[KL] How to open KRZ files

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Hello people.

Looking at my old backup, I found a bunch of KRZ files, in which I used to store music I used to write live.How can I open this file and extract the midi tracks that are inside? I saw that there is a commercial application available for that but I don't even use Windows.

Or even better, since I am basically a programmer, is there any documentation avaiable of the format so I can extract the midi part from the file?

Thank you!

[Daniel Forró [e-mail] [KurzList]]

Load it into the compatible Kurzweil instrument and export them as Standard MIDI File.

If you haven’t Kurzweil instrument, ask somebody to do it for you.

:-)

Daniel Forro

Post by ***@panayotis.com [KurzList]
Hello people.
Looking at my old backup, I found a bunch of KRZ files, in which I used to store music I used to write live.How can I open this file and extract the midi tracks that are inside? I saw that there is a commercial application available for that but I don't even use Windows.
Or even better, since I am basically a programmer, is there any documentation avaiable of the format so I can extract the midi part from the file?
Thank you!

[Panayotis Katsaloulis [e-mail] [KurzList]]

I do have (although not opened for years)

But there are too many files and each one has a bunch of midi projects
inside

I do have
But there are too many files and each one has a bunch of midi projects
inside
Thus going one by one is going to take enormous time :(

Post by Daniel Forró ***@yahoo.com [KurzList]
Load it into the compatible Kurzweil instrument and export them as Standard MIDI File.
If you haven’t Kurzweil instrument, ask somebody to do it for you.
:-)
Daniel Forro
Hello people.
Looking at my old backup, I found a bunch of KRZ files, in which I used
to store music I used to write live.How can I open this file and extract
the midi tracks that are inside? I saw that there is a commercial
application available for that but I don't even use Windows.
Or even better, since I am basically a programmer, is there any
documentation avaiable of the format so I can extract the midi part from
the file?
Thank you!

[jon kirch [e-mail] [KurzList]]

everyone should have these links:

http://web.archive.org/web/20061004040911/http://k2users.org/

http://www.synthzone.com/kurzweil.htm

jjk

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The Kurzweil K2000/K2500 file specs are out there; several people have
decoded the bits.
Geoffrey Mayer did some awesome work on this around 2000. Chris Martin
also had tremendous patience!

This place looks good: http://k2000.creativebits.net/sysex-project/

Also look around for K2KSYSEX.ZIP and kurzweilfileformat.zip

It's easy enough to write a program or script that lists a KRZ file.
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kurzfile

I'm guessing that you want the Song objects. Those are not stored as MIDI
files, tho. I'm not aware of anyone (other than the Kurzweil folks) who
have converted a song object to a MIDI file.

At least if you get a KRZ listing program, you can find which files you
need to take to a K2000 to let it generate the MIDI files for you.

Post by ***@panayotis.com [KurzList]
Hello people.
Looking at my old backup, I found a bunch of KRZ files, in which I used to
store music I used to write live.How can I open this file and extract the
midi tracks that are inside? I saw that there is a commercial application
available for that but I don't even use Windows.
Or even better, since I am basically a programmer, is there any
documentation avaiable of the format so I can extract the midi part from
the file?
Thank you!

[Panayotis Katsaloulis [e-mail] [KurzList]]

Thank you people.
I was expecting the song format to be MIDI - for this reason I might
consider buying the Windows application alternative which in the demo
version is able to extract a song object as a MIDI file.



Panayotis Katsaloulis

Post by ***@frys.com [KurzList]
The Kurzweil K2000/K2500 file specs are out there; several people have
decoded the bits.
Geoffrey Mayer did some awesome work on this around 2000. Chris Martin
also had tremendous patience!
This place looks good: http://k2000.creativebits.net/sysex-project/
Also look around for K2KSYSEX.ZIP and kurzweilfileformat.zip
It's easy enough to write a program or script that lists a KRZ file.
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kurzfile
I'm guessing that you want the Song objects. Those are not stored as MIDI
files, tho. I'm not aware of anyone (other than the Kurzweil folks) who
have converted a song object to a MIDI file.
At least if you get a KRZ listing program, you can find which files you
need to take to a K2000 to let it generate the MIDI files for you.

Post by ***@panayotis.com [KurzList]
Hello people.
Looking at my old backup, I found a bunch of KRZ files, in which I used

to

Post by ***@panayotis.com [KurzList]
store music I used to write live.How can I open this file and extract the
midi tracks that are inside? I saw that there is a commercial application
available for that but I don't even use Windows.
Or even better, since I am basically a programmer, is there any
documentation avaiable of the format so I can extract the midi part from
the file?
Thank you!