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- May 5th, 2011
If you use MIDI and always wondered how - and why - it works, MIDI 101 is for you! Informative and entertaining, "MIDI Demystified" is a required tutorial for anyone looking to get the most out of their MIDI hardware and software.
This tutorial is written, narrated, and even animated (!) by veteran composer, keyboardist and synthesist Peter "Ski" Schwartz. Designed to "demystify" MIDI in an entertaining yet incredibly informative way, this 4-hour magnum-opus of MIDI will show you everything you've ever wanted to know about MIDI in your studio.
"MIDI Demystified" starts out with a detailed historical vignette taking MIDI from its humble beginnings through to its current state-of-the-art technology. Peter then investigates, explains and provides solutions to the many different MIDI situations that all musicians encounter in both live performance & in a studio setting.
Featuring dozens of animated MIDI signal-flow diagrams, live action footage, and beautiful images of the latest MIDI gear along with vintage MIDI devices, Peter explains the potentially dry subject of MIDI in a way that makes the learning process accessible and fun!
MIDI 101: MIDI Demystified is filled with all kinds of unexpected and informative surprises, and plenty of musical examples in a wide variety of styles. MIDI 101 teaches you everything there is to know about MIDI while keeping you entertained in the process!
So join Peter “Ski” Schwartz on his incredibly fun filled romp through the amazing, musically microscopic and meaningful world of MIDI.
For a full list of the topics covered, see the Tutorial Outline
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- Chapter 1: Welcome to MIDI 101
- 1: Welcome to MIDI 101
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02:28
1. Welcome
- Chapter 2: Introduction to MIDI
- 2: Introduction to MIDI
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03:27
2. Somewhere in MIDI-eval Europe… (a short film)
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02:42
3. Controllers, Sound Modules, Plugins, and other MIDI ...
- Chapter 3: Basic Concepts and Perspectives
- 3: Basic Concepts and Perspectives
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06:52
4. An Overview of MIDI Messages, and Perspectives on Wh...
- Chapter 4: Connecting MIDI Devices
- 4: Connecting MIDI Devices
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02:52
5. MIDI Connectors and Connections
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01:21
6. MIDI In, Out, and Thru
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02:10
7. The Golden Rule of Signal Flow
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03:22
8. MIDI Thru, in Detail
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05:00
9. Thru Boxes and Daisy-Chains
- Chapter 5: MIDI Channels & Omni Mode
- 5: MIDI Channels & Omni Mode
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02:58
10. MIDI Channels & Channel Voice Messages Primer
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03:26
11. Transmit and Receive Channels, and Applications Par...
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03:42
12. Transmit and Receive Channels, and Applications Par...
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03:29
13. Omni Mode
- Chapter 6: The Serial Nature of MIDI Messages
- 6: The Serial Nature of MIDI Messages
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03:38
14. The Serial Nature of MIDI Messages
- Chapter 7: Channel Voice Messages
- 7: Channel Message Structure
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04:22
15. The Message Structure of Channel Voice Messages
- 8: Note On and Note Off Messages
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06:42
16. Note On and Note Off Message Structure, Note Off Va...
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02:01
17. MIDI Note Numbers
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01:30
18. Note Off Handling in Percussion Controllers
- 9: Aftertouch (Mono and Poly)
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02:57
19. Basic Concepts (or, "A Guide to Making Music Using ...
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04:20
20. Comparison of Mono & Poly Aftertouch-based Effects
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05:45
21. Aftertouch: MIDI Message Structure (Mono and Poly)
- 10: Program Change
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05:14
22. Applications for Program Change Messages
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08:15
23. Program Change: Message Structure, and, the Dangers...
- 11: Pitch Bender
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07:25
24. Pitch Bender Message Basics
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04:12
25. Pitch Bend MSB and LSB
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02:26
26. Adjusting the Pitch Bend Range
- 12: Control Change Messages
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03:30
27. Introduction to Control Change Messages
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07:31
28. Message Structure, Continuous and Switch Controller...
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06:34
29. Controller Default Values and Compatibility
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02:32
30. Perspectives on Control Change Message Function
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07:42
31. CC's 7, 10, and 11
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04:37
32. CC's 0, 32, and 74
- Chapter 8: Multi-Timbral Instrumrnts
- 13: Multi-Timbral Instruments
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04:48
33. The Meaning of Multi-Timbral, and, Sequencing with ...
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06:51
34. Multi-Timbral Plugins
- Chapter 9: MIDI Interfaces, and MIDI & USB Compare...
- 14: MIDI Interfaces, and MIDI & USB Compared
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04:45
35. When and Why You'd Need One
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01:20
36. Connecting and Using USB Devices
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06:01
37. Comparing MIDI and MIDI-over-USB
- Chapter 10: MIDI Mergers
- 15: MIDI Mergers
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03:57
38. How Mergers Work
- Chapter 11: Sequencing
- 16: Sequencing
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03:37
39. Sequencing Using a DAW and a Multi-Timbral Sound Mo...
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06:48
40. "The Mind of MIDI" -- Thinking Through a More Compl...
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04:01
41. The Local Control
- Chapter 12: Multi-Channel Interfaces
- 17: Multi-Channel Interfaces
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07:30
42. Bringing it All Together: Combining MIDI Concepts a...
- Chapter 13: MIDI Synchronization
- 18: MIDI Synchronization
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03:16
43. Basic Concepts
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04:17
44. Master and Slave Devices
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04:06
45. Scenarios: Deciding on Which Device to use as the M...
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03:37
46. MIDI Clock in Detail
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04:10
47. MIDI Time Code (MTC)
- Chapter 14: Additional MIDI Messages
- 19: System Excludive Messages
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04:44
48. Sysex Primer and Bulk Dumps
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04:17
49. Recording Sysex Data (and why you'd want to do that...
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02:15
50. Recording Sysex Data, Part 2 (Sound Parameter Chang...
- 20: Active Sensing
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03:00
51. Annoying Blinking LED's
- Chapter 15: Tech Sector
- 21: Tech Sector
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05:29
52. All About Binary Numbers and Why We Have Only 128 V...
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02:03
53. Hexa-whatimal?
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05:29
54. The Importance of Reading MIDI Implementation Chart...
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