MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI)
SOPHIE WU
HISTORY
• 1982, DAVE SMITH MET IKUTARO KAKEHASHI
• 1983, THE MIDI 1.0 SPECIFICATION
• DIGITAL MUSIC
3 PARTS• THE MESSAGE
Status Byte Data Byte 1 Data Byte 2 Message
1000nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note Off
1001nnnn 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.
