[linux-audio-dev] Rosegarden: All Notes OFF

[Jens M Andreasen]

On tor, 2004-11-25 at 20:20 +0100, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
 
> 
> Well. Here is an official source that claims that control change 120 is in 
> MIDI 1.0 (1995 revision). It is not the whole MIDI 1.0 spec, only a summary.
> 

Here i one from 1990:

 MIDI 1.0
   Detail Specification February 1990

...
...

     96         60H       Data increment
     97         61H       Data decrement
     98         62H       Non-Registered Parameter Number LSB
     99         63H       Non-Registered Parameter Number MSB
    100         64H       Registered Parameter Number LSB    
    101         65H       Registered Parameter Number MSB
102-120      66-78H       Undefined
121-127      79-7FH       Reserved for Channel Mode Messages

 

> http://www.midi.org/about-midi/table1.shtml
> 
> Channel Mode Messages  (See also Control Change, above)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1011nnnn     0ccccccc         Channel Mode Messages.
>              0vvvvvvv         This the same code as the Control
>                               Change (above), but implements Mode
>                               control and special message by using
> 			      reserved controller numbers 120-127.
> 			      The commands are:
> 
>                               All Sound Off.
> 			      When All Sound Off is received
>                               all oscillators will turn off, and
> 			      their volume envelopes are set to
> 			      zero as soon as possible.
> 			      c = 120, v =   0: All Sound Off
> 
> [...]
> 
> The book "MIDI programmer's handbook", (C) 1989 by DeFuria & Scacciaferro, 
> does not mention this controller. I guess that ancient MIDI instruments  
> manufactured before the 1995 revision can't be blamed if they aren't fully 
> compliant.
> 
> Regards,
> Pedro
> 
-- 
Jens M Andreasen <jens.andreasen at chello.se>