A standardized file format for MIDI sequence data. Type 1 SMFs are multitrack, multichannel format, while Type 0 SMFs place all the data onto a single multichannel track. SMFs intended for playback on Windows computers are usually given the file suffix ".MID"; SMFs intended for playback on Macintosh computers are normally given the file type "Midi". (See "Sequencer")
An industry-standard computer-file format for SEQUENCERS. By using a common format, musicians who have different computers or sequencers can share songs and musical ideas.
Identified by its extension (.MID, sometimes .MFF or .SMF), this is a file that can store MIDI messages such as songs. The data in a MIDI file can be played or edited. A MIDI file includes data that reflects actions performed on an instrument (keys pressed, how hard they're pressed, etc.). A Standard MIDI File can be transferred from computer to computer or sequencer to sequencer easily and takes up very little storage space.
Note data that can be played on any MIDI keyboard. It is accessed by the keyboard either from a computer-based sequencer or, in the case of keyboards that have a floppy disk drive built in, directly from a disk. These files are generally in General MIDI format, but can be modified in your sequencer to play in non-GM keyboards as well. Song files are usually in either type 0 or type 1 format. Keyboards with built-in disk drives usually read type 0 files, since the data is compressed onto a single track, making it easier for the drive to read. You should try to insure that all your Standard MIDI files are in type 0 format, which you can do on your sequencer program.
a standardized form of data used for exchanging MIDI files between programs.