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Standard MIDI Files

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In this chapter we discuss the time information encoded in Standard MIDI Files. We begin by explaining the importance of storing time information in Standard MIDI Files, then describe the treatment of time in MIDI, and finally provide details of how time information is defined within Standard MIDI Files.

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Mazzola, G. et al. (2018). Standard MIDI Files. In: Basic Music Technology. Computational Music Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00982-3_14

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