To get the best of your keyboard and music production some knowledge about features and standards are necessary.

A lot of interesting documents covering MIDI, XG, XF, and SysEx are found at this page.

Style Creation Course

Style Reference

MIDI Reference

Software Support

MIDI Manufacturers Association

MIDI Basics

OSS Programmer's Guide

ZeM College - MIDI Kompendium

Die MIDI-Steuerung

MIDI Tutorials - Discussions

General MIDI System Level 1 (1998)

General MIDI System Level 2 (1999)

XG Creative Synthesis: #1 - #2 - #3

Introduction Yamaha XG

An Introduction to XG (1.02 1995)

XG Specifications (2.00 2001)

XG Specifications (1.32 1998)

XG Format Specification (1.26 1996)

Yamaha XG Specification (1.23 1996)

XG GuideBook (1998)

XG GuideBook (1.04 1996)

Recom. for XG Song Data (2.00 1999)

XG Music Data Recom. (1.03 1995)

XG Interactive Online Help (2.3 1996)

XG Xtra 1995-96 8 's in a

Recom. for XF Song Data (1.01 1999)

Score to XF MIDI (from David Das)

The Beggar's SysEx Guide

Tyros - Undocumented SysEx

Changing Effects using SysEx

Beginner's Guide to DSP