midi 2 mod

[Drum2jc]

hi, i need a program for converting MIDI files into MOD files for mac (os 8.6)

can anyone help me out here?

[Big Jim]

Hi,
Have you tried versiontracker.com or google?

That's how I find everything I need.
I found this on a very quick google:
2.11 How can I convert a MOD file to a MIDI file or vice-versa?

Conversions to and from MIDI, although more or less possible, are very difficult. MIDI files have a very different set of commands. One of the more important differences is, that the MIDI device 'knows' how to process its sounds, when it receives commands from the MIDI player. For example how fast to decay a piano waveform. This information is not stored in the MIDI file itself, it's in the synthesizer. A MOD file however would have this included.

A MIDI-to-MOD converter has no means of asking the MIDI device how it would handle a certain situation, so it has to assume certain things Patches in a MIDI file are also a major problem for conversion to MOD files. While asimple patch event in the MIDI file will find the correct instrument in your synthesizer, a MOD file needs the actual sample.

The other way around is far from easy too. A MOD file may for example have sounds included, that are 'unknown' to the MIDI device.
Jim.