[linux-audio-user] midi definition

Vedran Vucic vvucic at EUnet.yu
Thu Oct 13 18:01:17 EDT 2005



Hi,

there is MIDI manufacturers association and you can order MIDI specification if
you like with detailed explanation of the protocol.



vedran

Quoting "Brett W. McCoy" <idragosani at gmail.com>:

> 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
> 
> -- Brett
> --
> Programmer by Day, Guitarist by Night
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> 








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