MIDI Forum

Aha... You're not doing anything wrong as such. You are operating in a sort of test mode, i.e. sending the notes in a raw form, and this may well...

Hello, Not quite sure what you mean here. Firstly, as this is (I assume) a percussion sound, then the note end will be built into the envelope (...

Hello, This is nothing to do with standard midi. You need to do a search for Yamaha XF Format, you will find a detailed spec that way. XF Form...

Hello, Things getting mixed re base 10 and base 16. You are sending data as hex, but the SC-7 is displaying the result as decimal. Numbers you ...

Hello Mark, To update the earlier comments, I've downloaded the Owner's Manual for this device which has substantial info about the Midi implementa...

Hello Mark, Should be possible. I note there is a special manual for this device regarding accessing the SVX (?) sound facilities via MIDI - whi...

Erik, Sema's reply misses the point - you CANNOT use Running Status in the circumstances you describe, except there the Status byte is exactly the ...

Paul, Some of your 'peeves' relate to Channels, and some relate to Tracks, but Tracks and Channels are quite different things, so some of your comp...

Lisa, It doesn't matter, now it's working, but to be fair all around, I don't think it's anything to do with Running Status. Running Status is t...

Please note that if you specifically want to change percussion item x from instrument X to instrument Y then there are two options. If both instrum...

Hello, When I referred to 'easily', I was thinking about the user. Some of what you say just now does not make sense. Please consider that the ...

Hey, this is getting way OTT. You said at the beginning that this was a way to EASILY change the instrument in a midi file. If you're trying to i...

I'll be quite happy to play any files you upload, and report. XG or GM (and GS ?). No problem. Regarding th setting process, I note from my Yamah...

Hello Jason, Regarding your note re the text names, I've just checked my installation. In the dir containing the big SF file for Timbres there ar...

Hello, I downloaded the pack of files, although the initial link did not work for me, but with the help of Google I was able to sort something out....