Dumb MIDI question

[John Speth]

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999 6:32 AM, jbv [SMTP:jbv.silences at wanadoo.fr] 
wrote:
> BTW, here is something I've been wondering about for years : since sysex 
messages
> are proprietary,
> how is it possible to use my own sysex messages in a home-made device ? 
Simply by
> ignoring the 2nd
> byte (manufactor code) of the message ?

IMO, if you're gonna make your own MIDI output devices and you wanna 
implement sysex, just make up your own sysex ID.  I guess normally the 
sysex IDs are doled out by the IMA but, unless you're going public with 
your device, just use what ever you like.  I use ID 127 (0x7F) for my 
stuff. I don't know if it's officially assigned but as long as nothing else 
in your setup uses it, there's no harm.

John Speth
Object Engineering, Inc
mailto:johns at oei.com