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Control Systems - MIDI Concepts
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Introduction
MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is a system of communication between computer-controlled musical instruments. It was developed originally for use with music synthesizers. MIDI allows one musical keyboard to transmit note on/off and other information to another musical device such as a synthesizer (Expander) to create sounds, or to a computer (Sequencer) for recording and playback. In the last few years, organ-builders have started adding MIDI capabilities to pipe organs. However, since MIDI was not originally designed for such a complex musical instrument as the pipe organ, you will find many divergent opinions among organ builders as to how, and what aspects of, MIDI should be applied to the pipe organ. Standards are still evolving.
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