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GS can use two drum maps on arbitrary channels. This is configured by setting the USE FOR RHYTHM PART parameter to 1 or 2 with a SysEx. Its address is...

Can I assume (since it's not easy to google "roland" and "part" and get good results 😛 ) that part numbers are 1-F, with 0=10? In the example, they ...

GS can use two drum maps on arbitrary channels. This is configured by setting the USE FOR RHYTHM PART parameter to 1 or 2 with a SysEx. Its address is...

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,...

To clarify: Specifically midi files, made using one of the three main standards: GM (1/2), XG, and GS. I am not working with any hardware, so all of...

More info! br /> This is the manual for the Roland SC-8850, which has an even more complete list of SC programs/instruments than the list I was u...

I added an icon display for when a file contains sysex resets. As JohnG mentioned above, I am seeing that official XG files do have both a GM and XG ...

SYSEX STORAGE IN A MIDI FILE HAS A LENGTH [...] SYSEX MANUFACTURER ID [...] SYSEX DEVICE ID [...] SYSEX MODEL IDS [...] All very useful info. ...

The Wikipedia entry for GM2 has useful bank info for me. br /> General MIDI 2 compatible synthesizers access all of the 256 instruments by setting ...

I am now checking the sysex messages for a GM, GS, or XG reset to choose a mode. If no resets are found, default to GM. Here are (hopefully) accurat...

It appears that the Recommended Practices for GM 2 does specify which banks are which for the assorted sound sets. br /> The pdf for GM Level 2 S...

Any help? A little 😉 I suppose I can see if there is a particular reset, and if not just default to GM naming. Unless there's a semi-reliable wa...

Thanks in a major part to this thread, my first version of my software is complete. I've tested it quite a bit, and sent it off to a friend to try ou...