MIDI to sysex

controlsurface.py

    def reply_sysex(self, message):
        from array import array

        try:
            raw = array('B')
            raw.fromstring(message.encode('utf-16-le'))
            raw = raw.tolist()
            raw.insert(0, 240)
            raw.append(247)
            self._send_midi(tuple(raw), False)
        except Exception, e:
            self.log_message(repr(e))

    def receive_midi(self, midi_bytes):
        from array import array

        try:
            raw = array('B')
            raw.fromlist(list(midi_bytes[1:-1]))
            message = raw.tostring().decode('utf-16-le')
            self.respond(message, self.reply_sysex)
        except Exception, e:
            self.log_message(repr(e))