MIDI Forum

An interesting question. The GM standards document has this to say: GM Sound Definitions General MIDI does not recommend any particular method ...

Here is the advertising at the top Kenton Thru 12 page on the web (kentonuk.com/product/thru-12/) "MIDI Thru boxes take the signal coming from a si...

The latest version of the Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification, as stored here for download in the Specs section of the MMA web site is the Third ...

Max, A Tempo Map is not an entity on its own, it's a series of Meta Events each at a particular Delta Time that define the tempo at a particular poin...

Just to clarify the use of channel 10 for rhythm, or not, in the various specifications. The General MIDI specification, i.e. version 1, says the f...

[quotePost id=14711]I have looked at the list of names of another model but the same brand and they also change, which makes these MSB numbers complet...

What you get, Carlos, will depend entirely on the device and how, or even whether, it interprets or ignores the GM On. My old Cheetah MS6 , which i...

What Bavi-H suggests is partly true, One primary purpose of a GM System On message is to reset ALL controllers to their default state. On all por...

As Sema intimates you'll be lucky to find any MIDI 2 format files. Why not? The MMA standard for authoring MIDI 2 files hasn't been agreed or publis...

Hi Wim, First of all I assume you have the A49 MIDI Out socket connected to the MIDI In socket of the BK7-m using a standard MID Din cable? But ...

This second file, FALL.SNG.mid, is a valid MIDI file it seems. At least it opens in a few sequencing programs I have, namely Sekaiju, Anvil Studio, X...

The file you've put here is, as far as I can tell, not a file in MIDI format. Certainly, in a hex editor, it doesn't look much like the header of an ...

If you navigate on-line to the BandHelper web page and select the "Tutorials" section, then scroll down to "Repertoire" and select "Sending MIDI" you'...

Hi Trevor, My understanding is that the MMA do not like people hosting their documents off site. They prefer a link to the page where the document...

Having worked on a few International Telecomms committees in the past, I know just how long it can take to get agreement on standards. Often several ...