MIDI is a powerful tool in the audio professional's tool kit. From creating demos to orchestrating movie scores, MIDI is used in every recording studio around the world. Much like the paper in a player piano, it is used to control the performance of virtual instruments. Author Sam McGuire takes you from the very beginning of MIDI and introduces the basic concepts needed to use MIDI for a variety of tasks. While Logic Studio is used as a basis for the exploration of MIDI, other sequencers are introduced and topics are principle based so that you will be able to work with MIDI on a number of different software workstations.
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Introduction
Course Overview
MIDI
Introduction to MIDI
Where is MIDI Available pt. 1
Where is MIDI Available pt. 2
Startup Settings
Recording MIDI
Input Devices
Quantization
Groove Quantize
Step Input pt. 1
Step Input pt. 2
Editing MIDI
Standard Tools
Data Views
Instruments pt. 1
Instruments pt. 2
Exporting MIDI
Continuous Controllers
What are CCs?
Drawing in Control Data
MIDI Mapping with Control Surface
Real-time Controller Entry
Using MIDI Live
General Information
Standalone Plugins
Mainstage
Conclusion
Wrap Up
About the Author