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This is the main file (the XML file to load in MCIpa); it contains pointer to the mp3 files and the various content description XML files.
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipa generator="*" version="*" date="*" />
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< similaritydescriptionfilemat > Tracy_sim.jpg </similaritydescriptionfile >
< structuredescriptionfile > Tracy_struct.xml </structuredescriptionfile >
< beatdescriptionfile > Tracy_beat.xml </beatdescriptionfile >
< chorddescriptionfile > Tracy_chord.xml </chorddescriptionfile >
< instrumentdescriptionfile > Tracy_instrument.xml </instrumentdescriptionfile > ;
< drumdescriptionfile > Tracy_drum.xml </drumdescriptionfile >
< /mcipadescription >
Describes the similarity matrix of the music track. This is stored as a JPG file for faster loading and display (an SDIF format has also been developped for this purpose).
Describes the structure of the music track. Hierarchical structure decomposition is allowed.
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipadescription generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< description type="structure" nbstate="2" dictionary="statenum" id="*" generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
  < segment start="1.784" stop="20.3861" label="1" id="*" />
  < segment start="20.9674" stop="38.9882" label="2" id="*" />
  < segment start="39.5695" stop="48.2892" label="1" id="*" />
< /description>
< description type="structure" nbstate="3" >
  < segment start="1.784" stop="20.3861" label="3" id="*" />
  < segment start="20.9674" stop="38.9882" label="2" id="*" />
  < segment start="39.5695" stop="48.2892" label="1" id="*" />
< /description>
< /mcipadescription>
Describes the beat position of the music track: position and beat number.
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipadescription generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< description type="beat" dictionary="beatnum" id="*" generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
  < marker start="0.45855" label="1" id="*" />
  < marker start="1.067100" label="2" id="*" />
  < marker start="1.675720" label="3" id="*" />
  < marker start="1.675720" label="4" id="*" />
  < marker start="1.675720" label="1" id="*" />
< /description >
< /mcipadescription >
Describes the chord positions and labels of the music track.
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipadescription generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< description type="chord" dictionary="free" id="*" generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
  < segment start="0.0000000" stop="1.6671280" label="C" id="*" />
  < segment start="1.6671280" stop="2.6143598" label="CMaj" id="*" />
  < segment start="2.6143598" stop="4.1083732" label="Gmin" id="*" />
< /description>
< /mcipadescription>
Describes the various notes in the track by their midinote, velocity and note channel.
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipadescription generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< description type="note" dictionary="midinote" id="*" generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
  < segment start="0.835828" stop="0.928707" label="37" track="1" velocity="76" id="*" />
  < segment start="0.742948" stop="0.928707" label="53" track="1" velocity="51" id="*" />
  < segment start="0.835828" stop="0.928707" label="56" track="2" velocity="77" id="*" />
  < segment start="1.114467" stop="1.207347" label="33" track="2" velocity="90" id="*" />
< /description>
< /mcipadescription >
Describes the various sound events occuring in the track. The sound events can be segments (instrument) or marker (drum).
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipadescription generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< description type="instrument" dictionary="free" id="*" generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
  < segment start="0.522426" stop="1.044875" label="po" id="*" />
  < segment start="0.928776" stop="1.277075" label="vc" id="*" />
  < segment start="1.149365" stop="2.089773" label="vc" id="*" />
  < segment start="2.252313" stop="3.285601" label="vc" id="*" />
  < segment start="2.832812" stop="4.504649" label="po" id="*" />
< /description >
< /mcipadescription >
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
< mcipadescription generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
< media>Tracy.mp3</media >
< description type="drum" dictionary="free" id="*" generator="*" version="*" date="*" >
  < marker start="0.189" label="bd" id="*" />
  < marker start="0.189" label="hh" id="*" />
  < marker start="0.793" label="sd" id="*" />
< /description>
< /mcipadescription >