MIDI Forum

Isn't the time honoured and only way of resetting all controllers by issuing the GM System On SysEx message? It's always worked satisfactorily on a...

MIDI doesn't have quality variations, it's a protocol that defines how data is transmitted. But MIDI files vary enormously in quality from the MIDI...

Sadly, the very inexpensive MIDI/USB adaptors often have problems. There are many reports here and elesewhere of such problems. The thing to do is t...

As yet MIDI 2 is just at the protocol specification stage and the USB mechanism is the first of the the hopefully many ways of connecting devices. ...

Yes, GM2 extends the range downward slightly and up to note 88, I believe, Other manufacturers I know of extend down to note 13 and up to 91. I thin...

A bit late to the party, but here goes. Previous posts have outlined exactly what the problem is. The two sysex resets nullify the commands that co...

Thus potentially massively increasing the size of a MIDI file? I thought the whole idea behind MIDI was that it was as lean as possible? Why not...

Thank you for your response, And yes, I'm fully aware of the tuning standard. I've been using MIDI in many ways since the late eighties. I even bo...

Very, very disappointed to see, amongst all this innovation, that one of the basic needs of allowing the differences between sharps and flats to be re...

The best one I know of is classicalarchives.com. The files vary in quality, but there are some good ones amongst the more mediocre.

Hi Nabd, I'm sorry you haven't received the answer you are looking for here, but if I may say so, this is not a MIDI question, it is a question abo...

As others have written above, one can use text fields, for instance, to enter your own Tab, but it is more common to use the MIDI notes in an SMF in a...

Hi Geoff, Yes, this has been a fairly common problem now for some weeks as we seem to be targetted by a number of spammers curently. I've certai...

Steve, It seems to be dependant upon whether a keyboard is capable of generating and transmitting note velocity. The detailed MIDI 1.0 specifica...

The lowest C note In the stave with the G clef (in the wiki picture) is middle C, MIDI note number 60. The C below A = 440Hz in Equal Temperament.. ...