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# MIDICIProfile

A mapping of MIDI messages to specific sounds and synthesis behaviors, such as General MIDI, a drawbar organ, and so on.

```
class MIDICIProfile
```

## Topics

### Creating a Profile

[`-  initWithData:`](/documentation/CoreMIDI/MIDICIProfile/init(data:))

Creates a MIDI profile for the specified data.

[`-  initWithData:name:`](/documentation/CoreMIDI/MIDICIProfile/init(data:name:))

Creates a named MIDI profile for the specified data.

### Inspecting a Profile

[`name`](/documentation/CoreMIDI/MIDICIProfile/name)

A string that describes the profile.

[`profileID`](/documentation/CoreMIDI/MIDICIProfile/profileID)

The unique five-byte profile identifier that represents the profile.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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