Release Year: 2011
Manufacturer: macprovideo
Manufacturer’s Website: http://www.macprovideo.com/tutorial/midi101
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Type of Material: Video Tutorial
Language: English
Description: If you use MIDI and wonder how it works, MIDI 101 is for you.
“MIDI Demystified” is a must-read tutorial for anyone who wants to get the most out of MIDI.
If you use MIDI and always wondered how—and why—it works, MIDI 101 is for you! Informative and entertaining, “MIDI Demystified” is a must-read 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 ìSkiî Schwartz on his incredibly fun filled romp through the amazing, musically microscopic and meaningful world of MIDI.
Content :
Chapter 1: Welcome to MIDI 101
1: Welcome to MIDI 101
02:28
1.Welcome
Chapter 2: Introduction to MIDI
2: Introduction to MIDI
03:27
2. Somewhere in MIDI-eval Europe… (a short film)
02:42
3. Controllers, Sound Modules, Plugins, and other MIDI…
Chapter 3: Basic Concepts and Perspectives
3: Basic Concepts and Perspectives
06:52
4. An Overview of MIDI Messages, and Perspectives on Wh…
Chapter 4: Connecting MIDI Devices
4: Connecting MIDI Devices
02:52
5. MIDI Connectors and Connections
01:21
6. MIDI In, Out, and Thru
02:10
7. The Golden Rule of Signal Flow
03:22
8. MIDI Thru, in Detail
05:00
9. Thru Boxes and Daisy-Chains
Chapter 5: MIDI Channels & Omni Mode
5: MIDI Channels & Omni Mode
02:58
10. MIDI Channels & Channel Voice Messages Primer
03:26
11. Transmit and Receive Channels, and Applications Par…
03:42
12. Transmit and Receive Channels, and Applications Par…
03:29
13. Omni Mode
Chapter 6: The Serial Nature of MIDI Messages
6: The Serial Nature of MIDI Messages
03:38
14. The Serial Nature of MIDI Messages
Chapter 7: Channel Voice Messages
7: Channel Message Structure
04:22
15. The Message Structure of Channel Voice Messages
8: Note On and Note Off Messages
06:42
16. Note On and Note Off Message Structure, Note Off Va…
02:01
17. MIDI Note Numbers
01:30
18. Note Off Handling in Percussion Controllers
9: Aftertouch (Mono and Poly)
02:57
19. Basic Concepts (or, “A Guide to Making Music Using…
04:20
20. Comparison of Mono & Poly Aftertouch-based Effects
05:45
21. Aftertouch: MIDI Message Structure (Mono and Poly)
10: Program Change
05:14
22. Applications for Program Change Messages
08:15
23. Program Change: Message Structure, and, the Dangers…
11: Pitch Bender
07:25
24. Pitch Bender Message Basics
04:12
25. Pitch Bend MSB and LSB
02:26
26.Adjusting the Pitch Bend Range
12: Control Change Messages
03:30
27. Introduction to Control Change Messages
07:31
28. Message Structure, Continuous and Switch Controller…
06:34
29. Controller Default Values and Compatibility
02:32
30. Perspectives on Control Change Message Function
07:42
31. CC’s 7, 10, and 11
04:37
32. CC’s 0, 32, and 74
Chapter 8: Multi-Timbral Instruments
13: Multi-Timbral Instruments
04:48
33. The Meaning of Multi-Timbral, and, Sequencing with…
06:51
34. Multi-Timbral Plugins
Chapter 9: MIDI Interfaces, and MIDI & USB Compare…
14: MIDI Interfaces, and MIDI & USB Compared
04:45
35. When and Why You’d Need One
01:20
36. Connecting and Using USB Devices
06:01
37. Comparing MIDI and USB-over-MIDI
Chapter 10: MIDI Mergers
15: MIDI Mergers
03:57
38. How Mergers Work
Chapter 11: Sequencing
16:Sequencing
03:37
39. Sequencing Using a DAW and a Multi-Timbral Sound Mo…
06:48
40. “The Mind of MIDI” — Thinking Through a More Compl…
04:01
41. The Local Control
Chapter 12: Multi-Channel Interfaces
17: Multi-Channel Interfaces
07:30
42. Bringing it All Together: Combining MIDI Concepts a…
Chapter 13: MIDI Synchronization
18: MIDI Synchronization
03:16
43. Basic Concepts
04:17
44.Master and Slave Devices
04:06
45. Scenarios: Deciding on Which Device to use as the M…
03:37
46. MIDI Clock in Detail
04:10
47. MIDI Time Code (MTC)
Chapter 14: Additional MIDI Messages
19: System Exclusive Messages
04:44
48. Sysex Primer and Bulk Dumps
04:17
49. Recording Sysex Data (and why you’d want to do that…
02:15
50. Recording Sysex Data, Part 2 (Sound Parameter Chang…
20: Active Sensing
03:00
51. Annoying Blinking LED’s
Chapter 15: Tech Sector
21: Tech Sector
05:29
52. All About Binary Numbers and Why We Have Only 128 V…
02:03
53. Hexa-whatimal?
05:29
54. The Importance of Reading MIDI Implementation Chart…
Video format: MOV
Video: 960×540; H.264, Timecode;
Audio: AAC
