What is the purpose of midi?
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It’s an industry-standard protocol defined in 1982 that enables electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other. MIDI allows computers, synthesizers, MIDI controllers, sound cards, samplers and drum machines to control one another, and to exchange system data. MIDI does not transmit an audio signal or media – it transmits “event messages” such as the pitch and intensity of musical notes to play, control signals for parameters such as volume, vibrato and panning, cues, and clock signals to set the tempo.
