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==== System Exclusive ====
''System Exclusive'' or ''SysEx'' messages are proprietary formats that manufacturers develop to communicate with their hardware in a way that other MIDI defined messages cannot provide. For example, standard MIDI CC messages only provide a range of 128 different parameters to target. Some devices feature thousand of parameters. SysEx allows messages to have larger data sizes, increasing the number of parameters and/or the resolution of the values. Or it could specify other formats, such as transmitting text or even more advanced data structures.
The SysEx format includes a unique ID to ensure the messages only communicate with compatible devices.