Noob question: reading MIDI In messages in Log Window

First off, my apologies for being a MIDI n00b. The answer to this question may be obvious to those with more MIDI experience, but I will proceed.

I'm trying to map some MIDI messages from my FCB1010 onto outgoing keystrokes.

When I look at the Log Window to try to map the messages, I get something like this:

5: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 01
6: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 01
7: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 02
8: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 00
9: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 02
10: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 00
11: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 01
12: MIDI IN [E-MU XMidi1X1 Tab]: B0 00 01

My question: how do I tell what kind of MIDI messages these are (e.g. Control Change, Bank Change, Pitch Bend, etc)? I can't parse the Log Window to understand exactly what is happening here. I read the section in the documentation on the Log Window, and it was no help. Is this documented anywhere?

Thanks in advance!

Hi thatpaulschofield

The different MIDI messages are designated, generally, by that first character.

9 is note on
8 is note off
B is control change
C is program change
E is pitch bend

the second character is the channel, 0 being 1 (cause it's hex).

So 87 is Note Off on Channel 8.
BE is CC on channel 15

The core messages can be found here

Thanks
Jared

Thank you and thanks for being patient with a n00b question!