MIDI Forum

No, recommended practice is not a full measure "empty", it's a measure empty of music notes so that all the necessary setup messages, such as these Sy...

First of all, it doesn't really matter where you place your SysEx commands as they aren't channel messages, but the convention is to put them in the f...

The idea behind the GM specification is compatibility. If you author a GM SMF it should sound broadly the same no matter whose hardware/software yo...

Just to add to the conversation so far, if you look at page 10 of the owners' manual (TD-1_eng02_W.pdf) you will see in the second (right hand) column...

Max, The last I heard was that there was a committee still setting the standards for MIDI 2 SMFs. Mike, the forum administrator, works on this c...

Max, I don't recall it being a specific requirement until the GM2 spec. came out, which dates it to about 1999. In that spec, (now at version 1.2 ...

According to the MIDI specification, if no Program Change (preceded by Bank Select messages if necessary) is issued to change the 'instrument' used, t...

Quite right, Bank Selects and Program changes are per channnel. So, if a bank select is issued, whatever track it is issued on (it doesn't matter),...

As Geoff has said, the XF specification is a Yamaha extension to General MIDI. The SysEx messages are used to create styles for modern Yamaha keyboar...

If you download the GM2 specification and look at Appendix B "Percussion Sound Set", on page 32, you can see which Note Number is used for each percus...

The standard version (free) of Anvil Studio, I'm pretty sure, will let you do Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB, Program Changes and add them to a MIDI...

Try Anvil Studio or Sekaiju as examples, they will let you do what you require.

Why not just do a search for the MIDI file using vanBasco. I found one there without any effort at all. Modify that to your heart's content.

The version of Finale you use must be really ancient! I've been using the product for some considerable time and I've always been able to use ...

As Clemens has said, the MMA is about setting the standards for manufacturers to follow. It's not a producer and marketer of software. If you do a...