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introduction to MIDI
well folks it's been around since the 80's and has probably had influence on your record collection since then. this lens should give you plenty to go on to learn more about MIDI. It works the same way a player-piano works. the markings on the sheet of paper aren't recordings of the sound of the piano just instuctions to sound the piano's notes at certain times. Unlike a player piano MIDI also sends velocity (how hard you hit the keyboard's notes) and many other things like time-code. MIDI will allow two keyboards hooked up to one another to play the same notes on both at once, but it goes much farther than that... guitarists use it to trigger synths or automate effects, studios use it... live it can change banks of sounds from a simple MIDI program change! read on to explore a standard that lives on in today's musical instruments and beyond.
MIDI links: wow!
links to give you some free reading about MIDI
i will do my best to cover the basics and more advanced reading as well...
- MIDI.org
- this is a good starting point
- wikipedia entry on MIDI
- a more detailed description with links
- TweakHeadz MIDI tutorial
- a practical guide
- Synth F.A.Q.
- has a section on MIDI but also answers many questions about synths in general
- Make Your Own MIDI Cables!
- a great tutorial that tells the DIY'er how to make custom length MIDI cables
- MIDI farm Resources
- a good list of resources
- a cool Yamaha synth
- push the button
- OASYS Keyboard
- korg's awesome OASYS keyboard with KARMA
- Keyboard Magazine Online
- this is one of my favorite magazines ever... i've learned alot over the years reading this and wanting every new keyboard.
- Electronic Musician Magazine
- This magazine is also great. I love their editor's choice issue...
- Remix Magazine Online
- Remix has interviews with cool artists and other goodies
- Berklee Shares
- heres some downloadable pdf documents to get you up and running with popular sequencers.
- Berklee Shares more!
- here's a downloadable pdf document to get you up and running with a synth.
- Making Music (and More) with MIDI
- Most film and TV scores, as well as popular recorded music is written and performed using electronic keyboards and other MIDI-equipped musical instruments. ...
- Harmony Central - MIDI
- A wealth of MIDI resources - documentation and articles, building MIDI interfaces, writing software, sources of MIDI files, free classifieds, ...
- MIDI Search Engine: Let MIDI Explorer find your files
- MIDI files search engine, search for free midi files.
- Tutorial on MIDI and Music Synthesis
- The Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) protocol has been widely accepted and utilized by musicians and composers since its conception in the ...
- MIDI Specification
- MIDI (ie, Musical Instrument Digital Interface) consists of both a simple hardware interface, and a more elaborate transmission protocol. ...
- MIDI
- In 1983, several synthesizer manufacturers agreed on a communications protocol that would allow keyboard synthesizers to control each other (MIDI). ...
- General MIDI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia article about the standard, including protocol extensions and the General MIDI Level 2 specification.
- Chapter Three: How MIDI works
- MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The development of the MIDI system has been a major catalyst in the recent unprecedented explosion of ...
- MIDIWORLD - MIDI Files and Info
- MIDI software and hardware information, synths, sounds and MIDI files, marketplace, free classifieds for musicians.
- Sound & MIDI Software For Linux
- This site has links to everything related to music on Linux. Also has links to programming documentation, sound repositories, and other sites.
- The Technology of MIDI: Overview
- The original Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) specification defined a physical connector and message format for connecting devices and ...
- Welcome to The Classical MIDI Resource
- The Classical MIDI Resource is a collection of well-performed Classical MIDI files. Also featured at the site are MP3 audio render selected from these files ...
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further reading on MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Modulations: A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing Words on Sound by Iara Lee
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Circuit-Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments (ExtremeTech) by Reed Ghazala
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Making Music with Samples: Tips, Techniques, and 600+ Ready-to-Use Samples by Daniel Duffell
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Power Tools for GarageBand: Creating Music with Audio Recording, MIDI Sequencing, and Loops by Francis Preve
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Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production: A practical guide to Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase and Pro Tools by Andrea Pejrolo
ideas that apply to different software packages!0 points
MIDI Basics (Ultimate Beginner Tech Start Series) by Lee Whitmore
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Recording with Cubase (Complete Idiot's Guide to) by Michael Miller
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Great Stuff on Amazon
Midi For Musicians
Amazon Price: $17.95 (as of 07/10/2009) 
The MIDI Companion: The Ins, Outs and Throughs
Amazon Price: $11.66 (as of 07/10/2009)
Mind Over MIDI (Keyboard Magazine Basic Library)
Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 07/10/2009)
Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Recording Illustrated (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
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when words are too much
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this shirt is velocity sense-a-tive
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these clothes all display the midi controller range 0-127
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once you have a MIDI controller, you can play software synths found at this site... many of them are free!
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