1 Apr
2006
1 Apr
'06
3:08 a.m.
Steve Wahl <steve(a)pro-ns.net> writes:
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:05:12PM +0200, Robert
Epprecht wrote:
I couldn't find that yet. Would be very interesting though.
"Paul Coccoli"
<pcoccoli(a)gmail.com> writes:
I think there used to be a draft of the MIDI spec around on the
internet that you could get (instead of paying the $50+ to get it from
the MIDI people). I printed it out, don't know where it is, and I
can't find the file now. Sorry. Just like how some apps use MIDI channels 0-15
and others 1-16.
Totally irritating.
I was just thinking about this these days (as I started to write a
simple midi editor for some of my gear). First I used 0-15, then
I saw that all my midi related books and documents use 1-16 so I
changed it, but now I see that I don't like it... I believe the standard actually specifies that the
human readable
version of the channel numbers would be 1 based (1-16) [...]
Yes, I think this is the case.
If it was me, I'd display both the Channel numbers
and the Patch /
Program change numbers as 1 based (1-16 and 1-128, respectively),
because I know my two synths (Roland and Ensoniq) agree with this.
I think I make that the default, with the option to switch to 0-15
if I ever have midi gear that displays it this way. Displaying names
instead of numbers would also be an option (i.e. XY-Synth Z-Synth)
Thank you for the very nice links you gave us.
Robert Epprecht