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The Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by Roland Corporation. It was originally marketed to amateur musicians as a budget external synthesizer with an original list price of $695. However, it became more famous along with its compatible modules as an early de facto standard in computer music.
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Roland GS, or just GS, sometimes expanded as General Standard [1] [2] or General Sound, [1] is a MIDI specification. It requires that all GS-compatible equipment must meet a certain set of features and it documents interpretations of some MIDI commands and bytes sequences, thus defining instrument tones, controllers for sound effects, etc.
The original MIDI specification included 128 virtual controller numbers for real-time modifications to live instruments or their audio. MIDI Show Control (MSC) and MIDI Machine Control (MMC) are two separate extensions of the original MIDI spec, expanding MIDI protocol to accept far more than its original intentions.
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MIDI's introduction coincided with the dawn of the personal computer era and the introduction of samplers and digital synthesizers. [26] The creative possibilities brought about by MIDI technology are credited for helping revive the music industry in the 1980s. [27] MIDI introduced capabilities that transformed the way many musicians work.
MIDI melodic channels 8 15 15 [a] 16 combined 32 combined (on 2 ports) 64 combined (on 4 ports) 14 16 combined Rhythm/percussion channels 1 1 (#10) 1 2 (#10 & #11)
General MIDI Level 2 or GM2 is a specification for synthesizers which defines several requirements beyond the more abstract MIDI standard and is based on General MIDI, GS extensions, and XG extensions. It was adopted in 1999 by the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA).