Printed Documents
Document Ordering Instructions
- MIDI: Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification v96.1 (second edition) (2001)
(Contains MIDI 1.0, SMF, MMC, MSC 1.1, MTC, and GM-1 with Developer Guidelines) - SP-MIDI: Scalable Polyphony MIDI Specification & Profiles (Corrected Nov '04)
- XMF: eXtensible Music File (XMF) Specification v.1.01 (updated) (Jul '03)
- GM-Lite: GM Lite Specification and Guidelines for Mobile Applications (Nov'01)
- DLS-2: Downloadable Sounds 2.2 Specification (New version Apr '06)
- GM-2: General MIDI 2 Specification v 1.2 (updated) (Updated Feb '07)
- Mobile DLS/XMF: DLS/XMF Format for Mobile Devices (Sep '04)
Online Information
Version Updates and Errata (Free Downloads)
- SP-MIDI: Errata to Feb '02 and May '02 Editions of SP-MIDI Specification (Issued Nov '04 17k-pdf)
- GM-2: MIDI Default Pan formula (GM2, DLS, GML) (Issued Nov '03)
- GM-2: GM2 MIDI Tuning Amendment (Issued Nov '03)
- GM-2: Recommended Mod Depth Range RPN Response (Issued Feb '07)
- XMF: Version 1.01 Updates to XMF Meta File Format (Issued Jul '03 54k-pdf)
- XMF: Version 2.0 Updates to XMF Meta File Format (Issued Feb '04 32k-pdf)
- DLS-2: Amendment 2 to DLS-2 Specification (DLS-2.2 replaces DLS-2.1) (Issued Apr '06)
Specifications, Technical Notes, Tutorials etc.
- 1394-MIDI: Specification for MIDI Over IEEE-1394 (Oct '00 112k-pdf)
- RMID: Deprecated. SMF w/DLS File Format Specification (RMID)*(Feb '00 72k-pdf)
*Note: as of November 2001, XMF is the recommended container for SMF w/DLS - DLS-1: Corrected. Downloadable Sounds (Level 1) Specification (Sep '04 311k-pdf)
- XML MIDI Events, Names, & Devices (DTDs) (2004)
- Changes/Additions to Complete MIDI Detailed Specification v 96.1se (2004)
- ZLIB Audio Compression Unpacker ID for XMF (July '03)
- MIDI Tuning Specification
- MIDI Tuning Specification Enhancements (1999-2003)
- Standard MIDI File (SMF) Lyrics Specification (Jan '98)
- Standard MIDI File (SMF) Device/Program Specification (Jun '99)
- Standard MIDI File (SMF) Language and Display Extensions (Jun '99)
- Register MIDI Sequences with the US Copyright Office (Jan '/97)
- Tutorial: MIDI and Music Synthesis
- Summary Tables of MIDI Messages
- Table of Manufacturers SysEx IDs
- MIDI Electrical Specification
- MIDI Implementation Chart Version 1 (Original pdf)
- MIDI Implementation Chart Version 2 w/instructions (2007 pdf)
- Tutorial: The Technology of MIDI
- IETF MIME Type Registration: audio/dls [RFC-4613]
- IETF MIME Type Registration: audio/mobile-xmf [RFC-4723]