Expanded Messages List (Status Bytes) Edit Item

The following table lists 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 of cial MMA Detailed MIDI Speci cation for additional
information.

Table 2: Expanded Status Bytes List

STATUS BYTE DATA BYTES

1st Byte Value Function 2nd Byte 3rd Byte

Binary |Hex| Dec

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 Unde ned (Reserved) --- ---

11110101= F5= 245 Unde ned (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 Unde ned (Reserved) --- ---

11111010= FA= 250 Start none none

11111011= FB= 251 Continue none none

11111100= FC= 252 Stop none none

11111101= FD= 253 Unde ned (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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