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From: Thomas Hudson <thudson@cygnus.com>
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Thomas Hudson wrote:

> 0xF7 0x7E ch 0x06 0xF0  - Device inquiry. 'ch' is not MIDI channel but
> actually
> supports up to 127 virtual or user-defined channels. Using the value
> 127 is broadcast, all devices must respond. I will try to find my
> book at lunch, I don't remember the details of the response.

Oops. Seems I'm MIDI-dyslexic:
0xf0 Sysex start
0x7e Universal non-realtime
ch   Channel
0x06 Device Inquiry ID
0xf7 EOX

See http://www.hinton.demon.co.uk/midicode.html

A section at the bottom is called "System Exclusive Structure."

Wish I had more info. Still haven't found that book...

Thomas

