function build_timing(events, ppq): tempo_map = [(0, 500000)] // default microseconds per quarter absolute_time = 0 for ev in events: absolute_time += (ev.delta_ticks / ppq) * current_tempo_us_per_qn if ev.type == TEMPO: current_tempo_us_per_qn = ev.tempo tempo_map.append((absolute_time, current_tempo_us_per_qn)) ev.time_ms = absolute_time / 1000 return events, tempo_map Event to DMF mapping (simplified):

function parse_midi(file): header = read_header(file) ppq = header.ppq tracks = [parse_track(t) for t in file.tracks] events = merge_tracks_by_delta_time(tracks) return events, ppq Build absolute times: