week 5- daniel,samuel,sarah

MIDI is an abbreviation of Musical Instrument Digital Interface and it is a serial interface standard that allows connection for computers and musical instruments. The standard of a MIDI is based partly on both hardware and on a description of how music and sounds are encoded and communicated between MIDI devices. Most film and TV scores, as well as popular recorded music is written and performed using electronic keyboards and other MIDI-equipped musical instruments.

The benefits of MIDI are many because it is a tool that allows a convenient way to control the advanced music equipments very precisely. MIDI is a technology that represents music in digital form. Unlike other digital music technologies such as MP3 and CDs, MIDI messages contain individual instructions for playing each individual note of each individual instrument. So with MIDI it is actually possible to change just one note in a song, or to orchestrate and entire song with entirely different instruments. And since each instrument in a MIDI performance is separate from the rest, its easy to "solo" (listen to just one) individual instruments and study them for educational purposes, or to mute individual instruments in a song so that you can play that part yourself.

Another benefit is that if you got an original song idea in your head and want to have it performed, MIDI is the way to do it. All you need is a MIDI Sequencer, plus a MIDI instrument to enter notes with. (You can also use MIDI Notation software to place notes on a musical staff without playing them at all.) You can start with just a melody and then add backing chords, bass, and rhythm later, or add instruments in any order you like. If you make mistake, you can change it without having to play the part all over again. You can also make entire sections repeat without playing them again. And you can rearrange and reorchestrate your song as many times as you like.

Another one of its benefits is the MIDI Sequencer. It can record your works for listening at a later time, and even save your works in a Standard MIDI File format for playback on other MIDI systems