MIDI Forum

Jonas, You may interested in the JR Timestamps mechanism defined in the MIDI 2.0 document, "Universal MIDI Packet (UMP) Format and MIDI 2.0 Protoco...

MIDI 1.0 does not have this feature. We are currently defining extensions for MIDI 2.0 and I'm reasonably certain that this will be a feature in th...

It sounds like an infinite loop. Turn off the MIDI Thru in the Application.

This is from the General MIDI 2.0 specification: "Bank Select 78H/xxH followed by a Program Change will cause the Channel to become a Rhythm Channel,...

Yes, the first 3 bytes are the manufacturer. However, there are several special values for the first byte of those 3: 7D = Non-commercial, not releas...

You will be looking for a software synthesizer. Some those are stand-alone applications that use the MIDI signal coming into the OS from the GT-001...

Lyrics are embedded in a Standard MIDI File. Any device that displays Lyrics has to have access to the Standard MIDI File. Lyrics are not sent as MIDI...

Your setup and your problems are all audio, not MIDI. You are not using MIDI. So this is not really the best place to ask. But let me help you get sta...

Sorry, I just reread your original question. I do not know of a keyboard that can end transport control messages form the keys themselves. All the pro...

Transport control messages are pretty standard. When you say UMX, i think you are talking about a Behring UMX610? I don't know anything about them but...

Sure, there are plenty of MIDI Controller devices with "Transport Controls" that send Start, Stop Continue, etc. and most DAWs respond. Some are mi...

There is no specific number for all cases. But it seems like timing sensitive people can feel jitter problems at about 5ms. But it is best to try to o...

Both for me. I have instruments of every decade from the 70s to today. My studio is a complete mix. In the way of retro I have half a dozen 70s/80s an...

Putting MIDI 2.0 data into the existing SMF format as Meta Events doesn't deliver all the features we envision for SMF v2. Doing so would not really s...

Isn't the time honoured and only way of resetting all controllers by issuing the GM System On SysEx message? That's not really the best way to rese...