MIDI BASICS
- 3 byte message
- 4 byte if you are using USB
standard MIDI message:
- 1st byte: message type (0..7) and channel (0..15)
- 2nd byte: id (0..127)
- 3rd byte: value (0..127)
most used message types
- 0x08: note off
- 0x09: note on
- 0x0B: control change (cc)
www.midi.org -> specs -> midi reference tables -> summary of midi messages