MiDi

[waggythegeek]

Firs off, did I do the caps right? second, what sort of expansion card do I need to get midi(MiDi? MIDI?) output/input?

[Enderman]

1. MIDI (/ˈmɪdi/; short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a protocol, digital interface and connectors and allows a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.

 

 

[creatip123]

Are you a musical guy?

 

Best way I can think of to describe it is, while a digital audio recording is the digital representative of the real sound recording, a midi file would be more like a music partiture sheets. It just contains instructions of 'play this instrument in this sequence, that one in that sequence, etc'. That's why midi files are incredibly small compared to digital recordings, because they just contain instructions.

 

Using that analogy above, say you go to an orchestra, and record them playing a song. You can bring the recording anywhere and it will sound the same. However, if you obtain the partiture sheets used, and bring it to another orchestra, it can and will sound different, because it's interpreted and played differently. 

 

Well, most probably you already know about this, just thought I'd put it here for the others. 

 

To play midi, you don't need anything. Windows got their own midi wavemapper to interpret midi files. To record midi, something like playing an electone keyboard and recording the midi into a PC, you'd need a midi interface. 

[waggythegeek]

Are you a musical guy?

 

Best way I can think of to describe it is, while a digital audio recording is the digital representative of the real sound recording, a midi file would be more like a music partiture sheets. It just contains instructions of 'play this instrument in this sequence, that one in that sequence, etc'. That's why midi files are incredibly small compared to digital recordings, because they just contain instructions.

 

Using that analogy above, say you go to an orchestra, and record them playing a song. You can bring the recording anywhere and it will sound the same. However, if you obtain the partiture sheets used, and bring it to another orchestra, it can and will sound different, because it's interpreted and played differently. 

 

Well, most probably you already know about this, just thought I'd put it here for the others. 

 

To play midi, you don't need anything. Windows got their own midi wavemapper to interpret midi files. To record midi, something like playing an electone keyboard and recording the midi into a PC, you'd need a midi interface. 

Can you recommend a cheap, basic midi interface that I can use for super basic stuff? Mostly interested for things like MuseScore and Note Block Studio.

[waggythegeek]

 

 

 

 

You sir, are on everything I post. Are you just determined to get me eternally in your debt? thanks

[Enderman]

You sir, are on everything I post. Are you just determined to get me eternally in your debt? thanks

lol i didnt notice i just reply to stuff that i know about

youre welcome

[VIhul]

If you're looking for a MIDI keyboard (aka controller), I'm partial to: http://www.m-audio.com/products/view/keystation-49es1#.VPvVefnF9x0