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Name: Standard MIDI Files
ID: m15051
Language: English (en)
Summary: A complete musical performance can be recorded by sequencing software, which saves individual MIDI messages generated by a synthesizer and measures the time interval between them. The messages and timing information is stored in a standard MIDI file, a binary-format file designed to maximize flexibility and minimize file size. In this module you will learn how to understand the structure of a standard MIDI file at the byte level.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: delta time, header chunk, meta-event, running status, sequencers, track chunk, variable-length format
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Ed Doering (doering@rose-hulman.edu)
Copyright Holders: Ed Doering (doering@rose-hulman.edu)
Maintainers: Ed Doering (doering@rose-hulman.edu), Erik Luther (erik.luther@ni.com), Sam Shearman (sam.shearman@ni.com)
Editors: Erik Luther (erik.luther@ni.com), Sam Shearman (sam.shearman@ni.com)
Version: 1.3 (history)
Created: Jul 24, 2007 3:26 pm GMT-5
Revised: Mar 18, 2008 11:26 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.3 Mar 18, 2008 11:26 am GMT-5 by Ross J. Reedstrom
Changes: 
fixup audio in flash video files
Version: 1.2 Oct 2, 2007 9:34 am GMT-5 by Ed Doering
Changes: 
Correct error (128 instead of 256)
Version: 1.1 Aug 24, 2007 7:45 am GMT-5 by Ed Doering
Changes: 
Initial release

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