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| This is it-the big one.Undoubtedly the most significant factor in the development of modern keyboards,MIDI is now fitted as standard on practically all new professional instruments,as well as many effects units,sequencers,and even guitar,wind instruments,computers and mixers.Developed by a consortium led by Roland,Sequential Circuits and Yamaha,the Musical Instrument Digital Interface allows different instrruments to exchange musical information.Based on standard 5-pin DIN sockets,MIDI may not |
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| astonishingly fast,but it's cheap to inplement and is flexible enough for most applications.MIDI doesn't transmit sounds;it transmits little packets of binary code.Interpreted by the instrument's microprocessor chips,MIDI can be used to control which notes are played,when,how loud,using what sound,with what performance effects and so on.MIDI can handle up to sixteen simultaneous 'channels'.An instrument set to respond to ANY channel is said to be in OMNI mode.If it will only respond to ONE |
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| specified channel,it's in POLY mode.If it will respond to several specified channel,it's in MONO mode.Most MIDI instruments include MIDI IN,OUT and THRU sockets.Accessories such as THRU boxes,MIDI data filters,merge boxes and stage boosters allow most of the limitations of MIDI to be overcome without much trouble.Because MIDI can also be used to transmit samples,sound patches,mixer settings,and many other kinds of information,it's often used in studio systems in conjunction with music software |
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| for sequencing,sound editing or scorewritting,running on a personal computer such as the Atari ST,Apple Macintosh or IBM PC-compatible. |
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