have the jar file plz help

**rpanties** · Joined: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 34

edit: nevermind, solved.

**qwertymodo** · Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 73

First off, yes, I know this is not being actively developed, so don't jump on me. With the launch of the Rock Band Network site, we now have access to the official RB specs, which makes RB charting so much easier. After working through the RB spec, there are a few things that I have noticed about this app which could use some improvement, or at least by posting these things, it might help people make these changes themselves manually after converting (so I am posting in the hopes that even if the app doesn't get updated, at least the info might be useful). Some of these have been mentioned before, but I will just list them all.

This is specifically for converting from a .chart to a RB .mid

First off, not all of the required tracks are created, and they aren't in the correct order (order doesn't really matter unless you start using the official RBN Template for Reaper, in which case they do need to be in the right order to import correctly). Here are all of the tracks that should be created, in order:
PART_DRUMS
PART_BASS
PART_GUITAR
PART_VOCALS
EVENTS
VENUE
BEAT

Rock Band has no PART_GUITAR_COOP track

There are no face-off sections in RB, so MIDI notes 69, 70, 81, 82, 93, 94, 105, and 106 are not used at all

Section markers don't work in RB (at least, they give errors in Magma, saying the section name isn't valid, I don't know why...), so I don't know if there's any reason to put them in the MIDI

Verse and chorus markers should go to the VENUE track, not EVENTS

Currently, solo_on and solo_off text events in charts are ignored, these should be translated to note on and note off for MIDI note 103 on PART_GUITAR

Star Power should be converted to RB overdrive, which is MIDI note 116 (same for all tracks)

Also, as a cool extra, you could very easily add in basic animations for the guitar/bass/drums just by duplicating certain notes

PART_GUITAR/PART_BASS:
Copy all instances of the following MIDI notes
96->40
97->42
98->44
99->46
100->48

PART_DRUMS:
Copy all instances of the following MIDI notes
96->24
97->27
98->30
99->46
100->36

Thanks for this awesome app, it makes custom charting so much easier, since it allows you to use dB for RB charting

...and PS I'm running it just fine on Windows 7 x64 (the exe version), so 64-bit is a yes

**khfreek** · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 735 Location: Brentwood, TN

**GuardianDemon** · Joined: 11 Apr 2008 Posts: 1792 Location: Ireland

Right click on the executable then click properties. click the compatibility tab, and change the settings to XP (probably says XP SP2). tHEN APPLY . Then close the window and run the program like normal. that should do it.

**khfreek** · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 735 Location: Brentwood, TN

already tried that, I get the same result with every OS compatibility

**Boomin97** · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1

**raphaelgoulart** · Joined: 12 Oct 2008 Posts: 18

I have made a chart which have forced ho/po's and strumming("*" track events), but the converter ignore them. What can I do now? Forced ho/po's and strums are just awesome and realistic :P

**jdamillio** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 1041 Location: Philadelphia