Audio MIDI Interfaces

By Usha Rani In reality MIDI files are very petite since they use your sound card’s built-in instruments for crafting the sounds. The problem is that most sound cards don't have any decent sounds to start with, plus no two sound cards sound alike and therefore the...

My MIDI Gig Just Got Easier

Normally my column is not about promoting any specific instrument or brand name of a product or company. But when it makes what I do easier, I figure I have to pass this information along to the rest of you who may be considering doing a solo MIDI gig. I told you in...

New Research On Musicians And Breast Cancer

Sarah Schmalenberger, hornist and musicologist, has launched the Life and Livelihood Study at http://www.musiciansurvivor.org in order to examine the physical and occupational well-being of women musicians who have had breast cancer. This national study has been...

The Cybermidi MIDI File User’s Club

Last year I submitted this column to Vin (some of you know him as Flash) for his input and he reminded me that the Cybermidi site has a forum for this sort of thing. Is this a case of Cybermidi's forum not being utilized to its full advantage or could there be a...