YAMAHA AND ROLAND AGREE TO COOPERATE TO IMPROVE MIDI DATA COMPATIBILITY.

Music Trades, March, 2001

YAMAHA CORPORATION and Roland Corporation have agreed to improve the compatibility of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) data, an international standard governing the external control of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments equipped with tone generators. The agreement, signed on January 15, 2001, is expected to greatly assist the further popularization of the MIDI standard and to foster the creation and reproduction of enhanced music data.

Yamaha and Roland have agreed on the following three points: (1) Both companies will actively support the General MIDI 2 (GM2) format established in 1998. (2) Both companies will offer open access to Yamaha's XG format and Roland's GS format. (3) Both companies will develop hardware and software...

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