Subject: Re: MIDI From: kent walker <kent.walker(at)MAIL.MCGILL.CA> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:43:51 -0500>Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:39:16 +0000 >From: "f.neff" <fn2(at)CSMAIL.UCC.IE> >Subject: MIDI > >Dear List, > >I have a question with regard to MIDI. Does the start bit and stop bit come >before and after every byte of information or before and after every full MIDI message (status byte plus data bytes)? >Flaithr=ED Neff. >University College Cork, >Ireland. Dear F. Neff, All MIDI data is streamed in 10 bit words First bit – “start bit” (always zero) Next 8 bits – desired information Last bit – “stop bit” (always zero) Complete word transmitted in 320 microseconds For a decent article, read "Moog, R. 1986. “MIDI”, JAES, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 394 – 404" written by the late Robert Moog. Please also see http://www.midi.org/about-midi/specshome.shtml regards, -- Kent Walker McGill University Ph.D. Sound Recording Program Instructor MUSR 300D Room 820, Tour Ouest, 550 Sherbrooke Ouest