MIDI-Based Music Game - Dev Diary #1 - Understanding MIDI Files

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Trevor Smithy

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Published on June 6, 2024 5:26:51 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_wW6juDaY

Game:

A Dance of Fire and Ice (2019)

Duration: 12:52

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Delta-time is stored as a variable-length quantity.

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Resources:
https://www.music.mcgill.ca/~ich/classes/mumt306/StandardMIDIfileformat.html
http://www.midieditor.org

Chapters:
0:00 - The Intro
0:35 - What is MIDI?
1:41 - The Basics
2:24 - The Header
4:17 - The Track
4:51 - The Event
5:01 - DELTA TIME
5:27 - The VLQ Rabbit Hole
6:14 - Meta Events Introduction
6:40 - Standard Events
6:53 - Example File
7:53 - Meta Events Explained
8:39 - 714,285 BPM?
9:29 - The Channel
10:04 - The First Note
11:36 - The Song
12:07 - The Outro

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