The Art of MIDI – Part 1: Music To My Ears

The Art of MIDI – Part 1: Music To My Ears

As a professional MIDI programmer, my job is to take a song and transform it into MIDI data. In short, you are taking all the parts: the chords, the notes, the drums, the dynamics, and reproducing them. As one example, a solo performer can now play and sing along with...

General MIDI Patches

Here is a list of General MIDI Patches (sounds) Patch Number MIDI Note Range* Patch Name 0 21 thru 108 Acoustic Grand Piano 1 21 thru 108 Bright Acoustic Piano 2 21 thru 108 Electric Grand Piano 3 21 thru 108 Honky-tonk Piano 4 21 thru 108 Rhodes Piano 5 21 thru 108...

MIDI Sequencing Basics

Hopefully, this article will help start you on your way to music sequencing and electronic music in general. While most modern sequencers support both MIDI sequencing as well as Digital Audio recording, this article will focus only on MIDI. First, we'll start off with...
How to Guide – Importing MIDI Into Logic & Reason

How to Guide – Importing MIDI Into Logic & Reason

Carrying on our MIDI import 'How to' guides, we're taking a look at adding existing MIDI files and then assigning an AU plugin synth to play it in Apple's Logic Pro sequencer software. 1) From the File menu open an existing or new project (Command -> O / N) 2)...