fq/format/midi/testdata/help_midi.fqtest

$ fq -h midi
midi: Standard MIDI file decoder

Decode examples
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  # Decode file as midi
  $ fq -d midi . file
  # Decode value as midi
  ... | midi

Notes
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* Only supports the MIDI 1.0 specification.
* Does only basic validation on the MIDI data.

Sample queries
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* Extract the track names from a MIDI file

  fq -d midi -d midi '.. | select(.event=="track name")? | "\(.name)"' twinkle.mid 

* Extract the tempo changes from a MIDI file

  fq -d midi '.. | select(.event=="tempo")?.tempo' twinkle.mid

* Extract the key changes from a MIDI file

  fq -d midi '.. | select(.event=="key signature")?.key' key-signatures.mid

* Extract NoteOn and NoteOff events:

  fq -d midi 'grep_by(.event=="note on" or .event=="note off") | "\(.event)  \(.time.tick)  \(.note)"' twinkle.mid

Authors
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- transcriptaze.development@gmail.com

References
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* The Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification (https://www.midi.org/specifications/item/the-midi-1-0-specification)