Don't use text_event(). Use lyric(). And btw, the 10**7*6 I used in my script that you copied over is just a weird way of representing the number 60 million (aka 60_000_000). The purpose of the number 60_000_000 is that there are that many milliseconds in a minute. set_tempo() sets the number of milliseconds that each quarter note will play for. So 60_000_000/360 will fit 360 quarter notes in one minute.

In your example, rather than use the auto-decrement operator, using for (1..$a) {} might be neater. The reason I used the auto-decrementer was to make it play for approxiamtely 66 seconds, no matter what tempo was selected. (As an aside, you may want to rename that $a vriable. $a and $b should be avoided as they are used in sorting. Besides, it's better to have names that make sense to what you are doing). Have fun :). I love midi so far heheh

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In reply to Re: MIDI::Simple Timing text_events by Coruscate
in thread MIDI::Simple Timing text_events by zentara

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