= MIDI
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In simple terms, represents keystrokes of a piano, but it can likely also represent other effects (TODO confirm: bend, vibrato, slides, attack strength)
Can contain multiple parallel tracks as seen from the <Wikipedia> example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MIDI_sample.mid
You can see what it contains well with <GUI music editor>.
MIDI is fun. It is a basic high level representation of most instrumental music, including beats.
To actually listen to MIDI, you need a <software synthesizer>, which knows what sound to make for each note. One way to specify such instruments is the <SoundFont> file format.
Convert MIDI to more common standalone formats:
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16295459/convert-midi-to-mp3/65207296#65207296
* https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/10915/automatically-turn-midi-files-into-wav-or-mp3/76955#76955
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