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MIDI and Music Education: Expanding Access and Engagement Worldwide

Written by The MIDI Association on . Posted in MIDI Association Event List, MIDI In Music Education, MIDI News, NAMM.

Date: Youtube Premier On Saturday May 31, 2025

Event: MIDI In Music Education Working Group Presentation and Webinar

The MIDI Association will host an education-focused webinar, bringing together music educators, industry leaders, and students to discuss new initiatives and expand engagement with MIDI in education globally.

Featured Participants

  • Dr. Lee Whitmore – Focusrite Group, MIDI Association Executive Board Member
  • Jennifer Amaya – Riverside City College, Coyle School of the Arts
  • Isaac De La Mora – SAE Institute Mexico
  • Athan Billias – The MIDI Association

Agenda Highlights

  • Introduction of the new MIDI Association charitable programs
  • Launch of a MIDI education materials grant program
  • Showcase of music education efforts at Riverside City College
  • Call to action for deeper involvement in the Association’s working groups

Webinar Chapters and Key Moments

1. Introduction by Dr. Lee Whitmore (00:00:03)

Dr. Whitmore welcomed attendees and introduced the goals of the meeting, emphasizing the importance of industry-educator collaboration.

2. Webinar Agenda Overview (00:01:12)

The agenda focused on new MIDI education programs and projects like Riverside City College’s music tech initiatives.

3. Launch of New Education Materials (00:02:58)

New MIDI education resources were announced, developed in collaboration with SAE Institute Mexico, aiming to increase accessibility and inclusivity.

4. Curriculum Development with Isaac De La Mora (00:04:30)

Isaac De La Mora shared progress on a bilingual (English and Spanish) MIDI curriculum tailored for Latin American educators.

5. A Global Distribution Platform (00:05:32)

The MIDI Association is partnering with Coursera to distribute these educational resources globally, reinforcing the importance of multilingual support.

6. Educator Engagement and Bilingual Access (00:08:16)

Flexible integration into existing curriculums was discussed, alongside strategies to reach educators and students in Latin America.

7. Riverside City College’s NAMM Involvement (00:11:15)

Jennifer Amaya highlighted student participation in the NAMM Show and their upcoming associate’s degree in music industry studies.

8. Student Roles and Real-World Experience (00:16:56)

Students took hands-on roles at NAMM, including booth management and performance—providing invaluable industry exposure.

9. Event Challenges and Coordination (00:18:40)

Jennifer described challenges in logistics and coordination with Yamaha and other partners—valuable learning moments for students.

10. Reflections and Future Planning (00:22:46)

Looking ahead, the group discussed ideas for MIDI-related competitions and further integration of student engagement in future events.

11. Global Perspective with Athan Billias (00:26:38)

Athan shared the MIDI Association’s mission to democratize music education through global partnerships and open-access resources.

12. Call to Action (00:27:10)

Dr. Whitmore and Athan closed the webinar with a call for broader involvement in MIDI’s educational working groups and outreach projects.

Get Involved

Educators, developers, and institutions are invited to contribute to MIDI’s educational mission. Whether through curriculum design, language translation, or local outreach, your participation can help broaden the reach of music technology education around the world.

Visit: MIDI In Music Education Special Interest Group to learn more and join the MIDI in Education community.

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MIDI Association Presentations on the Music China 2024 X Stage

Written by The MIDI Association on . Posted in MIDI Association Event List, MIDI In Music Education, MIDI Innovation Awards, MIDI News, MIDI Stories, Music Accessibility Standard, Music China, The MIDI Association Special Interest Groups.

Music China and the Chinese Musical Instrument Association (CMIA) have really stepped up their support for MIDI and digital music making and right next to The MIDI Association booth was the X Stage where we did a number of presentations over the course of 4 days.

Brian Hardgroove and Sennheiser Immersive Audio Presentation

Because of a long standing relationship, Sennheiser supported Brian Hardgroove’s appearance at Music China’s opening performance. He also did the first presentation on the X Stage next to The MIDI Association. Brian along with IMAC advisory board member Nevin Domer (who ran a punk record label in China and speaks fluent Mandarin) and Zhao Yajun, engineering specialist for Sennheiser presented a talk on the X Stage. Brian focused on the process of cross border, cross cultural communication in working on songs with Bian and Kong and Zhao Yajun focused on Sennheiser products particularly the HD490 Pro headphones.

The MIDI Association had worked with Music China and Sennheiser so people could come to The MIDI Association booth and register to receive a copy of a song written by Brian which featured Bian on Erhu and Kong on piano and also enter a drawing to win a pair of headphones.

This really helped us increase traffic at the MIDI Association booth.

MIDI Innovation Awards and Chinese Users Choice Awards Presentation

Finalists in the MIDI Innovation Awards were invited to participate in Synthefest UK 2024 , Music China 2024 and NAMM 2025. Here is an article we did Synth Fest UK on the event and a picture of from the event itself.

Boaz from Arcana Instruments Strum, Jean Baptiste Thiebaut from The MIDI Innovation Awards and Andrej Kobal from seqMPEror.

At Music China we had a great panel and participation by several of the winners and finalists. Here is the promotional video we created to promote the event at Music China.

MIDI Innovation Awards and Chinese Users Choice Awards

Finalists in the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards were also entered into the Chinese Users Choice Awards where Music China promoted the products in China and users were able to vote for their favorites.

Audio Modeling won both the MIDI Innovation Awards in the non commercial software category and the Chinese Users Choice Awards. We covered this in our article The MIDI Association At Music China 2024

This picture shows the ranking of the Chinese Users Choice Award winners.

The Chinese User Choice Awards winners

There were a lot of MIDI Innovation Award finalists and winners at Music China including Audio Modeling, Arcana Strum, Party Maker and Flex Accordion.

Audio Modeling explains the UniMIDI Hub at Music China
Haim Kairy holds the Arcana Strum
Haim Kairy holds up the Arcana Strum at the Music Accessibility panel at Music China 2024
Particle Shrine Video at Music China
Flex Accordion and Party Maker performance
Party Maker and Flex Accordian
Party Maker and Flex Accordion
Party Maker
MusicX Stage Music Innovation Awards Presentation

Music Accessibility Presentation

Above is the promotional video we created to promote the event at Music China.

The Music Accessibility presentation at the X Stage featured two 2024 MIDI Innovation Award winners. Arcana Instruments won in the Commercial Hardware category for the Arcana Strum and Audio Modelingwon in the non-commercial software category for UniMIDIHub.

In addition to the MIDI Innovation Award winners, we invited two of brand ambassadors and a special guest, Liang Ge from Kong Audio . He showed up several minutes before the start of the presentation because he was interested in music accessibility. His company develops virtual instruments covering modern and ancient Chinese instruments as well as western orchestral instruments.

His English is great so we roped him into being the translator for the Music Accessibility presentation at the very last minute. Thanks to Kong Audio for their support.

Liang Ge from Kong Audio
Haim Kairy with Arcana Strum

MIDI In Music Education Presentation

With all the support we got last year from Xinghai Conservatory of Music and this year from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, we know that MIDI In Music Education is going to be an important topic in China in the future.

Zhao Yitian and Athan Billias from the MIDI Association executive board gave visitors to Music China an update on our plans to release a MIDI curriculum created by SAE Mexico and encouraged Chinese universities to translate our documents into Chinese.

MusicX stage MIDI in Music Education Music China 2024

In our next article, we’ll cover the 4 hour MIDI Forum that Music China arranged for Saturday, October 12, 2024.

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Innovation meets Education

Written by The MIDI Association on .

Our goal is ensuring that every professional or aspiring musician, producer, artist and manufacturer has free access to our comprehensive suite of educational MIDI content.

This curriculum, designed to bridge cultures and languages, will be accessible in both English and Spanish. It’s tailored not just for an academic audience across secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional institutes, but also for the dedicated staff of manufacturers and resellers, marking a significant stride towards a global standard in music technology and digital arts education.

Orchestra seen from above.

Orchestral Articulation Profile NAMM 2024

Written by Athan Billias on .

There are many orchestral sample libraries in the market, and they are essential for film scoring, game audio, studio, and live MIDI applications. These orchestral libraries have many kinds of articulations.  

For example, a string library might have a different set of samples for every articulation including marcato, staccato, pizzicato, etc.

However, there is no industry standard method-the method for selecting these different articulations has been different for each developer.  Many developers use notes at the lower end of the MIDI note range for “key switching”, but the actual keys used are different between different developers. Some developers use CC messages to switch between articulations, but again there is no industry wide consistency. Some plugin formats now have the ability for per note selection of articulations, but again the method for inputting that data is different for different applications. 

It is the goal of the MIDI-CI Profile for Note On Orchestral Articulation to provide a consistent way to encode articulation information directly in the MIDI 2.0 Note On message, using the Attribute Type and Attribute Data fields.

In arriving at this Profile, a study was made of orchestral instrument families, choir, big band instruments, guitar, keyboard instruments, and various non-western instruments to evaluate the degree to which they share common performance attributes and sound production techniques. Notation symbols and performance indications were also considered to determine, for example, how successfully a violin note marked with a trill might result in a musically meaningful or analogous articulation when the part is copied to an instrument as far afield as timpani—all without the composer having to re-articulate the timpani part, at least initially.

The Profile provides a comprehensive yet concise system of articulation mapping that includes a wide palette of articulation types and supports articulation equivalence across eight instrument categories.

The Profile was designed to offer articulation equivalence — a system of articulation mapping that allows a passage articulated for one instrument to be copied to another track and playedplay back with an equivalent or analogous articulation, regardless of the target instrument type.

When implemented by sample library developers, the Profile will greatly aid composers in highly significant ways.

First, it will simplify the process of substituting or layering sounds from the same or different sample libraries; Second, it will allow composers to quickly audition and orchestrate unison passages by copying an articulated part to other tracks and hear them to play back with equivalent or analogous articulations.

Join us on Youtube for The Orchestral Articulation Profile at NAMM 2024.

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The MIDI In Music Education Initiative Moves Forward

Written by The MIDI Association on . Posted in MIDI In Music Education, The MIDI Association Special Interest Groups.

SAE Studio Scene

The MIDI Association Selects SAE Mexico to create a MIDI Curriculum

Starting in 2021, Athan Billias (MIDI Association President), Denis Labrecque (former MIDI Association Exec Board member) , and Lee Whitmore (MIDI Association Board Member and Treasurer)  initiated biweekly meetings of the MIDI Association MIDI in Music Education (MIME) Special Interest Group. 

The group includes various MIDI users and stakeholder types associated with music, audio, and education, from academia, manufacturers, retailers, and other thought leaders.

The MIME Special Interest Group has discussed and worked on topics including:

  • A definition of MIDI users in education and their needs
  • A MIDI curriculum outline given the rollout of MIDI 2.0
  • Ideas and a draft for proposal to the board for a MIDI skills certification program

Regular Participants – In addition Athan, Denis, and Lee, the following are among
organizations’ representatives that regularly participate in the MiME Special Interest Group:

  • 1500 Sound Academy, CA
  • Belmont University, TN
  • Columbia University
  • Florida State University
  • Full Sail University, FL
  • Guitar Center
  • Indiana University
  • Musicians Institute, CA
  • Next Point Training (Avid Certification)
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Riverside City College
  • Romeo Music, Dallas
  • SAE Institutes Latin America
  • Sweetwater
  • Tufts University, MA
  • And Many More 
Lee Whitmore, Chair of the MIDI IN Music Education working group

Lee is the VP of Education for Focusrite and has previously held positions as Berklee’s Vice President for education outreach and social entrepreneurship, and also as the inaugural executive director for the Grammy Music Education Coalition so he is a perfect fit as the Special Interest Group chair.

The MIDI in Music Education Charter 

The MIME Working Group developed a charter to establish a concrete set of goals. 

To raise awareness about MIDI in education at schools (secondary, college and university, and pro schools), and for manufacturer and reseller staff members. Current work includes:

  • Establishment of standardized, readily/publicly available content (text/video/modules) for use on MIDI.org, to be added to college courses, more; and,
  • Creation, launch, and actively manage of a MIDI certification program (perhaps a couple levels, general, MIDI 1 and 2, for coding, etc.).

Motivation behind (benefit to the market) of addressing this topic:

  • Teaching of MIDI is fragmented and there is no standardized curriculum
  • We need to explain the benefits of MIDI 2.0 and how it works to music educators.
  • The MIDI Association is the central repository for information on the latest developments in MIDI.
  • In a recent survey our MIDI Association Corporate members identified educators as a key segment to reach out to.
Paul Lehrman

Paul Lehrman from Tufts University and former MIDI Association Executive Board member drafted a proposed MIDI Curriculum. 

Core Curriculum 

First Course: Introduction to MIDI

Module I –  What is MIDI?

  • What can MIDI be used for?
    • Musical instruments, mixing and processing, live performance, education, synchronization, robotics, stage mechanics, multimedia, toys, web, personal electronics
  • MIDI History: Pre-MIDI (Voltage Control, Digital Control)
    • Original use of MIDI was to have one keyboard control several instruments, has gone way beyond that
  • Benefits of Digital (vs. Analog) Instruments
    • Control, memory, reproducibility

Module II – MIDI Setups

  • MIDI signal flow and connectivity, live and studio
  • Local control, MIDI In/Out/Thru
  • Device-to-device, device-to-computer, inside computer

Module III – Composing with MIDI

  • Sequencing:
    • Basic Operation of Hardware, Software
    • Tracks/Channels, Data Editing, Data Manipulation, Step Time, Quantizing, etc.
  • Editing
    • Graphic, Numerical, and Notation 
  • Looping, Clips
  • Tempo Map: Time Fitting and Scaling
    • Bouncing MIDI tracks

Module IV – The MIDI Specification

  • Serial data protocol, Bits and Bytes
  • MIDI Connections: DIN, USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, iOS, Web MIDI
    • Thru Jacks, mergers and splitters, Computer interface
  • MIDI Commands: Command/Status Byte, Data Bytes, Program Change
    • Channels, Notes, Controllers, Modes, and System Messages

Second Course, Advanced MIDI

Module V – MIDI Products

  • Hardware:
    • Instruments, modules, controllers
  • Software:
    • Softsynths, DAWs, Plugin Formats, Max/PD, OSC

Module VI –  MIDI files and General MIDI

  • SMF, GM, GM2, GM extensions, DLS
  • General MIDI devices

Module VII – Advanced Topics

Clocking, MTC, Tuning, SysEx, RP and NRP, MPE, Sample Dump

Module VIII – Other applications

  • Games
  • Robotics
  • MIDI Show Control, museums, multimedia

MIDI 2.0 Topics

(This information can be integrated into any of the above modules. i.e. Each section above could include a “MIDI 2.0 Implications” section )

  • Expanded control and data bytes
  • Two-way communication
  • Property Exchange/CI
  • PROFILES
  • Backwards compatibility

Topic Based Courses

Course A: MIDI for Music Creation

  • Using physical controllers—alternative control surfaces
  • Combining hardware and software synths
  • Synth programming
  • Synth control
  • Plug-ins control
  • MIDI clocks-synchronization
  • Looping and clips
  • Bouncing
  • Mixing

Course track B: MIDI for audio production 

  • Control surfaces
  • DSP control
  • Mixing
  • MIDI-to-audio, audio-to-MIDI
  • Pitch-shifting, harmonizing
  • Synchronization-MTC

Course  track C: MIDI for live performance and show control 

  • Alternate controllers
  • Mapping
  • Synth control
  • DSP control
  • Looping and clips
  • Mixing

Course track D: MIDI for scoring video, multimedia and post production 

  • Control surfaces
  • Synchronization-MTC
  • SFX, sampling
  • Ambience, DSP
  • Mixing

SAE Mexico Selected To Begin Work On The Curriculum

After recieving proposals from Indiana University, Next Point Training and SAE Mexico, the MIME Working Group has recommended that SAE Mexico be selected to start work on the curriculum.

There were a number of compelling reasons for selecting SAE Mexico.

First, they will be able to provide the curriculum materials in both English and Spanish. Second, they have a unique relationship with Coursera, the for-profit U.S.-based massive open online course provider. It has become more and more challenging to actually give away courses on Cousera.

All of the materials created for The MIDI In Music Education curriculum will be given away under a Creative Common license. This means anyone is free to take the materials, modify and adapt them for whatever purpose that need. Universities can include portions in their already existing materials without any concerns about copyrights or licenses. It is a great example of what we do.

The MIDI Association gets really smart people to volunteer to work on really difficult problems. Once we solve those problems, then we give away those solutions for free to allow creative people to make music and art with MIDI.

Athan Billias

MIDI Association Executive Board Member

Help Make This Curriculum A Reality

Donate to The MIDI Fund
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Jordan Rudess Interview NAMM 2024

Written by Athan Billias on .

At the MIDI@40 concert last April, Jordan performed a piece he had composed specifically to celebrate MIDI.

Jordan played a Korg Kronos and was accompanied by players from India who recorded their parts on video.

Those players included  MAHESH RAGHVAN on Geoshred,  MOHINI DEY on Bass, ELIJAH WOOD on Drums and B.C. MANJUNATH on Vocals and mridangam.

This performance really captured our vision for the MIDI@40 show.

The musicians, composers and performance artists selected as MIDI brand ambassadors represent the beautiful diversity of cultures and people from all over the world and music from different genres and generations brought together by music and MIDI.

This year, we interviewed Jordan and he performed a new composition specifically written for the 2024 NAMM show.

Join us on YouTube for Jordan’s appearance at The MIDI Association booth at the 2024 Winter NAMM show.

Man playing accordian.

MIDI Accordion with Cory Pesaturo NAMM 2024

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Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) is revolutionizing the Accordion. The only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital & Jazz Accordion

Join us on YouTube for Cory’s performance at Winter NAMM 2024.

 

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Jordan Rudess Special Appearance

Written by Athan Billias on .

At the MIDI@40 concert last April, Jordan performed a piece he had composed specifically to celebrate MIDI.

Jordan played a Korg Kronos and was accompanied by players from India who recorded their parts on video.

Those players included  MAHESH RAGHVAN on Geoshred,  MOHINI DEY on Bass, ELIJAH WOOD on Drums and B.C. MANJUNATH on Vocals and mridangam.

This performance really captured our vision for the MIDI@40 show.

The musicians, composers and performance artists selected as MIDI brand ambassadors represent the beautiful diversity of cultures and people from all over the world and music from different genres and generations brought together by music and MIDI.

Headshot of Ellis Hall in sunglasses smiling.

Ellis Hall- The Ambassador Of Soul

Written by Athan Billias on .

 

“When people ask me about my blindness, I tell them, ‘I didn’t pay the electric bill on time… So they cut the lights out on me!'” – Ellis Hall

Through the ages, there have been a number of famous blind African American male entertainers in Gospel, Blues, Soul and Pop but few as unilaterally gifted as Ellis Hall. What other man can claim to have written 3,800 songs, sung at the funeral of Helen Keller at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and before Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, Africa, been a member of Oakland Soul band Tower of Power and a lead voice for the animated California Raisins, been nominated for a Ovation Theater Award for his very first stage role in “The Gospel At Colonus” (in which he sang, acted, and walked the stage and stair props mostly unattended), and penned the official song of the city where he grew up: Claxton, Georgia. Welcome to the unprecedented greatness of Ellis Hall.

When it comes to music, Ellis Hall does it all. He is a seasoned and accomplished vocalist in possession of a powerful 5-octave range. He is a songwriter, arranger, producer and educator that teaches clinics in which he records all the parts of a song in 45 minutes. Ellis’ first instrument was drums before he went on to master piano, keyboards, guitar and – his favorites – upright and electric bass. Across a career of 40-plus years and counting, Ellis Hall has proven himself as an all-around performer that has entertained audiences on five continents, sharing stages with giants ranging from James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle and Toby Keith to Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Bobby Womack, George Duke and Sheila E. His reputation of excellence earned Ellis the moniker, “The Ambassador of Soul.”

Concert scene.

Embodme Presents French Artist Delaurentis

Written by Athan Billias on .

DeLaurentis is one of the few rare electronic music producers and artists who manage to convey pure emotion by using machines to manipulate the voice.

Her electro-cinematic music is both soft and powerful, clear and obscure: relentlessly effective and bewitching.

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The MIDI in Music Education Special Interest Group

Written by The MIDI Association on . Posted in MIDI In Music Education, MIDI News, The MIDI Association Special Interest Groups.

The MIDI in Music Education (MIME) Special Interest Group has defined a MIDI Curriculum and a Certification Program

Starting in 2021, Athan Billias (MIDI Association President), Denis Labrecque (former MIDI Association Exec Board member) , and Lee Whitmore (MIDI Association Board Member and Treasurer)  initiated biweekly meetings of the MIDI Association MIDI in Music Education (MIME) Special Interest Group. 
 
The group includes various MIDI users and stakeholder types associated with music, audio, and education, from academia, manufacturers, retailers, and other thought leaders.
The MIME Special Interest Group has discussed and worked on topics including:
 
  • A definition of MIDI users in education and their needs
  • A MIDI curriculum outline given the rollout of MIDI 2.0
  • Ideas and a draft for proposal to the board for a MIDI skills certification program
 
Regular Participants – In addition Athan, Denis, and Lee, the following are among
organizations’ representatives that regularly participate in the MiME Special Interest Group:
  • 1500 Sound Academy, CA
  • Belmont University, TN
  • Columbia University
  • Florida State University
  • Full Sail University, FL
  • Guitar Center
  • Indiana University
  • Musicians Institute, CA
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Riverside City College
  • Romeo Music, Dallas
  • SAE Institutes Latin America
  • Sweetwater
  • Tufts University, MA
  • And Many More 
 


Lee is the VP of Education for Focusrite and has previously held positions as Berklee’s Vice President for education outreach and social entrepreneurship, and also as the inaugural executive director for the Grammy Music Education Coalition so he is a perfect fit as the Special Interest Group chair.

The MIDI in Music Education Charter 

The group developed a charter to establish a concrete set of goals. 

Name of WG: MIDI In Music Education

MIDI In Music Education (MiME) Special Interest Group (SIG)

Topic and purpose (goal) of this WG:

To raise awareness about MIDI in education at schools (secondary, college and university, and pro schools), and for manufacturer and reseller staff members. Current work includes:

  • Establishment of standardized, readily/publicly available content (text/video/modules) for use on MIDI.org, to be added to college courses, more; and,
  • Creation, launch, and actively manage of a MIDI certification program (perhaps a couple levels, general, MIDI 1 and 2, for coding, etc.).

Motivation behind (benefit to the market) of addressing this topic:

  • Teaching of MIDI is fragmented and there is no standardized curriculum
  • We need to explain the benefits of MIDI 2.0 and how it works to music educators.
  • The MIDI Association is the central repository for information on the latest developments in MIDI.
  • In a recent survey our members identified educators as a key segment to reach out to.


Paul Lehrman from Tufts University and former MIDI Association board member drafted a proposed MIDI Curriculum. 

The MIDI Association MIDI Education Course Outline

Guidelines for a 3-semester program of courses for MIDI education and certification 

 First semester. Introduction to MIDI

I. What is MIDI? 

What can MIDI be used for?

Musical instruments, mixing and processing, live performance, education, synchronization, robotics, stage mechanics, multimedia, toys, web, personal electronics

MIDI History: Pre-MIDI (Voltage Control, Digital Control)

Original use of MIDI was to have one keyboard control several instruments, has gone way beyond that

Benefits of Digital (vs. Analog) Instruments

Control, memory, reproducibility

 II. MIDI Setups

MIDI signal flow and connectivity, live and studio

Local control, MIDI In/Out/Thru

Device-to-device, device-to-computer, inside computer

III. Composing with MIDI 

Sequencing:

Basic Operation of Hardware, Software

Tracks/Channels, Data Editing, Data Manipulation, Step Time, Quantizing, etc.

Editing

Graphic, Numerical, and Notation

Looping, Clips

Tempo Map: Time Fitting and Scaling

Bouncing MIDI tracks

IV. The MIDI Specification 

Serial data protocol, Bits and Bytes

MIDI Connections: DIN, USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, iOS, Web MIDI

Thru Jacks, mergers and splitters, Computer interface

MIDI Commands: Command/Status Byte, Data Bytes, Program Change

Channels, Notes, Controllers, Modes, and System Messages

 Second Semester, Advanced MIDI

 V. MIDI Products

Hardware:

Instruments, modules, controllers

Software:

Softsynths, DAWs, Max/PD

 VI. MIDI files and General MIDI 

SMF, GM, GM2, GM extensions, DLS

General MIDI devices

VII: Advanced Topics 

Clocking, MTC, Tuning, SysEx, RP and NRP, MPE, Sample Dump

VIII: Other applications 

Games

Robotics

MIDI Show Control, museums, multimedia

IX: MIDI 2.0 

Expanded control and data bytes

Two-way communication

Property Exchange/CI

PROFILES

Backwards compatibility

Third semester, track A: MIDI for Music 

Using physical controllers—alternative control surfaces

Combining hardware and software synths

Synth programming

Synth control

Plug-ins control

MIDI clocks-synchronization

Looping and clips

Bouncing

Mixing

Third semester, track B: MIDI for audio production 

Control surfaces

DSP control

Mixing

MIDI-to-audio, audio-to-MIDI

Pitch-shifting, harmonizing

Synchronization-MTC

Third semester, track C: MIDI in live performance 

Alternate controllers

Mapping

Synth control

DSP control

Looping and clips

Mixing

Third semester, track D: MIDI for video/multimedia production 

Control surfaces

Synchronization-MTC

SFX, sampling

Ambience, DSP

Mixing 

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