Category: System Realtime
Purpose
Some master device that controls sequence playback sends this message to make a slave device stop playback of a song/sequence.
Status
0xFC
Data
None
Errata
When a device receives a MIDI Stop, it should keep track of the point at which it stopped playback (ie, its stopped "Song Position"), in the anticipation that a MIDI Continue might be received next.
Often, the slave device has its playback tempo synced to the master via MIDI Clock. See Syncing Sequence Playback.