Whats MIDI ?
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Midi is a protocol that enables electronic instruments to communicate, control and sync to one another. MIDI’s first claim to fame was that it allowed you to play multiple synths using just one keyboard controller. It became very popular and became the industry standard. The perfectly timed robotic sequences that midi creates and can sync to drum machines helped create the sound of the 80’s (god help us). The midi signal doesn’t carry any audio data. Midi carries specific details of events that relate to notes. The information that is carried can control the type of instrument, pitch, duration, volume, attack, decay, etc. that is specified in the midi. Each midi channel corresponds to a different instrument or voice. Midi has a defined list of sounds/patches. Its called General Midi (GM). GM has a standard set of 128 sounds. General midi doesn’t define the way the sound will be reproduced. It only names that sound. Meaning that each
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