MIDI Forum

Starting on page 26 is a list of all MIDI messages recognised and what their function is.

[quotePost id=15707]I'd like to add some echo to my drum note 38 or 40 only by using Sysex. Can this be done?[/quotePost] Yes, you can change the amo...

My RPN and NRPN tutorial uses Pitch Bend Sensitivity as an example of how to use RPN.

[quotePost id=15042]Eddie Lotter: Remember that Meta Events -- FF -- do not get sent out on the MIDI port, they only exist inside the MIDI file for...

The parameters are 7-bit, which means they can only have 128 unique values, not 256. Please give an example of a key signature that is not represen...

[quotePost id=14749]Does it mean a first track chunk must contain only tempo map? Or other events allowed there, but tempo map for the first chunk onl...

[quotePost id=14651]Does channel 16 have something to do with percussion?[/quotePost] That depends on the device receiving the MIDI messages. Having ...

[quotePost id=14641]Yes, but I'm asking to see if I have to check all the tracks to know what the current program is or can I just trust what the curr...

Very sad indeed. One of my all-time favourite composers. 🙁

[quotePost id=14638]If I have two tracks with the same instrument and the same channel, do they usually send a program change event for each track?[/q...

[quotePost id=14626] I'd be curious to hear some of these MT-32 files[/quotePost] You can hear them converted to MP3 on sites like this one.

They are referring to what the Standard MIDI Files Specification calls a "format." There are three formats of MIDI 1.0 files, numbered 0, 1 and 2.

See section D.3.3 in the official Universal MIDI Packet (UMP) Format and MIDI 2.0 Protocol specification for a good explanation of how to convert a MI...

[quotePost id=13904]The SC-88 works fine when connecting to a PC and running Finale. [/quotePost] By this do you mean that Finale can accept input fr...