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| After a slow start in the early 1980s, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) has progressed to the point where it now dominates some aspects of electronic music making. It is now an area of electronic music that few can afford to ignore. Many potential users are put off by the technicalities associated with MIDI, but it is not essential to understand the precise way in which MIDI functions in order to use it effectively. In fact many everyday users of MIDI have little idea of how it does what it does. |
| With the aid of this book, those with no previous knowledge of MIDI will learn how to: |
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Connect up a MIDI system that will suit their |
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Exploit MIDI modes and channels, for both |
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'live' performances and sequencing |
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Use the various message types that provide |
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communications between units in their MIDI |
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Distinguish between MIDI messages that are |
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worth exploiting and those which are of no |
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Use the basic MIDI timing and |
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synchronisation facilities |
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Exploit MIDI filtering, transposition, and other |
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'extras' that are built into many instruments |
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Interpret a MIDI implementation chart |
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Avoid problems with MIDI 'choke', and how to |
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troubleshoot when minor problems occur |
| In fact, this book covers everything you need to know in order to put together a MIDI system and use it effectively. |
| 1993. 95 pages. 178 x 111mm, illustrated. British book. |
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