Midifile to coll

hi all,

I have a bunch of midifiles that I want to turn into coll files to use with live.grid. Once I get the data out of the midifile I can parse it to fit what I'm doing, but it's extracting the data in the first place that is proving problematic.

psw.midifile-parser doesn't appear to work in Max 5.

ajm.midi2coll takes ages to load, then trows up a bunch of java related error messages, and then doesn't work either. It used to work - has something changed in the latest Max (or Java) releases that might have broken midi2coll, or is there perhaps something awry with my installation?

I've also just tried using the "dump" command with seq. But I'm not sure what to make of the resulting list of numbers! Can anyone explain what this means (it's a 1 bar drum pattern C1 to G1)? ...

77 84 104 100 0 0 0 6
0 0 0 1 7 128 77 84
114 107 0 0 1 10 0 255
3 29 66 101 110 122 105 110
100 117 108 97 110 32 80 114
101 109 105 116 114 97 108 32
40 49 50 56 41 32 65 0
255 88 4 4 2 24 8 0
255 81 3 7 39 14 0 144
39 64 0 144 42 64 0 144
40 127 0 144 41 64 129 32
128 40 0 0 128 41 0 0
128 39 0 0 128 42 0 138
43 144 41 64 129 32 128 41
0 130 21 144 36 127 0 144
42 64 0 144 38 64 129 32
128 36 0 0 128 42 0 0
128 38 0 134 32 144 43 64
0 144 36 64 0 144 42 64
129 32 128 43 0 0 128 42
0 0 128 36 0 130 107 144
40 127 129 32 128 40 0 130
21 144 42 64 129 32 128 42
0 134 32 144 40 127 0 144
36 64 0 144 41 64 129 32
128 41 0 0 128 40 0 0
128 36 0 130 107 144 37 64
129 32 128 37 0 130 21 144
41 64 0 144 42 64 0 144
36 64 0 144 39 64 0 144
38 127 129 32 128 39 0 0
128 42 0 0 128 41 0 0
128 38 0 0 128 36 0 130
107 144 37 64 129 32 128 37
0 134 32 144 36 64 129 32
128 36 0 130 21 255 47 0

thanks

David