Brotech Electronics Mini Midi Se User Manual 2020-01-01
key to increase the delay, and DLY DN to decrease it in 1 second increments. The change is briefly indicated on
the App selection bar. The change is not permanent and will reset to default delay anytime the mMS hardware is
reset. The default delay can be set by editing the configuration file keyword, PlayDelay.
Playlist – Playing Songs in a Playlist, and Creating a playlist
Playing Songs in a Playlist
The mMS can play songs in a playlist that the user can create. From the scrolling list select an existing playlist
and tap on it, and it is copied to the yellow selection bar. Tap on the bar and the playlist opens and a new scrolling
list appears showing all of the files in the playlist. In addition, the lower right directory field now shows the
playlist filename as the selected directory, LST:/some_list_filename.lst. The new scrolling list shows the playlist
songs listed in order as they appear in the playlist (the list is not sorted).
At the beginning of the midi file list in the scrolling list is the playlist name prefixed with PLAY LIST. Tapping
on this will copy it to the selection bar. If the selection bar is tapped the mMS will play through all songs in the
list one time, and in the order that they appear in the list. It stops playing at the end of the last song. If one instead
selects Play Sequential Continuous, then the list is played from beginning to end, and then loops back again to the
beginning and keeps playing. If one selects Play Random Continuous, then all songs in the list are play ed in
random order until the STOP button is pressed.
Creating a Playlist
A playlist can be created using the MMS tablet and our MMS Playlist Editor App, or by using a personal computer.
These instructions are for using a personal computer, while the MMS Playlist Editor App has its own user
instructions.
The playlist can be created using any text editor such as Notepad, but whatever program is used it must be a basic
text editing program without formatting. The playlist is stored on the local SD memory card in any directory
including the {/Root} directory. Create the playlist and copy it to the SD card. Then restart the mMS hardware, link
the tablet and the list can be opened and played.
Each line in a playlist can contain 1 complete midi song name, and end with a standard carriage return. There can
be no other alphanumeric characters on the same line as a song name. Each song name must be complete including
“.mid”, and including THE DIRECTORY LOCATION on the SD memory card. If a song name is inaccurate, or
not found in an indicated directory, the mMS hardware will skip playing it. For example, this is a complete song
name;
Lila W125 3132-02N.mid
… and this is an incomplete song name because it is missing the ending “.mid”, and it will not play;
Lila W125 3132-02N
… and this is a complete song name that has extraneous characters on the same line and it will not play;
Lila W125 3132-02N.mid (I really like this song)
Furthermore, if this song is located in directory MAIN_DIR, then it must appear in the playlist file as
MAIN_DIR/ Lila W125 3132-02N.mid
Or
/MAIN_DIR/ Lila W125 3132-02N.mid
If it is missing the directory reference, it cannot be found and cannot be played
A properly formatted playlist might therefore look like this;
Early In The Morning Waltz W125 313403MN.mid
