Overview Of The Midi Message Format - Kenton Control Freak STUDIO EDITION User Manual

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Overview of the MIDI message format

To make it easier to understand, MIDI data is usually represented in either decimal (base 10) or
hexadecimal (base 16) numbers. On the Freaks, decimal is suffixed with [d]. Hex is suffixed with [h].
The MIDI standard uses 0-255 in the following way:
00 - 7F = 0-127 variable for data
80 - 8F = Note-on
90 - 9F = Note-off
A0 - AF = Poly aftertouch
B0 - BF = Controllers
C0 - CF = Programs
D0 - DF = Mono aftertouch (channels 1-16)
E0 - EF = Pitchbend
F0
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
FA
FB
FC
FD
FE
FF
* See System Exclusive explained on page 40.
Channel Commands
(channels 1-16)
(channels 1-16)
(channels 1-16)
(channels 1-16)
(channels 1-16)
(channels 1-16)
System Common Commands
= Begin System Exclusive*
= MIDI time code quarter frame
= Song position pointer
= Song select
= Undefined
= Undefined
= Tune request
= End System Exclusive*
System Real-time Commands
= Timing clock
= Undefined
= Clock start
= Clock continue
= Clock stop
= Undefined
= Active sensing
= System reset
OVERVIEW OF THE MIDI MESSAGE FORMAT
Data 1 (0-127) Data 2 (0-127)
Note number Velocity
Note number Velocity
Note number Aft. amount
Controller number Controller value
Program number -
Aftertouch amount -
LSB MSB
Company ID data... data... F7
Type/Value -
LSB MSB
Song number -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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