Thanks Nicole,
I'll give that book a try, if I can locate it.
Brian
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From: Nicole Massey
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:45 AM
To: QWS list
Subject: RE: QWS List Some midi documentation wanted
Craig Anderton's book MIDI for Musicians really does a great job of covering
the basics, though I've been unable to find it in a blind accessible format.
I should have a hardcopy of it though, and I plan, at some point, to get it
up on Bookshare. There's a lot not covered in it, though, because it dates
from the very early days, so the rest, like RPN and NRPN numbers, high
density controllers using two controller numbers, bank changes, show
control, MIDI Time Code, Standard MIDI Files, and the MIDI sample Dump
Standard, aren't covered in it. This, however, to your advantage, because it
gives a solid foundation in MIDI without glossing over any of the basics,
unlike many books written later that don't have the room, and all of these
things can be found on the web once you have the basics down.
There's another problem with sysex definitions besides the arcane nature of
them and the fact that they're often written in hex or binary -- they might
not even be right in the documentation. I know of a couple of instances
where programmers found that what they got from the documentation from the
manufacturer wasn't right -- Yamaha, Kurzweil, and Roland all have gear
where their sysex data wasn't right.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Paul Nimmo
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 10:11 PM
To: QWS list
Subject: Re: QWS List Some mididocumentation wanted
Hi, you’ll run into some problems here.
The midi standard, or standards, I should say, haven’t really been
changed for a long time so finding documentation on those shouldn’t be
too big of a deal, it’s late here tonight but tomorrow I’ll take a look
and see what i can find, although I’ll only be doing what you would
probably, googling various strings.
i will, however, be able to verify whether the documents are worth a
read because I’ll give them a quick look.
I’ve been working with midi in some form or another since the very very
early midi days, don’t really want to date myself, oops, guess I just
did.
however SysEx, there, that makes eloquence pronounce it as close as it
can to how it is pronounced is a different kettle of fish altogether.
it’s an abbreviation for system exclusive and is just that, exclusive
too each independent system.
The only place for reliable data about these strings is in the manual
of your midi device I’m afraid and often said documentation is as clear
as mud and some experimentation is required to make things work the way
you want them to.
Perhaps we can narrow things down a bit.
Am i correct in the below.
you want:
1. a basic description of midi principles such as controler message,
program changes, bank numbers, least and most significant bits etc, and
then system exclusive data how and why it works/ Could you let us know
what equipment yu are using at the moment?
We can start with the basics then move on to the specifics of your
equipment.
That will not only make it easier to point you in the right direction
but also provide you with more reliable, accurate, and most
importantly, easier information to work with.
hth.
Cheeers!
From: Brian Olesen <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:59 PM
To: QWS list <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: QWS List Some mididocumentation wanted
HI all,
When working with midi files it’s not always enough to be able to just
send program or controller messages to your synth. Often you want to
send more complex commands and those often only exists in the sysx
auspices, and can be quite difficult to handle.
I’m searching for some technical explanations about how all this stuff
works. All about msb, lsb, rpn, and nrpn.
An explanation about the intire midi regime with all it’s traps and
definitions.
Some detailed explanation of sysx strings, and so on and so forth.
Please provide me with either some good book titles, or aprooved
technical documents on the net, where I can studdy this further.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards
Brian
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