Official MIDI Specifications
Expanded MIDI 1.0 Messages List (Status Bytes)
The following table lists MIDI 1.0 Status Bytes in binary numerical order (adapted from "MIDI by the Numbers" by D. Valenti, Electronic Musician 2/88, and updated by the MIDI Manufacturers Association.) This table is intended as an overview of MIDI, and is by no means complete.
WARNING! Details about implementing these messages can dramatically impact compatibility with other products. We strongly recommend consulting the official MMA Detailed MIDI Specification for additional information.
WARNING! Details about implementing these messages can dramatically impact compatibility with other products. We strongly recommend consulting the official MMA Detailed MIDI Specification for additional information.
| Table 2: Expanded Status Bytes List | |||
| STATUS BYTE | DATA BYTES | ||
| 1st Byte Value
Binary |Hex| Dec |
Function | 2nd Byte | 3rd Byte |
| 10000000= 80= 128 | Chan 1 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000001= 81= 129 | Chan 2 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000010= 82= 130 | Chan 3 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000011= 83= 131 | Chan 4 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000100= 84= 132 | Chan 5 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000101= 85= 133 | Chan 6 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000110= 86= 134 | Chan 7 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10000111= 87= 135 | Chan 8 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001000= 88= 136 | Chan 9 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001001= 89= 137 | Chan 10 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001010= 8A= 138 | Chan 11 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001011= 8B= 139 | Chan 12 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001100= 8C= 140 | Chan 13 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001101= 8D= 141 | Chan 14 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001110= 8E= 142 | Chan 15 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10001111= 8F= 143 | Chan 16 Note off | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010000= 90= 144 | Chan 1 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010001= 91= 145 | Chan 2 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010010= 92= 146 | Chan 3 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010011= 93= 147 | Chan 4 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010100= 94= 148 | Chan 5 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010101= 95= 149 | Chan 6 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010110= 96= 150 | Chan 7 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10010111= 97= 151 | Chan 8 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011000= 98= 152 | Chan 9 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011001= 99= 153 | Chan 10 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011010= 9A= 154 | Chan 11 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011011= 9B= 155 | Chan 12 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011100= 9C= 156 | Chan 13 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011101= 9D= 157 | Chan 14 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011110= 9E= 158 | Chan 15 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10011111= 9F= 159 | Chan 16 Note on | Note Number (0-127) | Note Velocity (0-127) |
| 10100000= A0= 160 | Chan 1 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127) | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100001= A1= 161 | Chan 2 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100010= A2= 162 | Chan 3 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100011= A3= 163 | Chan 4 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100100= A4= 164 | Chan 5 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100101= A5= 165 | Chan 6 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100110= A6= 166 | Chan 7 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10100111= A7= 167 | Chan 8 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101000= A8= 168 | Chan 9 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101001= A9= 169 | Chan 10 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101010= AA= 170 | Chan 11 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101011= AB= 171 | Chan 12 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101100= AC= 172 | Chan 13 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101101= AD= 173 | Chan 14 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101110= AE= 174 | Chan 15 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10101111= AF= 175 | Chan 16 Polyphonic Aftertouch | Note Number (0-127 | Pressure (0-127) |
| 10110000= B0= 176 | Chan 1 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110001= B1= 177 | Chan 2 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110010= B2= 178 | Chan 3 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110011= B3= 179 | Chan 4 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110100= B4= 180 | Chan 5 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110101= B5= 181 | Chan 6 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110110= B6= 182 | Chan 7 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10110111= B7= 183 | Chan 8 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111000= B8= 184 | Chan 9 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111001= B9= 185 | Chan 10 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111010= BA= 186 | Chan 11 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111011= BB= 187 | Chan 12 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111100= BC= 188 | Chan 13 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111101= BD= 189 | Chan 14 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111110= BE= 190 | Chan 15 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 10111111= BF= 191 | Chan 16 Control/Mode Change | see Table 3 | see Table 3 |
| 11000000= C0= 192 | Chan 1 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000001= C1= 193 | Chan 2 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000010= C2= 194 | Chan 3 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000011= C3= 195 | Chan 4 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000100= C4= 196 | Chan 5 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000101= C5= 197 | Chan 6 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000110= C6= 198 | Chan 7 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11000111= C7= 199 | Chan 8 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001000= C8= 200 | Chan 9 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001001= C9= 201 | Chan 10 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001010= CA= 202 | Chan 11 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001011= CB= 203 | Chan 12 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001100= CC= 204 | Chan 13 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001101= CD= 205 | Chan 14 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001110= CE= 206 | Chan 15 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11001111= CF= 207 | Chan 16 Program Change | Program # (0-127) | none |
| 11010000= D0= 208 | Chan 1 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010001= D1= 209 | Chan 2 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010010= D2= 210 | Chan 3 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010011= D3= 211 | Chan 4 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010100= D4= 212 | Chan 5 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010101= D5= 213 | Chan 6 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010110= D6= 214 | Chan 7 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11010111= D7= 215 | Chan 8 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011000= D8= 216 | Chan 9 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011001= D9= 217 | Chan 10 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011010= DA= 218 | Chan 11 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011011= DB= 219 | Chan 12 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011100= DC= 220 | Chan 13 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011101= DD= 221 | Chan 14 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011110= DE= 222 | Chan 15 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11011111= DF= 223 | Chan 16 Channel Aftertouch | Pressure (0-127) | none |
| 11100000= E0= 224 | Chan 1 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100001= E1= 225 | Chan 2 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100010= E2= 226 | Chan 3 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100011= E3= 227 | Chan 4 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100100= E4= 228 | Chan 5 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100101= E5= 229 | Chan 6 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100110= E6= 230 | Chan 7 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11100111= E7= 231 | Chan 8 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101000= E8= 232 | Chan 9 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101001= E9= 233 | Chan 10 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101010= EA= 234 | Chan 11 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101011= EB= 235 | Chan 12 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101100= EC= 236 | Chan 13 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101101= ED= 237 | Chan 14 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101110= EE= 238 | Chan 15 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11101111= EF= 239 | Chan 16 Pitch Bend Change | Pitch Bender LSB (0-127) | Pitch Bender MSB (0-127) |
| 11110000= F0= 240 | System Exclusive | ** | ** |
| 11110001= F1= 241 | MIDI Time Code Qtr. Frame | -see spec- | -see spec- |
| 11110010= F2= 242 | Song Position Pointer | LSB | MSB |
| 11110011= F3= 243 | Song Select (Song #) | (0-127) | none |
| 11110100= F4= 244 | Undefined (Reserved) | --- | --- |
| 11110101= F5= 245 | Undefined (Reserved) | --- | --- |
| 11110110= F6= 246 | Tune request | none | none |
| 11110111= F7= 247 | End of SysEx (EOX) | none | none |
| 11111000= F8= 248 | Timing clock | none | none |
| 11111001= F9= 249 | Undefined (Reserved) | --- | --- |
| 11111010= FA= 250 | Start | none | none |
| 11111011= FB= 251 | Continue | none | none |
| 11111100= FC= 252 | Stop | none | none |
| 11111101= FD= 253 | Undefined (Reserved) | --- | --- |
| 11111110= FE= 254 | Active Sensing | none | none |
| 11111111= FF= 255 | System Reset | none | none |
| ** Note: System Exclusive (data dump) 2nd byte= Vendor ID (or Universal Exclusive) followed by more data bytes and ending with EOX. | |||
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