whats channels in midi file?

[hamid.abbaszadeh]

hi all
whats channels in midi file?
whats diffrence between channel 1 vs channel 5?
expecting your comments

 

[keith1200rs]

**broken link removed**
http://faydoc.tripod.com/formats/mid.htm

The channel identifies the instrument, as far as I recall. It is used so you can have multiple instruments (daisy chained, I think) on the same MIDI cable. So, you can either direct commands to the correct instrument or identify which instrument notes have come from.

Keith

 

[hamid.abbaszadeh]

whats diffrence between patch vs channel ?
if channel identifies the instrument then whats patch?

 

[keith1200rs]

Not sure about patches - I have never used them. Maybe this will help: **broken link removed**

Keith.