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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...

I've manually parsed the file on paper up to the offending F0, which landed right where it would then be read as a SYSEX. This means my program is in...

Thanks for all this info. It's very helpful. I am looking at the event list in Sekaiju now, and it's exactly what I need for cross-referencing 😀

2. In your first post, I noticed that whatever process you are using to look at the hex bytes seems to change hex 00 to hex 20. In your most recent ex...

So I've made very good progress. I can now nearly fully process each file, with all note-on/off events, and process all other events (keeping data re...

Thank you. That is precisely the breakdown I needed to help me understand what was happening. Until yesterday, I was parsing the whole file, but ign...