MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI)

SOPHIE WU

HISTORY

• 1982, DAVE SMITH MET IKUTARO KAKEHASHI• 1983, THE MIDI 1.0 SPECIFICATION• DIGITAL MUSIC

MIDI WHAT?• TECHNICAL STANDARD• MMA• MIDI COMMITTEE OF AMEI

3 PARTS• THE MESSAGE

Status Byte Data Byte 1 Data Byte 2 Message

1000nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note Off1001nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note On

1010nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0ppppppp Poly Key Pressure

1011nnnn 0ccccccc 0vvvvvvv Controller Change

1100nnnn 0ppppppp [none] Program Change

1101nnnn 0ppppppp [none] Channel Pressure

1110nnnn 0fffffff 0ccccccc Pitch Bend

3 PARTS

• THE HARDWARE• THE FORMAT

SHORTCOMINGS

• SERIAL TRANSMISSIONS

USING MIDI

• USER FRIENDLY• APPLICATIONS• DIGITAL MUSICAL INSTURMENTS

OTHER USES

• THEATRE• CONCERTS• MIDI MAZE• IRIG MIDI

FUTURE?

• TV SHOWS• CLUBS• DJ’S

• LIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT

REFERANCES• "MIDI MAZE." MIDI MAZE. PRINCETON.EDU, 2011. WEB. 4 APR. 2013.•  "NOW GO MOBILE WITH YOUR FAVORITE MIDI DEVICES." IK MULTIMEDIA RSS. IK MULTIMEDIA

PRODUCTION, 2013. WEB. 4 APR. 2013.• CHADABE, JOEL. ELECTRIC SOUND: THE PAST AND PROMISE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. UPPER SADDLE

RIVER, NJ: PRENTICE HALL, 1997. PRINT.

• HASS, JEFFREY. "INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER MUSIC: VOLUME ONE." CHAPTER THREE: HOW MIDI WORKS. INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 2010. WEB. 4 APR. 2013.•  HECKROTH, JIM. "MIDI & MUSIC SYNTHESIS." MIDI & MUSIC SYNTHESIS. CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.,

1995. WEB. 4 APR. 2013.•  SWIFT, ANDREW. "A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO MIDI." A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO MIDI. URPRISE (IMPERIAL

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE), MAY-JUNE 1997. WEB. 4 APR. 2013.