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[quotePost id=19488]Where in the MIDI file spec are tracks defined?[/quotePost] In the Standard MIDI Files Specification, tracks are mentioned in the...

Tracks are only a concept in MIDI files. Tracks are only visible to the software that reads the MIDI file. Once the MIDI file player sends MIDI messag...

Here is what I see in your example: chunk type size chunk contents ----------- ----------- -------------- 4D 54 68 64 00 00 00...

[quotePost id=19173]in every single MIDI file that I've put in my hex editor, there's always a group of 0 bytes right after , sometimes just one.[/quo...

loopMIDI will put a MIDI driver in the Device Manager. When a loopMIDI port is enabled, it will appear as both an output port and an input port -- any...

[quotePost id=18925]Hi, sorry to bother, did the specification for midi 2.0 files come out?[/quotePost] Hello Carlos. Check out the following article...

Here is my understanding... If you need a sound wave amplitude from 0 to 1, like you would see in an audio editor, use the following formula: ...

[quotePost id=18873]What is a Ruby ?[/quotePost]See the Wikipedia article ruby character. Basically "ruby" is referring to small pronunciation charact...

Additional information about the Set Tempo time position recommendation: This recommendation also appears in the MIDI 1.0 Standard MIDI Files specific...

I am not a member of the MIDI Manufacturers Association, but here is my understanding of some of your questions: [quotePost id=18835][2] 7.1.1: Any...

Hello JohnG. You are describing the variable-length quantity format, which can take one to four bytes depending on how big the value to be stored is. ...

Hello Andrew! Can you also bring up my melisma questions to the Working Group -- they're different from Atsushi's point 4 above. See my post: MIDI 2.0...

Previously, in the post Re: MIDI file request, Jason mentioned a page of MIDI file soundtracks -- that is, each one is a single MIDI file that plays t...

[quotePost id=18806]4. I am skeptical on how Lyric and Ruby messages are interpreted: what if our lyric packet is COMPLETE in one UMP, AND contains a ...

Your quote says "let's say you've created a sequenced instrumental riff". That is referring to a musical composition (a sequence) in a MIDI device (a ...