Help - Midi error

[PSR_Playa]

Hello,

I have this midi file that will not open. I have no idea why.

Is there a way to fix? Could someone please help

Thank you!

[Jørgen]

Hi

Three bytes in the file header was corrupted....

Jørgen

Edit:
Should read: ...were corrupted.

[Roger Brenizer]

You beat me to the solution, Jørgen.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, my friend! 

[Jørgen]

You beat me to the solution, Jørgen.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, my friend! 

Hi
I couldn't sleep for long, so that's why! 
And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too.

Jørgen

[PSR_Playa]

Thank you so much!

[PSR_Playa]

Is there a program I can use to fix these corrupt file on my own?  I have a midi program file that I've owned for a while.. and there appears to be lots of corrupted files. Hate to trouble folks and keep asking for help here.

[Dick Rector]

You could try Jorgen's Style & Midi-fixer program. He created many handy programs. You'll find them on his website.

[Roger Brenizer]

Most of the time it's one or more of the first four bytes of file header that is corrupted, but not always.  Using a simple Hex Editor will let you repair the file, if that happens to be the case.

The first four bytes of the file header should read as follows: MThd  If one or more of those bytes are corrupted, you can use a simple Hex Editor to repair the file.  I use the following free Hex Editor:

https://mh-nexus.de/en/

[Jørgen]

Hi

First try to examine the file header in a hex editor, as Roger suggests. The four first bytes MUST be MThd    -- and capitalisation matters!

If the problem is somewhere else, try my Style Fixer software as Dick suggests. Get it from http://www.jososoft.dk/yamaha/software/sfix/index.htm

Jørgen

[pieterpan]

Hi Tyros,

May I ask you which software you use to make the styles or did you use the keyboard?

Maybe this knowledge makes it easier to find the error's.

Regards <> Piet

[SeaGtGruff]

I remember someone posted a MIDI file in the forums a few years back that wouldn't open, and when I looked at it the first four characters said "Lock" or something like that, which I fixed and posted for the OP. I think maybe some people or sites may do that sort of thing as a way to "protect" their MIDI files from being freely copied and shared.