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General MIDI

General MIDI (also known as GM or GM 1) is a standardized specification for electronic musical instruments that respond to MIDI messages. GM was developed by the American MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee (JMSC) and first published in 1991. The official specification is available in English from the MMA, bound…

Standards, Parameter interpretations & GS extensions

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Parameter interpretations

GS extensions

XG extensions

General MIDI Level 2

Official MIDI Standards Organizations

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General MIDI

Nodes210
Edges209
Triples55
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009524
Components1

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General MIDI

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related to GS extensions · 37
General MIDI → A1, Ab1, B5, Bank Select, Bank Select LSB, Bank Select MSB, Bb1, Bb5, Belltree, C6, Castanets, Channels, Control Change, D6, Drum, E1, Eb1, Eb6, F1, Filter Snap
related to Percussion · 7
General MIDI → Each, GM, If, In GM, MIDI, Notes, The General MIDI
related to XG extensions · 5
General MIDI → PSR, The, XG, Yamaha MU-series, Yamaha XG
related to General MIDI 1 requirements · 3
General MIDI → General MIDI System Level, GM, To
related to System Exclusive messages · 3
General MIDI → GM, SysEx, Two GM System Exclusive

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midi gm general specification sound sounds program instruments instrument numbers messages 128 percussion synth number change also notes bass percussive

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
General MIDIrelated to General MIDI 1 requirementsTo0.60section
General MIDIrelated to General MIDI 1 requirementsGM0.60section
General MIDIrelated to General MIDI 1 requirementsGeneral MIDI System Level0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsRoland GS0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsThe0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsBank Select0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsBank Select MSB0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsBank Select LSB0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsOther0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsDrum0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsPercussion Kits0.60section
General MIDIrelated to GS extensionsChannels0.60section

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