I now want to know
If someone has made a MIDI to punched card machine.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sun 15 Feb 2026, 16:46,
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What language does it use?
There must have been standardised codes and procedures, to be able to sell music for it. If there is a language, it should be called Monkey.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 15 Feb 2026, 20:32,
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Think you need to write it in Stone then compile it in egg first
preferably on a mountain top
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as a dull aside
player pianos were one of the early (and rare) examples of an industry of lots of different manufactures agreeing to a single format, in this case the same hole size and spacing, after a decade of everyone doing their own thing
I would have called it Seminhole
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 15 Feb 2026, 23:29,
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Ha!
Once the whorehouse music suppliers settle on a format…
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 16 Feb 2026, 22:41,
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There are people still producing piano rolls and the like,
so it stands to reason that there are midi converters.
Here's one:
github.com/nai-kon/PlaySK-Piano-Roll-Reader
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sun 15 Feb 2026, 21:32,
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I was thinking of a writer, not a reader
I was hoping for a fancy card punching machine, but of course all you need is some software and a laser cutter, like this:
www.hobbydraaiorgel.nl/subdir/en_midiboek10.htm
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Mon 16 Feb 2026, 6:59,
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to hell with converters
just make the organ part of the band then go on Top Pop
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That is truly the stuff of fever dreams!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Mon 16 Feb 2026, 6:49,
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