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SMPTE timecode as MIDI messages
MIDI time code (MTC), previously known as MSMPTE, was adopted by the MIDI Manufacturer's Association in 1986, modified, and re-approved in February 1987. The MIDI association gave Chris Meyer a lifetime achievement award in 2025, covering his work on this and other MIDI standards. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MIDI timecodeA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Die Geschichte und Technik des Smpte- und MIDI-TimecodesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: MIDI Machine ControlA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Linear timecodeA closely related topic
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Die Geschichte und Technik des Smpte- und MIDI-TimecodesIsabelle Rauchle · 2013
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