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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:05:12PM +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote:

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> "Paul Coccoli"  writes:

>

> > 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 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.
I believe the standard actually specifies that the human readable

version of the channel numbers would be 1 based (1-16), even though

the binary version is 0-16.  I thought that also applied to program

numbers, etc.  But currently available online documentation says this

wasn't so.
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.
Have you seen http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/midispec.htm (a

rephrase of the info in the official MMA MIDI spec), or

http://www.gweep.net/~prefect/eng/reference/protocol/midispec.html

(seeps to be the same text)?
Also, there's this early one from the days before General Midi, that

MAY be what I was remembering as the draft spec.:
http://www.ibiblio.org/emusic-l/info-docs-FAQs/MIDI-doc/MIDI-Primer.txt
And, getting back to the original topic of note numbers there's this:

http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/table2.html

found in:

http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/doc.html
(I know I'm not the only one here who knows how to use google, but

thought I'd send the links as long as I already found them.)
--> Steve

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