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The General MIDI specifications were written many years before MIDI 2.0. General MIDI defines sound locations, drum note mapping, octave registration, pitch bend range, and controller usage for synthesizer which claims General MIDI compatibility.
This document defines how to use General MIDI 2 as a MIDI-CI Profile.
This new definition allows all the capabilities of General MIDI 2 devices to be enabled or disabled using MIDI-CI Profile Configuration messages. The MIDI-CI Profile for General MIDI 2 defines bidirectional mechanisms for devices to discover whether General MIDI 2 functionality is available on a Receiver, enabling a more reliable and predictable result from the connection between two devices.