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[quotePost id=12732]I don't think the specs say explicitly that the MIDI Clock is fixed at 24 [clocks] per quarter note...[/quotePost] The MIDI Clock ...

Note: a MIDI clock is a different than than a MIDI file tick. A MIDI Clock is the F8 message that can optionally be sent on a MIDI cable. When cloc...

Here are a few GM2 MIDI files you can look at: Video Game Music Archive - Newly Submitted Files search - Song Title contains "GM2" Notes: •...

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 ...