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In the format of a Meta Event -- FF -- only the length value is a variable-length quantity. The data can use all 8 bits of each byte. In a Temp...

[quotePost id=12634]I've tested GS with 7F with Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth [...] and it works.[/quotePost] I previously discovered the Microsoft GS ...

Be aware that the "Device ID" concept is not portable across manufacturers. Everything inside of a system exclusive message after the Manufacturer ...

JohnG: You are correct that the beginning of the messages all use a Manufacturer ID of hex 7E (Universal System Exclusive - Non-Real Time), but within...

MIDI 1.0 In MIDI 1.0, you only need to purchase a Manufacturer ID assignment if you want to specify a new kind of System Exclusive message (or a ne...

[quotePost id=12221br /> (Be aware that the MIDI Technical Fanatic's Brainwashing Center gets various details about MIDI specs wrong. That page you l...

[quotePost id=12220]The MIDI file specification has two event types that can be used to specify a port for a track.[/quotePost] My understanding is t...

[quotePost id=11814]f0 41 7f 42 12 40 00 7f 00 41 f7 (GS Reset)[/quotePost][quotePost id=11815]But why 7F instead of 10? All the specs I looked at sho...

I wonder if there's some setting or plug-in that could make any links in posts have a "nofollow" attribute. That might make posting links here unattra...

I was able to get GS-10 Manager to change its knob display by connecting a virtual cable as input and also connecting a different virtual cable as out...

Here are some free MIDI player programs for Windows I use: Sekaiju vanBasco's Karaoke Player Notation Player

You could use a virtual MIDI cable like loopMIDI: 1. Open a MIDI file in your favorite MIDI player software and set the MIDI Output to the virtual ...

Oh no, I think I was too harsh. I would say moving note ends before note starts that have the same tick time position is a good idea. It's just the te...

[quotePost id=10571]The concern I have is a situation where a note on event is followed by some event X followed by a note off event (not for the same...

[quotePost id=10382]MIDI files can specify the port for following events with the "Device/Port name" meta event (FF 09) or the "Port number" meta even...