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What is MIDI ?

   
 MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

MIDI is a protocol that permits digital devices to communicate with each other, provided they both support MIDI. An example would be using an electronic keyboard to write music onto a PC.

MIDI information tells a synthesizer, in its most basic mode, when to start and stop playing a specific note. Other information shared includes the volume and modulation of the note, if any.

MIDI information can also be more hardware specific. It can tell a synthesizer to change sounds, master volume, modulation devices, and even how to receive information.

In more advanced uses, MIDI information can indicate the starting and stopping points of a song or the metric position within a song.

More recent applications include using the interface between computers and synthesizers to edit and store sound information for the synthesizer on the computer.
 
   

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