Exactly. A midi file is effectively a description of the music (a list of notes to be played, with some other information), like a written score, as opposed to a recording.

Mark

On 11 Dec 2005, at 13:11, Charles Hartman wrote:


On Dec 10, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Scott Kane wrote:

Thanks for the reply.  I assumed they were binary, didn't
know they were text.

They aren't, but they're like text: getting music out of them is analogous to getting speech out of a text file. (It's interesting to think about the relative algorithmicity of the two processes …)

Charles Hartman

_______________________________________________
use-revolution mailing list
[email protected]
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

_______________________________________________
use-revolution mailing list
[email protected]
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription 
preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

Reply via email to