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# Day 2 = MIDI

Read:

* [MIDI Chapter in Introduction to Computer Music](https://cmtext.indiana.edu/MIDI/chapter3_MIDI.php)
  * note: "All MIDI codes are two hex digits. Look at how much easier it is to to recognize the MIDI codes in the hex column than in the decimal column. Because a single hex digit ranges from 0 to 15 (0-F hex), every four bit binary number can be represented by a single hex digit." ([source](https://people.carleton.edu/~jellinge/m208w14/pdf/02MIDIBasics_doc.pdf))

Watch:

* [The Martian Hexadecimal Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-GH3mbvUro)