MIDI - Posted on 2017-03-13 by Corrine Selden

Here are a few higlights from what I learned about MIDI in Chapter 16:

• MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
• A working version of the MIDI protocol was presented by Dave Smith and Chet Wood at the 1981 AES Convention. 
• Velocity refers to the force by which a given note is struck. 
• Control voltage is a method of control for electronic instruments which predate MIDI. 
• A typical MIDI signal contains note start/stop, note number, and velocity. 
• Polyphony refers to the ability to play more than one note at a time.
• Create an instrument track to start recording immediately with a software synthesizer (virtual instrument).
• Moving MIDI notes vertically in the MIDI Editor alters notes values and/or pitches. 
• Reduce the 'robotic' feel of quantized MIDI recordings through quantize amount, velocity, and swing. 
• Easily create a patch from any existing audio in Structure Free by dragging audio from the Finder window. 
• MIDI clips do not contain audio. 
• The three built-in software instruments included in Pro Tools are: Structure, XPand, and Boom. 
• The Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 and the Roland Jupiter-6 were the two synthesizers involved at the first public MIDI connection at the 1983 Winter NAMM Show.