From how MIDI works, to how to connect devices through it, to how it integrates into a computer environment, MIDI Power!, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference guide to MIDI. The book provides an in-depth look at MIDI, its messages, and protocols, and the information necessary to navigate it with ease.
Readers learn when to use MIDI, how to edit MIDI, what technology uses MIDI, what software uses MIDI, and how MIDI is integrated into computers and what that implies for musicians, sound designers, and audio enthusiasts. MIDI Power!, Second Edition provides complete coverage of MIDI hardware and software, is suitable for both Mac and Windows platforms, and includes an accompanying CD-Rom with MIDI-specific movie tutorials from various software applications.
Chapter 1 The Basics
Chapter 2 Basic MIDI Messages
Chapter 3 Control Change Messages
Chapter 4 General MIDI and Standard MIDI Files
Chapter 5 MIDI Hardware Devices
Chapter 6 MIDI and the Computer
Chapter 7 MIDI Inside Your Computer
Chapter 8 Sequencing with MIDI
Chapter 9 MIDI Software: A Sound Creation Environment
Chapter 10 MIDI Software Applications
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