I've spent the last three days trying to write a simple piece of software that translates specified MIDI messages into Open Sound Control messages. I'm very new at this, so I decided to code it in ...

In this installment of our tour of Linux MIDI software, we look at some experimental MIDI music-making environments. I've divided this class of software into command-line and GUI-based applications.

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AI-driven software is accelerating how producers create, edit, and arrange MIDI, merging classic programming with real-time automation. From MSN’s guidance on realistic drum sequencing to integrated ...

This application note demonstrates how to transmit and receive MIDI data from the Z8F1680 MCUs UART module into a host PC or MIDI program. It presents the two modes of operation of MIDI, the ...

We’ve come a long way in our use of MIDI. When the standard was introduced in the 1980s, getting different instruments made by different manufacturers to communicate with each other was a huge step ...

In this installment of my survey of Linux MIDI software, I profile various MIDI utilities, some of which have become indispensable components in my own Linux MIDI studio. System Exclusive Messages and ...

Others go in the opposite direction, naively and over-confidently penning beats that at best would require five or six limbs to actually play, and at worst come across as mad and unconvincing, even to ...