Steve Wahl <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:05:12PM +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote: >> "Paul Coccoli" <pcoccoli@xxxxxxxxx> 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 couldn't find that yet. Would be very interesting though. > 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. > http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/midispec.htm > http://www.gweep.net/~prefect/eng/reference/protocol/midispec.html > http://www.ibiblio.org/emusic-l/info-docs-FAQs/MIDI-doc/MIDI-Primer.txt > http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/table2.html > http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/doc.html Robert Epprecht
