MIDI for the Professional

Paul D. Lehrman, Tim Tully, Robert Moog

MIDI for the Professional is an essential reference for the serious MIDI user. In this one volume you will find in-depth technical information along with the kind of expert creative advice and techniques that can help you get the most out of your MIDI equipment. Explanations in plain language along with practical examples and illustrations help you to resolve problems, experiment with new ways to use your equipment, and make informed decisions when it’s time to expand. Every category and type of MIDI device and software is examined clearly and con- cisely to provide the user with a complete familiarity and understanding. Included is a compre- hensive discussion of MIDI commands and messages right down to the bits-and-bytes level.

An invaluable sourcebook for anyone working with any MIDI setup—no matter how simple or how complex— MIDI for the Professional will be of great interest to composers, arrangers, performers, programmers, audio engineers and producers, music teachers and students, theatrical sound and lighting designers, filmmakers and video producers, and radio and television broadcasters.

Just a few of the fascinating topics covered in MIDI for the Professional...

algorithmic composers
algorithmic patch generation
CD-ROM
channelizers
computer add-on cards
data stream thinning
digital audio
drum machines
DTL
effects processors
experimental controllers
filters
FM digital synthesis
FSK
General MIDI
GS format
guitar controllers
high-level languages
HyperMIDI
jacks and cables
lighting controllers
mappers
MIDI Clocks
MIDI Show Control
MIDI Time Code
MIDI Transport Control
mixers
MMC systems
Multimedia PC
music theory
patch bays
patch editors
patch librarians
percussion controllers
perfomance maps
pitch convertors
post production
quantization
QuickTime
running status
sample editors
sample players
signal processors
SMDI
SMPTE
Song Position Pointer
Song Select Pointer
spiltters and mergers
Standard MIDI File format
synchronization
synths and samplers
System Exclusive
tempo maps
Thru boxes
time shifters
universal editor/librarians
wind controllers
and much, much more

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