by Flash | Feb 10, 2005 | For Musicians, MIDI 101
To get the real power out of the MIDI protocol for composing and reproducing music, you need additional software. A MIDI file is simply a file of all the commands needed to play a certain sequence of music. A PC can store these and then transmit them to MIDI...
by Flash | Dec 19, 2004 | MIDI 101
So what is this MIDI that started it all? MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a hardware/software combination. The hardware is a MIDI cable. The MIDI cable looks like a 5-pin cable, but it is not an ordinary 5-pin cable. It is specially...
by Bill Bernico | Aug 10, 2003 | MIDI 101
Before we talk about what MIDI is, let's talk about what MIDI is not. MIDI is not a word...it is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. When you see it spelled as midi, or midifile, the author is either a bad typist, or really doesn't understand what...
