MIDI file creation

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Create a MIDI file with at least 25 MIDI messages.

Incorporate at least 4 of the following features into the MIDI file:

  • Type-1 MIDI file (multi-track)
  • Patch change (timbre/instrument change)
  • Pitch bend (glissandos, temperament)
  • Articulations (accents, staccato/legato)
  • Continuous controller (master volume, pan)
  • Meta message (tempo, key signature, time signature, track name)
  • Percussion sounds
  • Chords

Send me a copy of the MIDI file (and the text representation) by next Thursday's class so we can play them.

Examples

Here are examples from class that can be used as a reference.

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

"MThd"
4'6
2'0
2'1
2'128
"MTrk"
4'140
v0      ff 58 v4 '4 '2 '48 '8
v0      ff 59 v2 '0 '0
v0      90 '60 '40
v128    90 '60 '0
v0      90 '60 '30
v128    90 '60 '0
v0      90 '67 '45
v128    90 '67 '0
v0      90 '67 '50
v128    90 '67 '0
v0      90 '69 '45
v128    90 '69 '0
v0      90 '69 '50
v128    90 '69 '0
v0      90 '67 '35
v256    90 '67 '0
v0      90 '65 '50
v128    90 '65 '0
v0      90 '65 '45
v128    90 '65 '0
v0      90 '64 '50
v64     90 '64 '0
v64     90 '64 '40
v64     90 '64 '0
v64     90 '62 '45
v64     90 '62 '0
v64     90 '62 '50
v64     90 '62 '0
v64     90 '60 '30
v256    90 '60 '0
v0      ff 2f v0

Idea: Try creating a type-1 MIDI file, and add a bass line to the melody using this score: http://imslp.org/wiki/12_Variations_on_%22Ah,_vous_dirai-je_maman%22,_K.265/300e_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus)


Twinkle, twinkle, little star