Abstract
MIDI (the Musical Instrument Digital Interface) has become a standard feature on electronic keyboard instruments. MIDI is a serial, current-loop, data transmission network that is a hardware and software standard maintained by the International MIDI Association (11857 Hartsook St., North Hollywood, California 91607 USA; telephone (818) 505-8964). MIDI has been designed to allow detailed control of keyboard instruments by other keyboard instruments or computers. The MIDI standard specifies coding for note-on, note-off, note velocity, key pressure, and other parameters related to musical keyboard playing. MIDI has 16 timedivision multiplexed channels, so that sixteen instruments can be individually accessed from one MIDI network. The 31.25 Kbaud signalling rate allows real-time control of these instruments. MIDI is a bidirectional network. Performance information can be generated by a keyboard instrument to be transcribed in computer memory or in a data file, but the most common application is the external control of an instrument by a sequencer or computer. Scores can be edited on a computer, a MIDI data list can be generated, and a composition can be heard in real time on a group of selected instruments.
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