MIDI Concepts & Basics

MIDI Concepts and Basics

• MIDI Manufacturers Association (midi.org)
• More about MIDI 2.0
• MMA General MIDI 1 GM1 and General MIDI 2 (GM2) Specifications and Sound Set/Patch Map
• MMA Documents: The Official MIDI Specifications: Reference Tables, MIDI 1.0, Standard MIDI Files, General MIDI and more.
• MMA: Getting Started with MIDI (various topics)
• Prosound News: Software Tech: MIDI 2.0 Comes Into Focus (by Craig Anderton)
• Smashing Magazine: Getting Started with the Web MIDI API. (by Peter Anglea)
• W3C Web MIDI API
• Ableton.com: Editing MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression)
• Lifewire: What Are VST Plugins and What Do They Do? (by Jeremy Laukkonen)
• MusicTech: Beginner’s Tutorial: iOS Internal Integration Using Audiobus, IAA, and AU (by Andy Jones)
• AudioBus Introduction
• Linux Journal: An Introduction to OSC (by Dave Phillips)e
• Wikipedia: SMPTE Timecode

MIDI Software

• Ableton.com: Editing MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) 
• ProAudioFiles: How to Make Your MIDI Sound Less like MIDI (by Ian Vargo)
• Computer Music’s MusicRadar: 19 Sequencing and MIDI Power Tips.

Software Applications

• GarageBand (MacOS)
  • Garage Band music only Midi  Youtube (30 min)

  • 5 Unique Ways To Make GARAGEBAND iOS Midi Loops Your Own | TIMESTAMPS (super dope!)  YouTube (20 min)

  • GarageBand (macOS) (YouTube) (10 min)

• • GarageBand (macOS) (YouTube, 30 min)
  • GarageBand Essential Training, (LinkedIn Learning with Garrick Chow, 3 hours, 53)
• Mixcraft® Recording Studio
  • Mixcraft Recording Studio (series of “Mixcraft University) videos for getting started
• Studio One (for version 5, Professional)
  • Video Series (YouTube)

• Studio One 6 - Everything You Need To Know  YouTube (37 min)

• Soundtrap
  • Introduction from Soundtrap
  • Getting Started with Soundtrap (YouTube)

  • Music Making with Soundtrap  YouTube (31 min)

• Audio Evolution Mobile
  • Audio Evolution Mobile Studio (series of videos)
  • Audio Evolution Manual (online)
• GarageBand (iOS, iPadOS)
  • Mastering in GarageBand iPadOS (YouTube)
  • GarageBand for iOS Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning with Garrick Chow, 2 hours, 43 minutes)

  • How to Make a Song with GarageBand iOS… and Release it! - The Ultimate Guide  YouTube  (1 hr 32 min)

• Korg Gadget 2
  • Korg Gadget 2 (YouTube)
• NanoStudio 2
  • Nano Studio 2 (YouTube)
• Audio Kit Synth One
  • Audio Kit Synth One (YouTube)
  • Audio Kit Synth One (YouTube, 37 minutes)  

  • How To Create Arpeggio Pattern on AudioKit Synth One & Use It In GarageBand  YouTube  (7 min)

• DM1-The Drum Machine
  • Getting Started with DM1-The Drum Machine (YouTube)
• Audiobus 3
  • Getting Started with AudioBus 3 (YouTube)
• AUM-Audio Mixer
  • Getting Started with AUM-Audio Mixer (YouTube, 43 minutes)

• GarageBand (MacOS)
• GarageBand (iOS, iPadOS)
• Mixcraft Recording Studio
• Studio One Artist
• Soundtrap
• Audio Evolution Mobile
• Korg Gadget 2
• NanoStudio 2
• Audio Kit Synth One
• DM1-The Drum Machine
• Audiobus 3
• AUM-Audio Mixer\

• ProAudioFiles: The Complete Guide to Choosing a MIDI Controller (by Philip Mantione)
• Digital Trends: For the First Time Since the 1980s, We’re Excited About a Music Synthesizer (by Kyle Wiggers writing about the Seaboard ROLI)
• MMA Tutorials: Arduino MIDI Output Basics
• MMA Tutorials: MIDI Programming and DIY Tools
• MMA: Alternative Controllers: Part 5 Hand-Held and Struck Controllers, and Controllers for Microtonal Tunings (by Mark Vail)
• Acoustic MIDI Keyboard Controllers: Buchla-Moog Piano Bar | Gulbransen (PDF) | Yamaha
• Drum Controllers: Alternate Mode | Alesis | Roland | Yamaha
• Experimentation & DIY Devices: Adafruit | Arduino | Makey Makey | Soundbeam | Raspberry Pi | ROLI
• Guitar & String Controllers: Antiphon | Casio | Fishman | Livid | Roland | StarrLabs | Yamaha | Zivix
• MIDI Interfaces: Kenton | iConnectivity | MOTU and the Micro Express | Sixty Four Pixels
• Pad MIDI Controllers: Ableton | AKAI | IK Multimedia | Keith McMillen | Livid and other pad controllers at com
• Universal Control Surfaces: Behringer | Nektar | Novation | Mackie | PreSonus
• Wind Controllers: AKAI | Roland | Yamaha |
• Synthetic MIDI Keyboard Controllers: CME, KORG, M-Audio, Novation and a more keyboard controllersat Sweetwater.com
• Tablet Control Mixers: Alesis | Behringer | Mackie