midi files in flash

[somlemeg]

What experience do you have with AS3? You'll need to learn the basics first.
If your familiar to programming you may look up y, sprite, ENTER_FRAME and classes.

[FlashyMapper]

I'm studying it to be honest(multimedia in Belgium). So I can work with as3, i got the hang of the basics, but I'm not a professional ^^

The thing I'm looking for is how I can assign each movieclip to each note in that midi file.
EDIT: Would it be easier if I made an XML file of it first ?

[FlashyMapper]

I want to be able to dynamically create movieclips in flash based on a midi file.
So I converted the midi file to an .xml file first. I traced the number of events going on and the time of when an event starts or ends.
So to keep track of those times, I put them in an array.(keytimer[i])

The timer goes up 1microsecond at a time, for as long as the song is; in this case 190080 microseconds.
The thing I want is when the timer equals a number in this array(keytimer[i]), and only when the attribute is 'NoteOn', then it should create a movieclip.

I tried doing it like this; but he doesnt recognise the array:

if (current==keytimer[i]) {
			trace("yes");
		}

var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showXML);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("for_elise_by_beethoven.xml"));
function showXML(e:Event):void {
    XML.ignoreWhitespace=true;
    var songs:XML=new XML(e.target.data);
    trace(songs.Track.Event.length());
    var i:Number;
    var keytimer:Array = new Array();
    for (i=0; i < songs.Track.Event.length(); i++) {
        keytimer[i] =(" Time of the key: "+ songs.Track.Event[i].Absolute.text());
        if (current==keytimer[i]) {
            trace("yes");
        }
        //trace(keytimer[i]);
        //trace(" NoteOn: "+ songs.Track.Event[i].NoteOn.@Note);
        //trace(" NoteOff: "+ songs.Track.Event[i].NoteOff.@Note);
        //trace(" ");
    }
    var myTimer:Timer=new Timer(1,190000);
    myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,doStuff);
    var current:Number=0;
    myTimer.start();
    function doStuff(event:TimerEvent):void {
        current++;
        trace("current: "+ current);
        trace("keytimer: "+ keytimer[i]);
        //trace("keytimer: "+ keytimer[i]);
        /*if (current==keytimer[i]) {
        trace("yes");
        }*/

    }
}

The current xml file: (name: for_elise_by_beethoven.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE MIDIFile PUBLIC
  "-//Recordare//DTD MusicXML 0.9 MIDI//EN"
  "http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/midixml.dtd">
<MIDIFile>
<Format>1</Format>
<TrackCount>4</TrackCount>
<TicksPerBeat>960</TicksPerBeat>
<TimestampType>Absolute</TimestampType>
<Track Number="0">
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 12 00 00 7f 7f 00</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 1c 32 30 30 35 2e 31 32 2e 30 32</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TrackName>Track 0</TrackName>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SetTempo Value="857143"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <EndOfTrack/>
  </Event>
</Track>
<Track Number="1">
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <ProgramChange Channel="1" Number="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 09 40 48</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <CopyrightNotice>2006 by forelise.com</CopyrightNotice>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <InstrumentName>Piano</InstrumentName>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TrackName>Für Elise</TrackName>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 06 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 4d 49 44 49</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TimeSignature Numerator="3" LogDenominator="3" MIDIClocksPerMetronomeClick="12" ThirtySecondsPer24Clocks="8"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <MIDIChannelPrefix Value="00"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>960</Absolute>
    <NoteOn Channel="1" Note="76" Velocity="71"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1200</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="76" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1200</Absolute>
    <NoteOn Channel="1" Note="75" Velocity="38"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1440</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="75" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1440</Absolute>
    <NoteOn Channel="1" Note="76" Velocity="57"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1680</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="76" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1680</Absolute>
    <NoteOn Channel="1" Note="75" Velocity="70"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>1920</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="75" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>



etc....


  <Event>
    <Absolute>187200</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="45" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>187200</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="33" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>187200</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="60" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>187200</Absolute>
    <NoteOff Channel="1" Note="69" Velocity="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>190048</Absolute>
    <ControlChange Channel="1" Control="64" Value="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>190080</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 0a</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>190080</Absolute>
    <EndOfTrack/>
  </Event>
</Track>
<Track Number="2">
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 09 00 40</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 06 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 4d 49 44 49</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TrackName>http://www.forelise.com/</TrackName>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TimeSignature Numerator="3" LogDenominator="3" MIDIClocksPerMetronomeClick="12" ThirtySecondsPer24Clocks="8"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <ProgramChange Channel="2" Number="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <MIDIChannelPrefix Value="01"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <EndOfTrack/>
  </Event>
</Track>
<Track Number="3">
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 09 00 40</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <SequencerSpecific>05 0f 06 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 4d 49 44 49</SequencerSpecific>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TrackName>Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven</TrackName>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <TimeSignature Numerator="3" LogDenominator="3" MIDIClocksPerMetronomeClick="12" ThirtySecondsPer24Clocks="8"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <ProgramChange Channel="3" Number="0"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <MIDIChannelPrefix Value="02"/>
  </Event>
  <Event>
    <Absolute>0</Absolute>
    <EndOfTrack/>
  </Event>
</Track>
</MIDIFile>