Midi events delta time https://sites.uci.edu/camp2014/2014/05/19/timing-in-midi-files/ http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~ich/classes/mumt306/StandardMIDIfileformat.html#BM2_3 - Delta-time is in some fraction of a beat (or a second, for recording a track with SMPTE times), as specified in the header chunk. - nardis header track: Format: 1 tracks: 10 division : 480 The third word, , specifies the meaning of the delta-times. It has two formats, one for metrical time, and one for time-code-based time: bit 15 bits 14 thru 8 bits 7 thru 0 ======|===============================|============== 0 | ticks per quarter-note 1 | negative SMPTE format | ticks per frame If bit 15 of is zero, the bits 14 thru 0 represent the number of delta time "ticks" which make up a quarter-note. For instance, if division is 96, then a time interval of an eighth-note between two events in the file would be 48. nardis division == 480 => bit 15 is zero, so we have 480 ticks per quarter note. default tempo is 120, if not specified by a meta event default time signature is 4/4 if not specified by a meta event nardis has 4/4 time signature and tempo of 300000 microseconds per quarter note MIDI header track gives division, which is PPQ (parts per quarter or ticks per quarter note). Nardis = 480 => delta time of 480 means a quarter note. But how long is a quarter note? that is given by the tempo. PITCH bending https://sites.uci.edu/camp2014/2014/04/30/managing-midi-pitchbend-messages/ - we get a 14bit value, [0..16383] - map this to [-1..1], meaning that 16383/2 means no bend - the float is the relative amount of bending, we should multiply it by a synth setting which says what is the bending range (+/- 2 semitones for example)