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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.

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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MIDI -Musical Instrument Digital Interface

introduction to MIDI

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links to give you some free reading about MIDI

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