Re: Extract tempo / signatures from a MIDI file

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> Does midish report twice larger tempos ?
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> midish returns ``beats per minute'' (BPM) as units, while certain
> software may use ``quarter-notes per minute'' (QPM).
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> In your .mid file, the time signature is often 4/8, 5/8, and 6/8.
> In such cases, the beat is an eighteen note and there are two beats
> per quarter note. So the tempo expressed in BPM is twice the same
> tempo expressed in QPM.
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> just trying to guess..
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You point it. The tempo is twice on x/8 signatures.