The following are "standard" file header for various Roland and a few other JV/XP used file types. They can be useful for fixing corrupted/damaged files and for general comparison/analysis. The info is formated in upto 8 double hex byte columns followed by one character column of their represented ASCII values, if any, otherwise the "." is used as a placeholder. --- Roland SVC file header format (for Chain Mode) 001E 5356 4430 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ..SVD0.......... 4348 4E61 5850 3530 0000 0020 0000 0055 CHNaXP50... ...U 0100 .. --- Roland SVQ file header format (for SEQUENCER Mode) [XP-50 version] 0075 5356 3030 0060 0000 0000 0000 0000 .uSV00.`........ FF44 544F 4F4C 2030 3034 3020 2020 2020 .DTOOL 0040 20 --- Roland SVQ file header format (for SEQUENCER Mode) [XP-80 version] 0074 5356 3030 0060 0000 0000 0000 0000 .tSV00.`........ FF58 502D 3830 2030 3035 3220 312E 3720 .XP-80 0052 1.7 20 --- MIDI File header ALL formats (0,1,2) 4D54 6864 MThd --- Roland SV (Songlist.sv) file header format 5B53 6F6E 6720 4669 6C65 735D 0D0A [Song Files].. --- Roland SVD file header format [XP-50 version] 004E 5356 4430 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 .NSVD0.......... 5052 4661 5850 3530 0000 0050 0000 2280 PRFaXP50...P..". 5041 5461 5850 3530 0000 22D0 0000 C580 PATaXP50.."..... 5248 5961 5850 3530 0000 E850 0000 1516 RHYaXP50...P.... 5359 5361 5850 3530 0000 FD66 0000 00FF SYSaXP50...f.... --- Terzoid Software's NoiZe BNK header format 547A 4564 C803 0100 4C1F 0001 C803 0000 TzEd....L....... 8042 0100 4846 0100 0000 0000 978E 1E31 .B..HF.........1 --- Change It!'s LIB header format FFFF 4F02 8201 ..O... --- Benjamin Tubb brtubb@cybertron.com http://www.cybertron.com/~brtubb "Music creates order out of chaos; for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjoin- ted, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous." - Yehudi Menuhin, from "Theme and Variations"