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General MIDI Level 2 or GM2 is a specification for synthesizers which defines several requirements beyond the more abstract MIDI standard and is based on General MIDI and GS extensions. It was adopted in 1999 by the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA).
Contents
General requirements
Program and bank change events
General MIDI 2 compatible synthesizers access all of the 256 instruments by setting cc#0 (Bank Select MSB) to 121 and using cc#32 (Bank Select LSB) to select the variation bank before a Program Change. Variation bank 0 contains full GM sound set.
Melodic sounds
Piano
Chromatic Percussion
Organ
Guitar
Bass
Orchestra Solo
Orchestra Ensemble
Brass
Reed
Wind
Synth Lead
Synth Pad
Synth Sound FX
Ethnic
Percussive
Sound Effect
Drum sounds
These are the same patch numbers as defined in the original version of GS. Drum bank is accessed by setting cc#0 (Bank Select MSB) to 120 and cc#32 (Bank Select LSB) to 0 and PC (Program Change) to select drum kit.
Additional percussion notes
These are the same GS drum notes and span Drum Kits 1 to 49:
Supported Control Change messages
(Some messages are optional)