[sdiy] MIDI Sys Ex ID $$$?

Neil Johnson neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com
Thu Apr 28 01:29:09 CEST 2011


Hi,

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> Well, probably not an idea you want to hear, but what about a configurable ID?  In
> other words, you don't put one in there, you let the user assign it (with a DIP
> switch or something similar)?

By now most Manufacturer IDs are three bytes long, so that would be a 
lot of DIP switches!

> In my case, I just picked 7F out of my rear, but I don't or haven't sold anything yet.

Well, 7F is for Real Time Universal System Exclusive Messages, so you 
might have problems with anyone using MIDI Time Code, Show Control, etc.

Cheers,
Neil
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