MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface- a standard electronic code widely used and was introduced in 1983. It enables electronic musical instruments, computers and other digital equipment to communicate, control and synchronize among devices.
MIDI is a device that transfers digital data and information that creates and allow the right pitch or intensity of a musical note to be played. It also sets musical tempo by transmitting data to control signals for the volume, vibrato, panning, cues and clock signals.
MIDI has a very successful device and is still widely used today ever since its inception in the year 1983.
One of the many benefits of using MIDI is its compatibility. It is said in Wikipedia.org that by the end of the 1970s musical devices were becoming highly popular; however because of the many different manufacturers devices were not compatible with one another. MIDI in a way solved this problem as it was proposed in 1981 as a standard to the Audio Engineering Society and ever since then it has been a standardized format for audio. Because MIDI does not transmit an audio signal but instead transmits digital data and information, it is therefore smaller and will therefore save hard disc space for users.
Another benefit is that MIDI also allows other devices such as computers, sound cards, synthesizers, etc. to control one another and exchange system data. This has therefore given users flexibility in playing and experimenting until they get the desired sound.
MIDI is best used to create its sound element. MIDI is an attractive procedure not only for composers or performers, but also for computer applications which produce sound, such as multimedia presentations or computer games.
When a MIDI instrument is attached to the computer through this interface, it allows the computer to save digital information about what is being played. What is actually saved as the MIDI file is the information which is actually not accurate music. Then when your computer "plays" the file, it is reading the original information that was generated from the instrument to recreate the sounds through the computer's own synthesizer. MIDI sounds will not include any type of vocal track or singing of actual words (lyrics) because they are recreating the instrumental tones that the original MIDI instrument generated.
MIDI-driven synthesizers are a great tool in hand and it eases all complication. Therefore it will continue to be an important component for sound generation devices and multimedia applications.
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