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What is MIDI? A Guide to Understanding MIDI

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Have you ever pondered the question, “What is MIDI?”, we find out about the different aspects of MIDI and where they come into play...

MIDI or Music Instrument Digitial Interface is a communication protocol that allows hardware devices and instruments to interact with one another. Developed in the early 1980s, the concept of a standardized language was first proposed by Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi and then implemented with Dave Smith.

Although it’s hard to believe that manufacturers like Roland, Moog, Sequential Circuits, and Oberheim agreed on this format together, this was the collaborative landscape of music technology in the 1980s. Nevertheless, MIDI became an essential part of music production, allowing a wide range of instruments to be controlled from a central sequencing unit...

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