MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technology that allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other by sending and receiving performance information. MIDI data can be transmitted between MIDI-compatible musical instruments or saved as a file for later playback.
This document provides an introduction to MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), explaining how it allows electronic musical instruments to communicate performance information. It details how MIDI captures actions like key presses and pedal usage, converting them into digital data that can be transmitted or saved for playback.
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
There are sixteen MIDI channels, numbered 1 through 16.
MIDI messages are divided into Channel messages and System messages.