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Appendix A : MIDI
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MIDI
This section gives you an overview of the MIDI
specification, and provides a list of the Patches and
Percussion sounds stored on SoundWave 32.
MIDI Overview
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a
serial communications protocol designed specifi-
cally for electronic music devices. MIDI (pronounced
"mid-ee") has revolutionized the composition, re-
cording, and performance processes by allowing
many instruments to be centrally-controlled like one
electronic orchestra. The MIDI Manufacturers Asso-
ciation (MMA) is responsible for the development
and evolution of MIDI.
MIDI contains instructions controlling how and when
devices like digital synthesizers produce sound. You
can think of MIDI as a sort of Postscript for music.
Postscript describes objects, rather than casting them
into bitmapped form. MIDI describes the elements
of the musical performance, rather than casting them
into the bitstreams of digital audio.
General MIDI
The SoundWave 32 supports the General MIDI wave
synthesis specification. General MIDI defines spe-
cific and predictable sounds for each of 128 program
locations. This allows composers and producers to
include program change commands in composi-
tions that will configure the timbres appropriately
for the tracks.
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