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Many MIDI messages listed in the MIDI Data Format are expressed in decimal numbers,
binary numbers and hexadecimal numbers.
Hexadecimal numbers may include the letter “H” as a suffix. Also, “n” can freely be defined
as any whole number.
To enter data/values, refer to the table below.
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Binary
0
00
0000 0000
1
01
0000 0001
2
02
0000 0010
3
03
0000 0011
4
04
0000 0100
5
05
0000 0101
6
06
0000 0110
7
07
0000 0111
8
08
0000 1000
9
09
0000 1001
10
0A
0000 1010
11
0B
0000 1011
12
0C
0000 1100
13
0D
0000 1101
14
0E
0000 1110
15
0F
0000 1111
16
10
0001 0000
17
11
0001 0001
18
12
0001 0010
19
13
0001 0011
20
14
0001 0100
21
15
0001 0101
22
16
0001 0110
23
17
0001 0111
24
18
0001 1000
25
19
0001 1001
26
1A
0001 1010
27
1B
0001 1011
28
1C
0001 1100
29
1D
0001 1101
30
1E
0001 1110
31
1F
0001 1111
32
20
0010 0000
33
21
0010 0001
34
22
0010 0010
35
23
0010 0011
36
24
0010 0100
37
25
0010 0101
38
26
0010 0110
39
27
0010 0111
40
28
0010 1000
41
29
0010 1001
42
2A
0010 1010
43
2B
0010 1011
44
2C
0010 1100
45
2D
0010 1101
46
2E
0010 1110
47
2F
0010 1111
48
30
0011 0000
49
31
0011 0001
50
32
0011 0010
51
33
0011 0011
52
34
0011 0100
53
35
0011 0101
54
36
0011 0110
55
37
0011 0111
56
38
0011 1000
57
39
0011 1001
58
3A
0011 1010
59
3B
0011 1011
60
3C
0011 1100
61
3D
0011 1101
62
3E
0011 1110
63
3F
0011 1111
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Binary
64
40
0100 0000
65
41
0100 0001
66
42
0100 0010
67
43
0100 0011
68
44
0100 0100
69
45
0100 0101
70
46
0100 0110
71
47
0100 0111
72
48
0100 1000
73
49
0100 1001
74
4A
0100 1010
75
4B
0100 1011
76
4C
0100 1100
77
4D
0100 1101
78
4E
0100 1110
79
4F
0100 1111
80
50
0101 0000
81
51
0101 0001
82
52
0101 0010
83
53
0101 0011
84
54
0101 0100
85
55
0101 0101
86
56
0101 0110
87
57
0101 0111
88
58
0101 1000
89
59
0101 1001
90
5A
0101 1010
91
5B
0101 1011
92
5C
0101 1100
93
5D
0101 1101
94
5E
0101 1110
95
5F
0101 1111
96
60
0110 0000
97
61
0110 0001
98
62
0110 0010
99
63
0110 0011
100
64
0110 0100
101
65
0110 0101
102
66
0110 0110
103
67
0110 0111
104
68
0110 1000
105
69
0110 1001
106
6A
0110 1010
107
6B
0110 1011
108
6C
0110 1100
109
6D
0110 1101
110
6E
0110 1110
111
6F
0110 1111
112
70
0111 0000
113
71
0111 0001
114
72
0111 0010
115
73
0111 0011
116
74
0111 0100
117
75
0111 0101
118
76
0111 0110
119
77
0111 0111
120
78
0111 1000
121
79
0111 1001
122
7A
0111 1010
123
7B
0111 1011
124
7C
0111 1100
125
7D
0111 1101
126
7E
0111 1110
127
7F
0111 1111
• Except the table above, for example 144-159(decimal)/9nH/1001 0000-1001
1111(binary) displays the Note On Message for each channel (1-16).
176-191/BnH/1011 0000-1011 1111 displays the Control Change Message for each
channel (1-16).
192-207/CnH/1100 0000-1100 1111 displays the Program Change Message for
each channel (1-16).
240/FOH/1111 0000 denotes the start of a System Exclusive Message.
247/F7H/1111 0111 denotes the end of a System Exclusive Message.
• aaH (hexidecimal)/0aaaaaaa (binary) denotes the data address. The address
contains High, Mid, and Low.
• bbH/0bbbbbbb denotes the byte count.
• ccH/0ccccccc denotes the check sum.
• ddH/0ddddddd denotes the data/value.
(1) TRANSMIT FLOW
MIDI
←
NOTE ON/OFF
9nH
OUT
CONTROL CHANGE
BnH
BANK SELECT MSB
BnH,00H
BANK SELECT LSB
BnH,20H
DATA ENTRY MSB
BnH,06H
DATA ENTRY LSB
BnH,26H
MAIN VOLUME
BnH,07H
PANPOT
BnH,0AH
SUSTAIN
BnH,40H
SOSTENUTE
BnH,42H
SOFT PEDAL
BnH,43H
RELEASE TIME
BnH,48H
REVERB SEND LEVEL
BnH,5BH
CHORUS SEND LEVEL
BnH,5DH
VARIATION SEND LEVEL
BnH,5EH
RPN LSB
BnH,64H
RPN MSB
BnH,65H
PITCH BEND SENS.
BnH,65H,00H,64H,00H,06H,mmH
PROGRAM CHANGE
CnH
PITCH BEND CHANGE
EnH
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE
<YAMAHA MIDI FORMAT>
<UNIVERSAL>
UNIVERSAL NON-REALTIME
F0H 7EH.....F7H
<XG STANDARD>
XG PARAMETER CHANGE
F0H 43H 1nH 4CH aaH aaH aaH ddH
.....ddH F7H
XG BULK DUMP
F0H 43H 0nH 4CH bbH bbH aaH aaH
aaH ddH.....ddH ccH F7H
SPECIAL OPERATORS
SYSTEM REALTIME MESSAGE
MIDI CLOCK
F8H
START
FAH
STOP
FCH
ACTIVE SENSING
FEH
(2) RECEIVE FLOW
MIDI
→
NOTE OFF
8nH
IN
NOTE ON/OFF
9nH
CONTROL CHANGE
BANK SELECT MSB
BnH,00H
BANK SELECT LSB
BnH,20H
MODULATION
BnH,01H
PORTAMENTO TIME
BnH,05H
DATA ENTRY MSB
BnH,06H
DATA ENTRY LSB
BnH,26H
MAIN VOLUME
BnH,07H
PANPOT
BnH,0AH
EXPRESSION
BnH,0BH
SUSTAIN
BnH,40H
PORTAMENTO
BnH,41H
SOSTENUTO
BnH,42H
SOFT PEDAL
BnH,43H
HARMONIC CONTENT
BnH,47H
RELEASE TIME
BnH,48H
ATTACK TIME
BnH,49H
BRIGHTNESS
BnH,4AH
PORTAMENTO CONTROL
BnH,54H
REVERB SEND LEVEL
BnH,5BH
CHORUS SEND LEVEL
BnH,5DH
VARIATION SEND LEVEL
BnH,5EH
DATA INCREMENT
BnH,60H
DATA DECREMENT
BnH,61H
NRPN LSB
BnH,62H
NRPN MSB
BnH,63H
VIBRATO RATE
BnH,63H,01H,62H,08H,06H,mmH
VIBRATO DEPTH
BnH,63H,01H,62H,09H,06H,mmH
VIBRATO DELAY
BnH,63H,01H,62H,0AH,06H,mmH
FILTER CUTOFF FREQ. BnH,63H,01H,62H,20H,06H,mmH
FILTER RESONANCE
BnH,63H,01H,62H,21H,06H,mmH
AEG ATTACK TIME
BnH,63H,01H,62H,63H,06H,mmH
AEG DECAY TIME
BnH,63H,01H,62H,64H,06H,mmH
AEG RELEASE
BnH,63H,01H,62H,66H,06H,mmH
DRUM INST
CUTOFF FREQ.
BnH,63H,14H,62H,rrH,06H,mmH
FILTER RESONANCE BnH,63H,15H,62H,rrH,06H,mmH
AEG ATTACK RATE
BnH,63H,16H,62H,rrH,06H,mmH
AEG DECAY RATE
BnH,63H,17H,62H,rrH,06H,mmH
PITCH COARSE
BnH,63H,18H,62H,rrH,06H,mmH
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