8 Sep
2004
8 Sep
'04
1:56 p.m.
Dave Phillips wrote:
I'm doing some research for an article about
Linux MIDI support. In my
text I briefly describe the evolution of the MIDI specification since
its adoption, mentioning things like MIDI Time Code, MMC, the sample
dump standard, and the standard MIDI file. However, one item has me a
bit mystified. I'm unable to ascertain whether multi-port interfaces are
in fact described and supported by the spec.
SMF files can have the "MIDI Port" meta event (FF 21) to specify the
port number for the following events. RP-019 describes the "device
name" meta event (FF 09) with exactly the same purpose
(<http://www.midi.org/about-midi/smf/rp019.shtml>), but it isn't used
in practice.
HTH
Clemens