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Official MIDI Specifications

MIDI Reference Tables


Our reference tables are the quick and easy way to look up the meaning of a particular MIDI message number, find international standards that incorporate MIDI, and more.

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The following reference tables are available here:
  • Summary of MIDI 1.0 Messages
  • Expanded MIDI 1.0 Messages List (Status Bytes)
  • MIDI 1.0 Control Change Messages (Data Bytes)
  • MIDI 1.0 Universal System Exclusive Messages
  • Standards that Incorporate MIDI
  • DLS Proprietary Chunk IDs

Summary of MIDI 1.0 Messages

The following table lists many of the major MIDI messages in numerical (binary) order.

Expanded MIDI 1.0 Messages List (Status Bytes)

The following table lists all of the MIDI 1.0 Status Bytes in binary numerical order.

MIDI 1.0 Control Change Messages (Data Bytes)

The following table lists all currently defined MIDI 1.0 Control Change messages and Channel Mode messages, in control number order.

MIDI 1.0 Universal System Exclusive Messages

The following table lists all currently defined MIDI 1.0 Universal System Exclusive Messages.

Standards that Incorporate MIDI

MIDI technology is incorporated by reference (to the MMA documents) in many standards developed by other Standards Setting Organizations.

DLS Proprietary Chunk IDs

DLS Proprietary Chunk IDs allow manufacturers to uniquely identify their DLS products and provide a means for embedding customized product information into a standard DLS file.
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