midi2gm 1.8

Modifies midi file to make it more compatible for GM compatible keyboards midi2gm is a simple command line tool designed to help you modify midi file to make it more compatible for GM compatible keyboards.
Main features:
- reads a binary midi file
- writes a binary midi file
- removes program changes and bank selections in channel 10
- shows all changes done to the file
- can map channel numbers
- initializes korg i2/i3 programs and banks to GM
- converts korg i2/i3 midi to GM (inserts reverb, chorus)
- removes GM incompatible drum notes
I am using a Korg i3 music workstation and had some problems with some midi files. The instrument recognizes a drum at channel 10 only if no program change at this channel is done or a drum channel selection is done. First I tried to change the drum channel manually at the instrument switches. I automatized this process by playing an initialization midi (containing only program changes and bank selections) before playing the music file.
This solution does not work if there are some bank selection or
program changes inside the song part. For these cases I used my programs MIDI2TXT and TXT2MIDI to manually edit the commands that confused my machine.
I found that the changes done in these files are so minimal that it could be easily done automatically. Once I found a correct karaoke midi that korg i3 could not play (some of the lyrics may have confused the instrument) so I added an option (-notext) to ignore the textual meta events.
Originally I called the program MIDIKORG for exclusive use with my instrument. Later I noticed that that the program only does minor Korg
dependent modifications and only if a korg dependent option is set. So I changed the name to the name MIDI2GM for general use.