Musical Instrument Digital Interface
ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INDUSTRY SPECIFICATION
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<
music, hardware, protocol, file format> (
MIDI /mi'-dee/,
/mee'-dee/) A
hardware specification and
protocol used to
communicate note and effect information between synthesisers,
computers, music keyboards, controllers, and other electronic
music devices. It is basically a high-speed
serial
connection with separate connections for
MIDI in,
MIDI out and
MIDI through (to allow devices to be chained).
The basic unit of information is a "note on/off" event which
includes a note number (pitch) and key velocity (loudness).
There are many other message types for events such as pitch
bend, patch changes and synthesizer-specific events for
loading new patches etc.
There is a file format for expressing
MIDI data which is like
a dump of data sent over a
MIDI port.
The
MIME type "audio/
midi" isn't actually registered so it
should probably be "audio/x-
midi".
Filename extension: .mid or .
midi
http://update.uu.se/Musical Instrument Digital Interfacevick/Coordinator.html.
Usenet newsgroups:
news:comp.music.midi,
news:alt.music.midi.
(1998-06-27)