Why convert a music file to a MIDI file?
The MIDI file format has become the leading standard for a wide variety of musical applications. This is not surprising, because the MIDI file format has many advantages, which I’ve already mentioned in the answer to the previous question. Sony and Nintendo have incorporated this music format in their newer game systems (PlayStation and N64, respectively). It is the format that is most compatible with electronic instruments, importantly computers (with sound cards) and many keyboards. Current Progress Things that I have done: • Researched the file formats of both .SPC and .MID files. (The .SPC file format is very simple, and is explained in one of ZSNES’s readme files. The .MID file format is a little complex, but I manually edited .MID files at the binary level a year ago, and I feel very comfortable with creating them from scratch.) • Obtained DJGPP, an excellent C/C++/Asm compiler and linker for DOS, which I plan to use to write my program. • Experimented a little bit with Allegro,
