•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- About eight years ago I started the development of software with the purpose of printing masters for punching barrel organ books. Recently I rewrote the whole thing for use within Windows 95/98. Now it is a mature product that supports the produc...

•In the MMD Archives I found some discussion about the ability to convert the MIDI velocities to expression notation for piano rolls. I did not follow all discussions afterwards so I am not sure that I still can contribute something usable this moment. But you never know.... A few months ago I intro...

•A note for all you Smiffie builders: Piet Paardekam has just released an upgrade to his MIDIBOEK program that accommodates the non-standard hole spacing of the John Smith Busker Organ. What is truly astounding is that the program is free -- talk about a labor of love! It can print paper masters for...

•Two quick notes: If you have downloaded the wonderful Midiboek program and need the key number to register it, you can find Piet Paardekam's email address by going to the MMD archives and searching the subject index for Midiboek. I'd include it here, but I doubt that our editors want to publish ema...

•Recently I published version 3.3 of Midiboek that supports the French language. Besides that, support has been added for unequal key distance and unequal hole dimensions as, for instance, needed for the Smiths 27 key. Regards, Piet Paardekam, Zutphen - The Netherlands http://huizen.daxis.nl/~Ppaard...

•Now available on my website: Miditran, version 1.0. It displays MIDI files in detail, translates MIDI files into fixed format ASCII FILES. It is primarily intended to be a source of documentation and knowledge for anyone who wants to know the internals of MIDI. Another purpose is to give programmer...

•Midiboek 3.4 is available now. Features of version 3.4: 1. Templates can be printed continuously on fanfold or banner paper. Of course the printer must be capable to do this. It is tested for HP710, HP720 and Nec Pinwriter. 2. Support to print templates for cylinders with more than one melody in it...

•Hi All, Don't forget MIDIBoek at http://huizen.daxis.nl/~Ppaardekam/ by Piet Paardekam. When you run the program it gives all the notes "out of range" of your organ. Then you can use Cakewalk (or other sequencer program) to make the necessary changes. He also has CAL routines written for Cakewalk t...

•Hello all, Please respond directly to me at: jba@juilliard.edu.geentroep [drop .geentroep to reply] so I see your message. My problem is with Piet Paardekam's roll template program, MIDIBOEK, obtained from: http://huizen.daxis.nl/~Ppaardekam/midi1e.htm I remember he used to post to this list. I am ...

•[ Brendan Adamson wrote in 040318 MMDigest: > My problem is with Piet Paardekam's roll template program, MIDIBOEK, > obtained from http://huizen.daxis.nl/~Ppaardekam/midi1e.htm ... > ... For some undiscovered reason, whenever I print larger > files of 20 or 30 pages, it chokes and says "problem wit...

•Since many years hobbyists, as well the professional world, have been using Midiboek, a computer program wherewith a template can be printed for cardboard books and music rolls. Originally written in Quick-Basic for DOS and later fitted for Windows, Windows has evolved and Midiboek has survived alr...

•Hi Guys, I am having a time with the music roll making program, Midiboek. I have downloaded their roll templates and entered them just as the templates states. I come up with errors. One night working on it, the roll came out fine. It was late so I shut down. The next day I opened it up again. It s...

•Steve Marx said "I'm seeking information on piano roll perforators of any type. Are there plans that can be bought? Photos? Are there any roll copiers? Is there anyone building perforators? I would appreciate any information." For a few months I have been punching my own 20-note paper rolls for the...

•Hello, Today I received my order for 250 heavyweight cardstock paper (110 lbs. or 300/gsm) in legal size: 8.5 x 14 inches or 216 x 356 mm. I tried printing a MIDI file onto it using MIDIBoek and the margins were all screwed up, but I found a quick fix. It's an extra step but actually works as a nic...

•My recent attempts to find the download site for MIDIBoek, Noteur, and other software from Piet Paardekam in the Netherlands have been unsuccessful. Does anyone know what happened to the website, or to Piet and friends? I have found MIDIBoek to be very useful. Wallace Venable

•Ingest 01.08.01 Howard Wyman wrote: > I have used the "Midiboek" program to create templates for the book > music, but I need a method to do the actual punching. I plan to > eventually build the Midster Punch designed by Bob Essex but in the > meantime I would like to make a couple of books. Does a...

•Jonathan Holmes asked about book/roll printing programs. I will give a strong endorsement to Midiboek. I have primarily used it for 20-note rolls, but it will do many formats. It is worth noting that Piet Paardekam and associates do not charge for the program, make updates, and that it is easy to d...

•Every once in a while I visit the forum associated with the Dutch team which produces MIDIBoek and Noteur software. I don't read Dutch very well, but sometimes the photos or drawings pretty much tell the story. Take a look at "Simpele kapmachine voor papierrollen" ("Simple Punching Machine for Pape...

•Those who wrote about playing "in reverse" might be interested to know how it can be used on simple instruments like the Sankyo 20-key manivelle musical box and Mr. Christmas book music model. I use Piet Paardekam's "Midiboek" program to print my arrangements. This posting is focused on the first "...

•Hi to all! About plotters: I've noticed indeed that it will require some extra software to use a plotter as a cardboard printing machine with the Midiboek program or, e.g., MS-Word -- which is understandable, of course. But this software is not really cheap, so perhaps a plotter will indeed be too ...