> Exclusive messages can contain any number of data bytes and can be > terminated either by an End of Exclusive (EOX) or any other status > byte (except real-time messages).
I knew system exclusive could be terminated by a other than real-time status byte, but I thought that would cancel the system exclusive message. Is that right? Or can a byte be saved when another message is to be sent right after a system exclusive? > Since the purpose of MIDI is to connect many kinds of musical > instruments and peripheral equipment, it is best not to use > Exclusive messages to convey real-time performance information (with > the exception of special Universal messages described > below). Performance information is best sent via Channel Voice > messages in real time. So this means that it is nice to be able to send at least 8 byte long ( in the case of master volume) sysex messages accurately. --martijn
