MIDI

Question 1

What is MIDI?

Answer 1

It is a technical standard that allows for a wide range of electronic musical instruments and computers to communicate with each other

Question 2

How does MIDI work?

Answer 2

It uses a MIDI controller to send and receive event messages to each device

Question 3

What are some of the event messages?

Answer 3

1. Duration of note
2. Pitch
3. Volume change
4. Vibrato
5. Tempo synchronisation

Question 4

What are the advantages of MIDI?

Answer 4

1. Uses far less disk space
2. Easy to manipulate to individual instruments
3. One MIDI artist can take the place of an orchestra