How Midi Works

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ISBN: 9780634020834 | 0634020838
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/1/2001

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The revised 6th edition of this easy-to-use book is written in simple English and assumes no prior background with MIDI. Starting with the computer, How MIDI Works takes readers all the way through MIDI, sequencing and digital audio recording, and features chapter summary questions to ensure understanding. Topics covered include: the computer language of MIDI, controllers for keyboard operations, the mixing board within, hard disk audio recording, and many more. This text is a mainstay at colleges and universities across the nation.

An Acknowledgements Section Worth Reading

Outside the Music Industry

Inside the Music Industry

Biography

xiii

Preface: Failure Is Not An Option

(16)

Introduction: The Collision of Music and Technology

(1)

The significance of a 10,000 page manual

(1)

Four operational imperatives

(3)

The Three-Part Learning Path

(2)

Five stages for learning recording

(2)

Implementation

(1)

Application to hardware

(3)

Application to any MIDI keyboard

(1)

Application to the computer

(1)

But what about the music?

(1)

The false expectation

(1)

Learning curve imperatives

(1)

Expanding the system elements of the New Musical Instrument

(5)

The softsynth

(5)

Is hardware gear dead?

(1)

Are hardware samplers dead?

(1)

Parts of the recording system

(1)

Enter The Rocket Network

(1)

Merchandising the end result

(1)

Learning curves for your system

(1)

Questions For Review

(2)

The Computer: The Hub of Your Digital Audio Recording System

(12)

What you MUST understand about the computer

(1)

Operating systems

(2)

The monitor and video card

(1)

Dual hard drives

(1)

Mouse

(1)

Audio drivers

(3)

Creating a company digital audio system

(1)

Audio card types

(1)

Retailers and audio cards

(1)

MIDI interface

(1)

The CD ROM and the CD-R

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Questions For Review

(1)

Minimum System Requirements: What do they really mean?

(16)

Defining an audio track

(2)

The realistic and often unanswered question

(1)

Understanding RAM

(1)

Defining ``works''

(1)

Operating systems and RAM needs

(1)

Tracks and RAM

(1)

The importance of defining

(1)

Defining optimum

(2)

Audio cards

(1)

Befuddlement

(1)

Our studio experience summarized

(1)

Effects and managing system resources

(1)

The Motherboard

(2)

The processor

(1)

What about hard drives?

(1)

Video cards

(1)

The second monitor

(1)

The power supply

(1)

CD-RW

(1)

The closed PC system

(1)

Questions For Review

(2)

Audio Drivers & Audio Cards

(18)

Starting with audio drivers

(2)

Reality sets in

(1)

GigaSampler's GSIF

(1)

The audio driver charts

(1)

How to apply this information

(1)

The mini-Media Ventures set up a la the PC

(1)

Types of audio cards

(4)

Audio cards and digital mixing boards

(1)

Hybrid cards

(1)

Buying your analog mixing board

(2)

Recording options

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Questions For Review

(2)

Multiport MIDI Devices

(12)

What a multiport MIDI device is

(3)

Welcome to rocket science

101

(1)

What you need to know

102

(1)

Windows versions

103

(1)

Kinds of MIDI Interface Connections

104

(1)

The players

105

(1)

The important role of MIDI in your studio

106

(1)

Questions For Review

107

(2)

Specs for the Main Sequencing/Digital Audio Programs

109

(6)

Summation

111

(1)

Other specs considerations

112

(1)

Other factors

113

(1)

Re: The Mac

113

(1)

Questions For Review

114

(1)

The Off-the-Shelf Computer

115

(4)

Conclusion

117

(1)

Questions For Review

118

(1)

Parts of the MIDI Keyboard

119

(12)

The basic parts of the MIDI keyboard

119

(1)

Operational procedures

120

(3)

Internal mixing board

123

(1)

How many mixing boards you actually use

124

(4)

A programmable effects unit

128

(1)

Sequencer

128

(1)

The drum machine

129

(1)

Conclusion

129

(1)

Questions For Review

130

(1)

Early Vocabulary in the Language of MIDI

131

(12)

MIDI language dealing with keystrokes

132

(3)

Making music with velocity

135

(2)

Length or duration

137

(1)

Length/Duration: right or wrong

138

(3)

Aftertouch

141

(1)

Questions For Review

142

(1)

MIDI Data Flow

143

(8)

What MIDI means

143

(1)

MIDI jacks (or ports)

143

(1)

MIDI cables

144

(1)

How MIDI data flows

145

(1)

Connecting one MIDI keyboard to another

146

(1)

Connecting two or more MIDI keyboards together in a daisy chain

146

(1)

Connecting two or more MIDI keyboards together with the computer

147

(1)

Connecting one MIDI keyboard to a computer

148

(1)

The next step

149

(1)

Questions For Review

150

(1)

Understanding MIDI Channels & More Advanced Connection Set Ups

151

(10)

Understanding MIDI channels

151

(2)

Daisy chain math

153

(1)

The multiport MIDI interface

153

(6)

Samplers and extra MIDI channels

159

(1)

Networks

160

(1)

Conclusion

160

(1)

Questions For Review

160

(1)

MIDI Control Changes

161

(28)

Making changes

162

(4)

Control changes

166

(1)

Control changes that implement desired musical effects

167

(1)

Dynamic and stereo placement effects

167

(1)

Piano pedals

168

(1)

Control changes implementing musical effects

169

(3)

Dynamic & stereo placement control changes

172

(1)

Controllers for piano pedal emulation

173

(3)

How do you assign them?

176

(3)

Controllers that concern keyboard operations and features

179

(3)

System messages

182

(1)

System exclusive

183

(2)

The pitch bend wheel

185

(1)

MIDI controllers that affect sonic features

186

(1)

Questions For Review

187

(2)

Bytes and Bits

189

(10)

Yes and No

189

(1)

Bits, bytes and words

190

(1)

Two different MIDI bytes

191

(2)

One byte at a time

193

(3)

There are two different types of status bytes: channel and system

196

(1)

Questions For Review

197

(2)

Other MIDI Controllers

199

(10)

Keyboard controllers

199

(2)

MIDI wind controllers

201

(4)

MIDI violins

205

(1)

MIDI guitar controllers

206

(1)

MIDI drum pads

207

(1)

Questions For Review

208

(1)

Hearing Your MIDI Equipment

209

(14)

Back of the keyboard or rack unit

209

(1)

GigaStudio and audio cards

209

(1)

Audio cables: the first tools of hookup

210

(1)

Jacks and cables

210

(3)

Where these cables connect on the BR-8

213

(1)

Speaker cable

214

(1)

How audio connections work for one MIDI keyboard

215

(1)

Hearing two or more MIDI keyboards

216

(1)

Audio Cards, keyboards and mixing boards

217

(1)

Using the Alesis ADAT

218

(1)

The professional amp and monitor speakers

219

(3)

Questions For Review

222

(1)

Audio Connections for the MIDI Project Studio

223

(14)

Connecting to the Mackie board

223

(1)

System 1 - analog

224

(1)

System 1 - digital

225

(1)

System 1 - ADAT

226

(2)

Master Systems

228

(9)

Basics of Signal Flow for the Analog Mixing Board

237

(24)

Organization of an analog board

237

(1)

Channel input/output

238

(2)

Master I/O section

240

(4)

Back panel

244

(1)

The channel strips

245

(1)

Channel strips from the top -> down

246

(1)

The fader section

247

(10)

Understanding busing

257

(3)

260

(1)

Questions For Review

260

(1)

Signal Flow Between the Mixing Board and the Sequencer

261

(10)

First issues

261

(1)

Virtual instruments

262

(1)

Second issues

262

(3)

What executes the mix inside the sequencer

265

(1)

Executing at the mixing board

266

(1)

Pre-mixing

266

(2)

Mixing within the track

268

(1)

Working out the blends

269

(1)

Conclusion

269

(1)

Questions For Review

270

(1)

How to Sequence

271

(28)

Procedures

271

(2)

Insert time signature

273

(1)

Insert time signatures

274

(1)

Insert multiple tempos

275

(1)

Set the key (in the notation window)

276

(1)

Decide PPQN

277

(1)

Insert markers

278

(1)

Set click

278

(3)

Set record for either overdub or overwrite

281

(1)

Record

282

(1)

Perform

283

(1)

Stop record/rewind/listen

283

(1)

Rerecord until ``correct''

283

(1)

Repeat until all lines are in

284

(1)

Edit

284

(1)

Where you edit

285

(2)

Editing pitches in a group

287

(4)

Insert crescendos/decrescendos and other continuous MIDI controllers

291

(5)

Non-destructive editing from the arrange window

296

(2)

Word processing features

298

(1)

Conclusion

298

(1)

Questions For Review

298

(1)

GigaStudio & Signal Flow

299

(34)

What GigaStudio is

299

(3)

Three versions

302

(1)

Connections for one PC - analog

303

(1)

Connections with one PC - digital

304

(1)

One PC with two AD/DA converters

305

(1)

One PC, three AD/DAs

306

(1)

Set up with two PCs, Mac or Windows

307

(1)

Two computers - digital/analog

308

(1)

Monster studio with 24 outs from GigaStudio

309

(1)

Are 24 audio outs overkill?

310

(4)

Getting inside GigaStudio - hardware routings

314

(1)

Audio signal flow in GigaStudio

315

(1)

Overview

316

(1)

Masters in GigaStudio 160

316

(1)

Aux buses

317

(8)

Port 1 MIDI Mixer

325

(3)

Why sequencing is recording

328

(1)

Sequencing with GigaStudio

329

(1)

How Much Power

330

(1)

Conclusion

331

(1)

Questions For Review

332

(1)

Audio/Virtual Instruments and Their Signal Flow

333

(20)

The VST plug-ins folder

333

(1)

Power requirements

334

(1)

Bringing up the soft instrument in Cubase

335

(6)

Emagic Logic

341

(6)

About recording

347

(1)

Steps to recording

348

(4)

Conclusion

352

(1)

Questions For Review

352

(1)

Samplitude, Vegas, ADATs & Roland

353

(24)

Samplitude 2496

355

(11)

Vegas

366

(3)

Alesis ADATs

369

(1)

The Roland VS Series

370

(4)

Syncing - that dreaded word

374

(2)

Choices

376

(1)

Questions For Review

376

(1)

Steps to Recording

377

(6)

Operational recording steps

379

(3)

So what's next?

382

(1)

Questions For Review

382

(1)

Conclusion: Where's It All Going?

383

(2)

Appendix 1: More Soft Instruments

385

(10)

Native Instruments

385

(7)

Soft Instruments within Cubase

392

(2)

The new DXi standard

394

(1)

Appendix 2: Effect Plug-Ins

395

(1)

Reverb

395

(3)

Compressors

398

(2)

400

(2)

Remember

402

(1)

Conclusion

402

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