The bytes can be converted with [list tosymbol] for getting characters
like MThd and MTrk, otherwise it's a MIDI message or an integer.I must admit that's not easy to do the parse with internals because
this is a bit complicated to make it an abstraction for me, I'll also
try out midi.lua with [mrpeach/pdlua].
yes, Pd is still very unefficient on working with symbols, lists, etc.
if you mean http://www.pjb.com.au/comp/lua/MIDI.html#download I tried it,
but I get an error on pdlua. but no problem, I think I can manage it with
[midifile].