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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 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
MIDI Data Format
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