by Flash | Mar 23, 2025 | MIDI 101
Once you have recorded your musical composition onto a MIDI sequencer, what next? Well, you may have noticed some mistakes in your playing that you want to correct. Or you may want to change the composition to make it sound better. Or you may want to copy your...
by Flash | Mar 20, 2025 | MIDI 101
The following represents a master list of MIDI controller messages. Not all devices use all available controllers, and some may use certain controllers for proprietary purposes. Refer to your Device MIDI Implementation Chart to confirm the use or non-use of the...
by Flash | Mar 10, 2025 | MIDI 101
In today's digital world, musicians have choices as to how they present their music in a live setting. The gamut can run from a 7 piece band playing all the parts to a one man show using backing tracks to complete the act. Backing Tracks are great for smaller acts to...
by Flash | Mar 10, 2025 | MIDI 101
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...
by Flash | Mar 9, 2025 | MIDI 101
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...
by Flash | Mar 7, 2025 | MIDI 101
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...
