General MIDI 2 - Revision history

Hikari no yume: Edit the lead a bit to be closer to the GM 1 article

2024-09-10T23:56:11Z

Edit the lead a bit to be closer to the GM 1 article

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	[[File:General MIDI 2 logo.png\|200px\|right\|thumb\|The [[General MIDI 2]] logo, used for GM 2 devices.]]		[[File:General MIDI 2 logo.png\|200px\|right\|thumb\|The [[General MIDI 2]] logo, used for GM 2 devices.]]
	'''General MIDI 2''', also known as ''General MIDI ~~level~~ 2'~~' or simply as ''GM2~~'' is a standard that expands upon the original [[General MIDI]] standard ~~by adding more features~~.		'''General MIDI 2''' ('''GM 2'''), also known as '''General MIDI Level 2''', is a standard that expands upon the original [[General MIDI]] (Level 1) standard.

	The features it adds largely stem from the [[Roland GS]] and [[Yamaha XG]] standards, such as CCs 71 through 78 to control various aspects of a sound's tonal quality, CC#91 and #93 to control the chorus and reverb, which are now required to be compliant, a new RPN MSB value defined (05 to set modulation range, similar to pitchbend range via 00), as well as a complement of controls from CC#120 to #127 to control how the device responds to MIDI messages, cutting off sounds, etc.		The features it adds largely stem from the [[Roland GS]] and [[Yamaha XG]] standards, such as CCs 71 through 78 to control various aspects of a sound's tonal quality, CC#91 and #93 to control the chorus and reverb, which are now required to be compliant, a new RPN MSB value defined (05 to set modulation range, similar to pitchbend range via 00), as well as a complement of controls from CC#120 to #127 to control how the device responds to MIDI messages, cutting off sounds, etc.

Hikari no yume: /* External links */ link to the midi.org page rather than the google drive link, the former seems more credible and likely to be stable

2024-09-10T23:48:05Z

External links: link to the midi.org page rather than the google drive link, the former seems more credible and likely to be stable

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	[https://~~drive~~.~~google.com/file/d~~/~~1OzXk~~-~~AshTcb1xyIEHBTA3HcUb~~-~~KnLNIR/view The MIDI Manufacturers Association,~~ General MIDI ~~Level~~ 2~~, Feb. 6th 2007~~].		* [https://midi.org/general-midi-2 General MIDI 2 specifications]

MelonadeM at 15:14, 10 September 2024

2024-09-10T15:14:11Z

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	'''General MIDI 2''', also known as ''General MIDI level 2'' or simply as ''GM2'' is a standard that expands upon the original [[General MIDI]] standard by adding more features.		'''General MIDI 2''', also known as ''General MIDI level 2'' or simply as ''GM2'' is a standard that expands upon the original [[General MIDI]] standard by adding more features.

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	It implements a further 128 tones to the standard, accessible by switching the banks. It also defines several new drum kits from the [[Roland GS]] standard, like Power, Room, Electronic, Analog, Jazz, Brush, Orchestra and SFX sets, for a total of 8.		It implements a further 128 tones to the standard, accessible by switching the banks. It also defines several new drum kits from the [[Roland GS]] standard, like Power, Room, Electronic, Analog, Jazz, Brush, Orchestra and SFX sets, for a total of 8.



	(To do: list of all the patches, plus the new tones)		(To do: list of all the patches, plus the new tones)

	(To do: list of all the available CC's, RPN's and SysEX messages)		(To do: list of all the available CC's, RPN's and SysEX messages)

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OzXk-AshTcb1xyIEHBTA3HcUb-KnLNIR/view The MIDI Manufacturers Association, General MIDI Level 2, Feb. 6th 2007].		[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OzXk-AshTcb1xyIEHBTA3HcUb-KnLNIR/view The MIDI Manufacturers Association, General MIDI Level 2, Feb. 6th 2007].

MelonadeM: rough preliminary GM2 article.

2024-09-10T14:54:06Z

rough preliminary GM2 article.

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'''General MIDI 2''', also known as ''General MIDI level 2'' or simply as ''GM2'' is a standard that expands upon the original [[General MIDI]] standard by adding more features.

The features it adds largely stem from the [[Roland GS]] and [[Yamaha XG]] standards, such as CCs 71 through 78 to control various aspects of a sound's tonal quality, CC#91 and #93 to control the chorus and reverb, which are now required to be compliant, a new RPN MSB value defined (05 to set modulation range, similar to pitchbend range via 00), as well as a complement of controls from CC#120 to #127 to control how the device responds to MIDI messages, cutting off sounds, etc.

It implements a further 128 tones to the standard, accessible by switching the banks. It also defines several new drum kits from the [[Roland GS]] standard, like Power, Room, Electronic, Analog, Jazz, Brush, Orchestra and SFX sets, for a total of 8.

(To do: list of all the patches, plus the new tones)
(To do: list of all the available CC's, RPN's and SysEX messages)

== External links ==
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OzXk-AshTcb1xyIEHBTA3HcUb-KnLNIR/view The MIDI Manufacturers Association, General MIDI Level 2, Feb. 6th 2007].