Digital Technology: The Development of Technology - Based Music 1 Synthesizers & MIDI
Digital Technology: The Development of Technology - Based Music 1 Synthesizers & MIDI
Digital Technology: The Development of Technology - Based Music 1 Synthesizers & MIDI
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIgILuI LecInoIogy opened up LIe wuy Ior u IosL oI new deveIopmenLs In musIc. TIese were noL conIIned Lo LIe
reuIm oI dIgILuI musIc pIuybuck, wIIcI wus dIscussed In LIe prevIous cIupLer. !"# 8+,<(57.,8(+ (- 6>%> 8+
9?@A Iud Iuge ImpIIcuLIons boLI Ior pop musIcIuns und Ior consumers, openIng up u new runge oI creuLIve
possIbIIILIes. Toduy's musIcIun Is ubIe Lo produce un enLIre song Irom sLurL Lo IInIsI wILI onIy u compuLer und u
mIcropIone.
MIDI
6>%> 1 6748.3' >+4,<7*#+, %8/8,3' >+,#<-3.# Is u dIgILuI communIcuLIons proLocoI. n AugusL oI 1q8,
musIc munuIucLurers ugreed on u documenL LIuL Is cuIIed "MD 1.o SpecIIIcuLIon".
TIIs becume possIbIe wIen munuIucLurers ugreed u common sysLem In 1q8 (LIe MD 1.o spec.) wIIcI uIIowed
eIecLronIc InsLrumenLs Lo conLroI und communIcuLe wILI eucI oLIer. TIIs Look LIe Iorm oI u seL oI sLundurds Ior
Iurdwure connecLIons, und Ior messuges wIIcI couId LIen be reIuyed beLween devIces. By 1q8, vIrLuuIIy every
new musIcuI keybourd on LIe murkeL Iud u MD InLerIuce.
MD uIso provIdes LIe meuns Ior eIecLronIc InsLrumenLs Lo communIcuLe wILI compuLers - wIIcI cun LIen
send, sLore und process MD duLu. TIIs Is cenLruI Lo LIe IuncLIon oI u sequencer: u devIce Ior InpuLLIng, edILIng,
sLorIng und pIuyIng buck duLu Irom u musIcuI perIormunce. L records muny deLuIIs oI u perIormunce - sucI us
duruLIon, pILcI und rIyLIm - wIIcI cun LIen be edILed.
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MD wus perIups LIe IIrsL Lrue eIIorL uL joInL deveIopmenL umong u Iurge number oI musIcuI munuIucLurers. An
8+574,<0 4,3+53<5 enubIIng musIcuI communIcuLIon beLween musIcuI Iurdwure synLIs und sequencers Ior
exumpIe. By 1q8, vIrLuuIIy every new musIcuI keybourd on LIe murkeL Iud u MD InLerIuce.
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L Is ImporLunL Lo remember LIuL MD LrunsmILs communds, buL IL 54#- 94& &('9-/)& '9 '25)4 -):9';. TIe
MD specIIIcuLIon IncIudes u common Iunguuge LIuL provIdes InIormuLIon ubouL evenLs, sucI us noLe on und
oII, preseL cIunges, susLuIn peduI, pILcI bend, und LImIng InIormuLIon.
B8+3<0 %3,3 - (jusL Lo uId undersLundIng).
CompuLers use bInury duLu.
A buse z numerIc sysLem. We ure used Lo u buse 1o or decImuI sysLem.