The right MIDI format for your keyboard

GM, XG, GS, GM2: all these standards carry the same arrangement, but your instrument does not read them the same way. Pick your model to find out which one to choose, how to load the file and what to adjust next.

Understand

What is a MIDI file?

The genetic code of music: what the file really contains, and why it can be changed without loss.

Use

What can you do with a MIDI file?

Fifteen practical uses, from playing on a keyboard to studio production.

Create

Importing a MIDI into Suno

Suno Studio has accepted MIDI files since August 2026. Why one track beats an audio demo, and what to know before you upload yours.

Release

Distributing music made with AI

CD Baby refuses AI, TuneCore blocks Suno tracks, Deezer keeps them out of recommendations. What actually blocks you is not your file format.

Convert

From AI audio to MIDI, in four examples

Keep eight bars, write the missing verses, have it played in a studio, or send a single track back to a generator.

Protect

What you own when an AI composed it

No human author, no copyright. Your choices, however, are protectable: where the line runs and what to keep to prove it.

The right format for your keyboard

Yamaha

Genos · Genos 2

The flagship arranger. Touchscreen, extended voice engine.

Recommended format: MIDI XG

Yamaha

PSR-SX900 · SX700

The largest installed base among organists and performers.

Recommended format: MIDI XG

Korg

Pa5X · Pa4X

The Genos's direct rival, widely used on stage.

Recommended format: MIDI GM

Yamaha

Tyros 5

Former flagship, still very widely used.

Recommended format: MIDI XG

Ketron

Event · SD9

Strongly established in France and Italy, MIDI-focused.

Recommended format: MIDI GM

Korg

Pa1000 · Pa700

Korg's mid-range, high sales volume.

Recommended format: MIDI GM

Roland

E-A7 · BK-9

Roland's mainstay for the GS standard.

Recommended format: MIDI GS

Your keyboard is not on the list?

That is not a problem: every keyboard, arranger, module and software reads General MIDI. The GM version of our files works everywhere. The guides above are there to get the best out of a specific model, not to make it compatible.

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