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Encyclopedia > Comparison of MIDI standards

This table provides summary of comparison of various MIDI enhancement standards by various parameters. Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or MIDI, is a system designed to transmit information between electronic musical instruments. ...

MT-32 GM GS XG level 1 XG level 2 XG level 3 GM level 2
Entry date 1987 1991 1991 1994 1997 1998 1999
Organization Roland MMA Roland Yamaha MMA
Minimum equipment requirements
Simultaneous voices 8 or more (up to 32 partials) 24 24 32 64 128 32
Simultaneous melodic voices N/A 16 16 N/A
XG synths have no separate limits on melodic / percussion sounds
16
Simultaneous percussion voices 8 8 16
MIDI channels allocation 8 channels, 1 rhythm channel 16 channels, #10 is fixed for percussion 16 channels, one channel can be set to play drum kits 16 channels, every channel can play drum kits with bank set to 16256 32 channels, 2 ports, drums as in XG level 1 64 channels, 4 ports, drums as in XG level 1 16 channels, #10 and #11 are used for percussion
Channel recommendations #1: melody; #2: melody (duet); #3: bass; #4: pad; #5: riff; #10: drums [1]
Sounds/effects available
Melodic instruments 128 128 226 480 256
Drum kits 1 1 8 + 1 SFX kit 9 + 2 SFX kits 9
Drum sounds per kit 30 47 61 72 61
Controllers 11 26 (GM+11) 23
RPNs 4 5
SysEx messages 2 14

The Roland MT-32 is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by the Roland Corporation. ... General MIDI is a specification for synthesizers which imposes several requirements beyond the more abstract MIDI standard. ... Roland GS, or just GS, sometimes vaguely transcribed as General Standard, is an extension of General MIDI specification. ... Created by Yamaha as an extension to the General MIDI, XG increased the number of available instruments from 128 to over 600, and introduced a set of parameters/controls that composers could employ to achieve greater subtlety and realism in their compositions than had ever been possible before with the... General MIDI Level 2 or GM2 is a specification for synthesizers which defines several requirements beyond the more abstract MIDI standard and is based on General MIDI and GS extensions. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Roland EXR-3 Keyboard Roland Corporation TYO: 7944 is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. ... The MIDI Manufacturers Association, also known as MMA is an organization where companies work together to create the standards that assure compatibility among MIDI products. ... Roland EXR-3 Keyboard Roland Corporation TYO: 7944 is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. ... The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社; TYO: 7951 ) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. ... The MIDI Manufacturers Association, also known as MMA is an organization where companies work together to create the standards that assure compatibility among MIDI products. ...

External links

  • http://www.yamaha.co.uk/eurohome/library/midi/xgformat.pdf
  • XG Specification
  • Roland Sound Cards, an extensive guide to various models and their capabilities
  • GM modules for the masses, a comparison article


 
 

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