diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5de0bea..06a6ec8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-January 22 2025
+January 29 2025
diff --git a/doc/midistats.1 b/doc/midistats.1
index ba7095c..e9e14fb 100644
--- a/doc/midistats.1
+++ b/doc/midistats.1
@@ -277,13 +277,9 @@ of numbers ranging from 0 to 7 indicating the presence of note onsets
 for the selected percussion instrument for the sequence of beats
 in the midi file. Here is a truncated sample of the output.
 .br
-
-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 4 4 0
-1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
-1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 etc. 
-
+11 71 c1 1 11 51 f1 c1 1 11 51 e1 1 11 d1 c1 31 1 1 1 21 b1 d1 d1 51
 .br
-One can see a repeating 4 beat pattern.
+51 51 51 51 41 71 c1 11 1 11 41 11 1 11 41 11 1 11 41 11 31 51 41 11
 
 .PP
 -ppat
@@ -294,7 +290,8 @@ If it is unsuccessful, it returns a message of its failue. Otherwise,
 encodes the position of these drum onsets in a 8 bit byte for each
 quarter note beat in the midi file. The lower (right) 4 bits encode the
 bass drum and the higher (left) 4 bits encode the snare drum in the
-same manner as described above for -ppatfor.
+same manner as described above for -ppatfor. The integers are printed
+in hexadecimal.
 .br
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 145 33 145 33 145 33 145 33 145 33 145 33 145
 .br
diff --git a/doc/readme.txt b/doc/readme.txt
index a463b8a..5ba5c40 100644
--- a/doc/readme.txt
+++ b/doc/readme.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ abc2abc  version 2.22 April 30 2024
 yaps     version 1.94 April 30 2024
 abcmatch version 1.83 February 19 2024
 midicopy version 1.40 August 11 2024
-midistats version 0.96 July 26 2024
+midistats version 0.97 January 29 2025
 
 24th January 2002
 Copyright James Allwright
diff --git a/midistats.c b/midistats.c
index b70b26e..d64b81d 100644
--- a/midistats.c
+++ b/midistats.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
 */
  
-#define VERSION "0.96 October 10 2024 midistats"
+#define VERSION "0.97 January 29 2025 midistats"
 
 /* midistrats.c is a descendent of midi2abc.c which was becoming to
    large. The object of the program is to extract statistical characterisitic 
@@ -1513,9 +1513,9 @@ for (i=1;i<256;i++) {
 }
 
 
-void output_drumpat () {
+void output_drumpat (char * c) {
 int i;
-for (i=0;i<=lastBeat;i++) printf("%d ",drumpat[i]);
+for (i=0;i<=lastBeat;i++) printf(c,drumpat[i]);
 /*for (i=0;i<lastBeat;i++) output_perc_pattern(drumpat[i]);*/
 printf("\n");
 }
@@ -1654,11 +1654,11 @@ for (i=0;i<4;i++) {
       snaremax = drumhistogram[snareindex];
       }
   }
-if (bassmax && snaremax) {
+if (bassmax || snaremax) {
 	printf("bass %d %d\n",bassindex,bassmax);
 	printf("snare %d %d\n",snareindex,snaremax);
    } else {
-        printf("missing bass or snare\n");
+        printf("missing bass and snare\n");
 	return;
    }
 dualDrumPattern(bassindex,snareindex);
@@ -1944,11 +1944,11 @@ if (percanalysis) {
 if (percpattern) {
     drumanalysis();
     percsummary();
-    output_drumpat();
+    output_drumpat("%x ");
     }
 if (percpatternfor) {
     drumpattern(percnum);
-    output_drumpat();
+    output_drumpat("%d ");
     }
 if (percpatternhist) {
     drumanalysis();