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MTS for dummies?

🔗Gene Ward Smith <gwsmith@...>

6/27/2003 5:37:32 PM

Is there a tutorial or specification for MTS which is actually
comprehensible? I'm trying to make sense out of things like the MTS
track example I include below. Where does one hex number stop and
another start, and which are pitch bends and which are something else-
-and what else? I find explanations for what the "0 SysEx f0 7e 00 08
01" means at the beginning, but that is little help by itself.

I'd like to understand this, because it occurs to me I could
calculate these things in Maple and then tack them on to an existing
midi file. Here's an example of what I am trying to decipher:

0 Meta TrkName "Scala tuned MTS track"
0 SysEx f0 7e 00 08 01 00 53 43 41 4c 41 20 54 55 4e 49 4e 47 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 58 2d 01 74 28 02 4d 15 03 69 10 05 05 0c 05 5e 39
06 7a 34 07 53 21 08 6f 1c 0a 0b 18 0a 64 04 0c 00 00 0c 58 2d 0d 74
28 0e 4d 15 0f 69 10 11 05 0c 11 5e 39 12 7a 34 13 53 21 14 6f 1c 16
0b 18 16 64 04 18 00 00 18 58 2d 19 74 28 1a 4d 15 1b 69 10 1d 05 0c
1d 5e 39 1e 7a 34 1f 53 21 20 6f 1c 22 0b 18 22 64 04 24 00 00 24 58
2d 25 74 28 26 4d 15 27 69 10 29 05 0c 29 5e 39 2a 7a 34 2b 53 21 2c
6f 1c 2e 0b 18 2e 64 04 30 00 00 30 58 2d 31 74 28 32 4d 15 33 69 10
35 05 0c 35 5e 39 36 7a 34 37 53 21 38 6f 1c 3a 0b 18 3a 64 04 3c 00
00 3c 58 2d 3d 74 28 3e 4d 15 3f 69 10 41 05 0c 41 5e 39 42 7a 34 43
53 21 44 6f 1c 46 0b 18 46 64 04 48 00 00 48 58 2d 49 74 28 4a 4d 15
4b 69 10 4d 05 0c 4d 5e 39 4e 7a 34 4f 53 21 50 6f 1c 52 0b 18 52 64
04 54 00 00 54 58 2d 55 74 28 56 4d 15 57 69 10 59 05 0c 59 5e 39 5a
7a 34 5b 53 21 5c 6f 1c 5e 0b 18 5e 64 04 60 00 00 60 58 2d 61 74 28
62 4d 15 63 69 10 65 05 0c 65 5e 39 66 7a 34 67 53 21 68 6f 1c 6a 0b
18 6a 64 04 6c 00 00 6c 58 2d 6d 74 28 6e 4d 15 6f 69 10 71 05 0c 71
5e 39 72 7a 34 73 53 21 74 6f 1c 76 0b 18 76 64 04 78 00 00 78 58 2d
79 74 28 7a 4d 15 7b 69 10 7d 05 0c 7d 5e 39 7e 7a 34 01 f7
0 Meta TrkEnd
TrkEnd

🔗Gene Ward Smith <gwsmith@...>

6/29/2003 4:10:58 AM

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith"
<gwsmith@s...> wrote:

> Is there a tutorial or specification for MTS which is actually
> comprehensible?

I'm getting zero help with this, but I wonder if someone could at
least tell me if this MTS track is a list of note numbers followed by
pitch bends, or something else, and if so, what.