[linux-audio-user] midi definition

[Brett W. McCoy]

On 10/13/05, mh <m.hatzold at web.de> wrote:

> I would like to have a better knowlege about the midi protocol, to
> understand better what is stored in a midi file and how it is stored. I
> am not that much interested in bits and bytes, but in how a description
> of a note works in midi, i.e. is a note defined by a start point and a
> duration ( and the end point is a consequence) or is midi a start and an
> end point ( and the duration is a consequence). What is a pause? Is it a
> silent note? How does a notation application calculate ties or what
> remains of tied notes? The duration only? And so on...
>
> If anyone of you knows some URL where to find usefull information about
> the theme in question, I would like it very much to see it posted here.
> If it is in german, even better ;-)

Google is your friend.

Here's on to get you started:

http://www.hinton-instruments.co.uk/midi/midicode.html

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