Dave Phillips wrote: > I'm doing some research for an article about Linux MIDI support. In my > text I briefly describe the evolution of the MIDI specification since > its adoption, mentioning things like MIDI Time Code, MMC, the sample > dump standard, and the standard MIDI file. However, one item has me a > bit mystified. I'm unable to ascertain whether multi-port interfaces are > in fact described and supported by the spec.
SMF files can have the "MIDI Port" meta event (FF 21) to specify the port number for the following events. RP-019 describes the "device name" meta event (FF 09) with exactly the same purpose (<http://www.midi.org/about-midi/smf/rp019.shtml>), but it isn't used in practice. HTH Clemens
