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Signatures

External signatures File extension: mid
File extension: midi
Internal signatures
Name MIDI Audio
Description <Chunk type>MThd <header length> 32-bit representation of the number 6, followed by <format> 2 bytes (must be 00, 01 or 02); <number of tracks> 2 bytes; and <division>2 bytes; followed by MTrk <track header>
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 4D5468640000000600[00:02]{4}4D54726B
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