Stuck note in MIDI

[kuchitsu]

I need a tutorial on how to fix midis that keep playing one note when the song restarts. For total noobs please (press this button, press that button).

[plums]

Do you have a midi editor that you kind of know how to use, or should I recommend one?

[kuchitsu]

I once managed to change an instrument in Anvil Studio, that's about it...

[plums]

OK, I'll give instructions for Sekaiju then, just because I know it a little better.
http://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/Sekaiju_en.html

Uh, do you have an example I can work with? I thought there was one in JPCP but I can't find it...

[kuchitsu]

For me this song has a repeating note in prboom-plus with the SDL midi player: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0hec2b1qm4luxo0/GMGEO2.MID

[plums]

So I've started writing a tutorial on that kind of thing, but I'm finding it tricky to actually cover all the possible cases and how to fix them in a way that someone unfamiliar with midi will actually be able to follow. So I might take some time to get it done...

In the meantime here's a fix for that track. It's the kind of thing where it's actually a lot easier to fix it than to explain how to do it :/

http://www.mediafire.com/download/2j7f0lko7zckdn2/GMGEO2fix.MID

[PureSlime]

Is it the MIDI file itself that's the problem, or could it be a bug in a source port?

(I know I've had a similar issue with an older version of GZDoom)

[plums]

It was the midi, in this case the sustain pedal was not turned off.

What was the GZDoom bug? If it was with Doom 2's music in MAP14 & MAP22, that's actually a problem with the midi file too, a stuck note, but vanilla Doom turns it off when the song loops anyhow.