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Hi,

I'm tinkering with the API's, and although some of the return params are obvious in meaning, a few are not and I'm unable to locate documentation on them.

For example, time_signature: When this is a value of 3 or 4, I assume this corresponds to a signature of 3/4 or 4/4 (respectively), but does it follow that 5/4 would be returned as 5? And what about signatures such as 6/8 (is it represented as 3/4 and returned as "3")? And is there recognition of less common signatures such as 9/8, 12/8, 5/16, etc.?

Thanks, Sean

Sean,

This is correct. Time signature ranges from 3 to 7 indicating 3/4 to 7/4. The value -1 is returned if no time signature was detected, and +1 if the meter was too confusing. At this point, we don't recognize time signatures of 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, etc.

Thanks. This clarified my question about time_signature. Like ps.neville mentioned above, I would also love to see some documentation explaining the return parameters in detail.

Have only been using the API for 3-4 days now (and is still learning/investigating), so documentation might be somewhere else. I just haven't found it, yet.

Have a look at the document found at the top of the Track API methods. That should help.

The document certainly did help. Thanks again.