MIDI

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The MIDI file format is known as '''SMF''' (Standard MIDI Format).
 
The MIDI file format is known as '''SMF''' (Standard MIDI Format).
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"Black MIDI" is a style of MIDI music that has notes so densely placed that a graphical rendition has large patches of solid black.
 
   
 
   
 
== Alternative formats ==
 
== Alternative formats ==
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* [https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130412/09091522689/heres-another-inventor-who-willingly-gave-his-greatest-idea-away-order-to-establish-it-as-global-standard.shtml Inventor of MIDI willingly gave idea away to establish it as a standard]
 
* [https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130412/09091522689/heres-another-inventor-who-willingly-gave-his-greatest-idea-away-order-to-establish-it-as-global-standard.shtml Inventor of MIDI willingly gave idea away to establish it as a standard]
 
* [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/sep/23/impossible-music-black-midi/ The impossible music of black MIDI]
 
* [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/sep/23/impossible-music-black-midi/ The impossible music of black MIDI]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjSYtKWyX8 Black MIDI songs will kill your brain and your computer]

Revision as of 13:38, 28 January 2017

File Format
Name MIDI
Ontology
Extension(s) .mid, .midi
MIME Type(s) audio/midi
audio/mid
audio/x-midi
audio/m
application/x-midi
LoCFDD fdd000102
fdd000119
PRONOM x-fmt/230

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is an industry specification that permits digital musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another. The MIDI Specification was published in August 1983.

The MIDI file format is known as SMF (Standard MIDI Format).

"Black MIDI" is a style of MIDI music that has notes so densely placed that a graphical rendition has large patches of solid black.

Alternative formats

As well as the standard MIDI specification, a number of (often proprietary) MIDI clones and variants have been created over the years. These include:

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