Re: [pygame] Music

["R. Alan Monroe" <amonroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> so you're right, an mp3 can't be split into something like

> bass :-0-------0-0-----
> snare:-----o-------o---
> hihat:-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-

> just like you couldn't extract actors from a movie.
> You could go through and analyze the colors etc. and figure out where the
> actors were,
> but you can't just watch the movie without the rest of the scene.

> however, there is a solution to your problem that you probably won't like.
> it's called midi.
> Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
> and all it is is a list of different instruments and an exact timing of
> everything they play.

Additionally, there are "tracker" music formats like mod/xm, etc. Kind
of a hybrid of midi's separate tracks and exact timing, combined a
bunch of small .wav files (so you can choose your own instruments) all
in one.

Alan