Novation X-Station SYSEX

2019-11-30

Figuring out X-Station’s SYSEX format.

SYSEX

System Exclusive MIDI files are used by manufacturers for proprietary programming of their controllers.

The basic message format:

F0 <metadata> <data> F7
  • Byte F0: Start marker
  • Byte F7: End marker
  • Metadata: Manufacturer code, data size (variable size)
  • Data: Data to be sent (variable size)

References

https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~r92092/ref/midi/

https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/blob/master/Documentation/sysex-format.txt

https://electronicmusic.fandom.com/wiki/System_exclusive

https://github.com/francoisgeorgy/BS2-SysEx