Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Members of the SMF2 Working Group discussed their progress at the Winter NAMM Show 2024.
The MIDI Clip file has already been adopted. Many messages things that used to be meta events now have been put into the UMP protocol so chords, lyrics, song and copyright information can now be sent "over the wire".
The MIDI Clip File Specification defines a file format for MIDI sequences using the Universal MIDI Packet data format. MIDI 2.0 introduced the Universal MIDI Packet, a data format which supports all the original MIDI 1.0 Protocol messages as well as all MIDI 2.0 Protocol messages. The MIDI Clip File serves a role which is similar to the version 1 Standard MIDI File Type 0, with all data in a single sequence of Universal MIDI Packet messages.
This MIDI Clip File Specification will have a complementary specification, the MIDI Container File specification which will be similar to the version 1 Standard MIDI File Type 1.
The MIDI Container File will support the Universal MIDI Packet data format by containing one or more MIDI Clip Files, arranged in one or more tracks. It may also include notation, audio and video data.
This specification could impact any company that publishes digital data.
Members of the SMF2 Working Group discussed their progress at the Winter NAMM Show 2024.
The MIDI Clip file has already been adopted. Many messages things that used to be meta events now have been put into the UMP protocol so chords, lyrics, song and copyright information can now be sent "over the wire".
The MIDI Clip File Specification defines a file format for MIDI sequences using the Universal MIDI Packet data format. MIDI 2.0 introduced the Universal MIDI Packet, a data format which supports all the original MIDI 1.0 Protocol messages as well as all MIDI 2.0 Protocol messages. The MIDI Clip File serves a role which is similar to the version 1 Standard MIDI File Type 0, with all data in a single sequence of Universal MIDI Packet messages.
This MIDI Clip File Specification will have a complementary specification, the MIDI Container File specification which will be similar to the version 1 Standard MIDI File Type 1.
The MIDI Container File will support the Universal MIDI Packet data format by containing one or more MIDI Clip Files, arranged in one or more tracks. It may also include notation, audio and video data.
This specification could impact any company that publishes digital data.
