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| 0 || Bank Select MSB ||❌||*️⃣<ref name=mkii-p90>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 90.</ref>||*️⃣||On GS, this selects variation instruments.<br>On XG, this selects banks. Common numbers:
* 0 = most normal instruments
* 126 = SFX
* 127 = drumkits (sets part to drum mode)
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| 1 || Modulation ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2>General MIDI System Level 1 Specification, page 2</ref>||✅||✅||Vibrato by default
| 1 || Modulation ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2>General MIDI System Level 1 Specification, page 2</ref>||✅||✅||Vibrato by default
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| 5 || Portamento time ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p90></ref>|| ||Value 0 is fastest
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| ''6'' || ''Data entry MSB'' ||*️⃣||*️⃣||*️⃣|| ''(Used for RPNs and NRPNs)''
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| 7 || Volume ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2></ref>||✅||✅||
| 7 || Volume ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2></ref>||✅||✅||
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| 11 || Expression ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2></ref>||✅||✅||
| 11 || Expression ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2></ref>||✅||✅||
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| 64 || Sustain ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2></ref>||✅||✅||
| 32 || Bank Select LSB ||❌||❌<ref name=mkii-p90>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 90.</ref>||✅||On GS/the SC-55, this does nothing. But the SC-88 onwards use this to select maps:<br>
* 0 = default
* 1 = SC-55
* 2 = SC-88
* 3 = SC-88 Pro
* 4 = SC-8850/SC-8820
On XG, this selects variation instruments.
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| ''38'' || ''Data entry LSB'' ||*️⃣||*️⃣||*️⃣|| ''(Used for RPNs and NRPNs)''
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| 64 || Sustain ||✅<ref name=gm1-p2></ref>||✅||✅|| AKA Hold
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| 65 || Portamento ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||||
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| 66 || Sostenuto ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||||
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| 67 || Soft ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||||
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| 84 || Portamento Control ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||||
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| 91 || Effect 1 depth ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||✅||GS and XG: Reverb send level
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| 93 || Effect 3 depth ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||✅||GS and XG: Chorus send level
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| 84 || Portamento Control ||❌||✅<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||||
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| ''98'' || ''NRPN LSB'' ||❌||*️⃣<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||*️⃣|| ''(Used for NRPNs)''
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| ''99'' || ''NRPN MSB'' ||❌||*️⃣<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||*️⃣|| ''(Used for NRPNs)''
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| ''100'' || ''RPN LSB'' ||*️⃣||*️⃣<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||*️⃣|| ''(Used for RPNs)''
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| ''101'' || ''RPN MSB'' ||*️⃣||*️⃣<ref name=mkii-p91>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.</ref>||*️⃣|| ''(Used for RPNs)''
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Revision as of 01:27, 26 August 2024

This is a help page listing which MIDI messages can be used for common things across General MIDI, Roland GS and Yamaha XG.

Note that there doesn't seem to be a formal GS standard that is publicly available, so the Roland SC-55mkII manual is the best reference for GS.

Control Change messages
Ctrl # Function General MIDI Roland GS
 Yamaha XG Notes
0 Bank Select MSB ❌ *️⃣[1] *️⃣ On GS, this selects variation instruments.
On XG, this selects banks. Common numbers:
  • 0 = most normal instruments
  • 126 = SFX
  • 127 = drumkits (sets part to drum mode)
1 Modulation ✅[2] ✅ ✅ Vibrato by default
5 Portamento time ❌ ✅[1] Value 0 is fastest
6 Data entry MSB *️⃣ *️⃣ *️⃣ (Used for RPNs and NRPNs)
7 Volume ✅[2] ✅ ✅
10 Pan ✅[2] ✅ ✅
11 Expression ✅[2] ✅ ✅
32 Bank Select LSB ❌ ❌[1] ✅ On GS/the SC-55, this does nothing. But the SC-88 onwards use this to select maps:
  • 0 = default
  • 1 = SC-55
  • 2 = SC-88
  • 3 = SC-88 Pro
  • 4 = SC-8850/SC-8820

On XG, this selects variation instruments.

38 Data entry LSB *️⃣ *️⃣ *️⃣ (Used for RPNs and NRPNs)
64 Sustain ✅[2] ✅ ✅ AKA Hold
65 Portamento ❌ ✅[3]
66 Sostenuto ❌ ✅[3]
67 Soft ❌ ✅[3]
84 Portamento Control ❌ ✅[3]
91 Effect 1 depth ❌ ✅[3] ✅ GS and XG: Reverb send level
93 Effect 3 depth ❌ ✅[3] ✅ GS and XG: Chorus send level
84 Portamento Control ❌ ✅[3]
98 NRPN LSB ❌ *️⃣[3] *️⃣ (Used for NRPNs)
99 NRPN MSB ❌ *️⃣[3] *️⃣ (Used for NRPNs)
100 RPN LSB *️⃣ *️⃣[3] *️⃣ (Used for RPNs)
101 RPN MSB *️⃣ *️⃣[3] *️⃣ (Used for RPNs)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 90.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 General MIDI System Level 1 Specification, page 2
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 91.

See also

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