If you want to understand MIDI without studying MIDI, this is for you.
Title: MIDI for the technophobe
Author: Paul White
Publishers: Sanctuary Publishing Limited.
ISBN 1-86074-193-2
MIDI MIDI MIDI
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This book answers you everything you need to know about MIDI:
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Introducing MIDI
Why?
A virtual orchestra
The meaning of MIDI
The keyboard
What is MIDI?
The MIDI link
Anatomy of a note
MIDI note data
Instructions, not sounds
The keyboardless synthesizer!
MIDI channels
Omni mode warning!
More about modules
Multitimbrality
MIDI sockets
Programs and patches
Control and controllers
Pitch bend scaling
More controllers
Controller listing
Non-registered parameters
Channel voice messages
Aftertouch
Sound banks
Assignable controls
MIDI clock
Start, stop and continue
Serial killer
MIDI modes
Active sensing
Song select
System exclusive messages
Patch dumping
Compatibility
Introducing general MIDI
MIDI merge
Crash course
CHAPTER 2
General MIDI
MIDI compatibility
Drum mapping
MIDI too versatile?
Polyphony and Multitimbrality
Roland's enhanced GS format
Editing
Commercial MIDI song files
The history of general MIDI
GM voice table
GM drum map
CHAPTER 3
Introducing sequencers
The MIDI sequencer
Recording in layers
Ethics
Traditional composition
The MIDI composer
The sequenced score
MIDI and sequencing
Sequencer setup
Metronome
Tracks and channels
Rechannelising
Cut, copy and paste
Playback
Editing
Quantisation
Destructive and non-destructive
MIDI drums
Sequencer types
MIDI data storage
Computer complexity?
Midi INTERFACE
User interface
Overview
Hardware versus software
MIDI ports
Main sequencer features
MIDI problems
MIDI timing
Check list
CHAPTER 4
MIDI and synchronisation
Time codes
MIDI clock
External sync
Tape sync
Time code and noise reduction
Multitrack sync facilities
Smart FSK
SMPTE
SMPTE frames
MTC
MTC and timing
Striping tape
Key points
CHAPTER 5
The basics of synthesis
Sound
Waves
Timbre
Additive synthesis
Analogue synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
Building blocks
Oscillators
Sine and square waves
Sawtooth
Key gate
Portamento
LFOs
More about oscillators
Oscillator sync
Digital synthesis
Filters and envelopes
Complex envelopes
Filter envelope control
Delay vibrato
Envelope control of tone
Oscillators
Filtering
Filter types
Filter applications
Brass sounds
S&H filter
Polyphony
Modern synthesizers
On board effects
Physical modelling
Performance control
User interface
Software editors
More performance control
CHAPTER 6
Multitimbrality
Level and pan
Polyphony
Effects
Reverberation
Delay
Chorus
Flange
Phaser
Rotary speaker
Advantages of Multitimbrality
Using modules
Voices and tones
Facilities
CHAPTER 7
Samplers and sampling
Sampler uses
Sample memory
Looping
Crossfade looping
Looping problems
Envelopes
Triggering
Multisampling
Samplers as recorders
Looping drums
Sampling levels
Sample libraries
Compatibility
Sample storage
Sample editing software
Creative sampling
Improvise
Recording samples
CHAPTER 8
Alternative MIDI controllers
Guitars and MIDI
Pitch bend
MIDI mono mode
Guitar setup
Tips
Mental approach
MIDI violins
Wind controllers
Drum controllers
Drum pads
CHAPTER 9
Practical sequencing
Sequencer familiarisation
The arrange page
Program selection
Tempo
Drumming made easy
Copy and loop
The next track
Timing
Moving your music
Divide and conquer
More on editing
Grid edit
MIDI event list
Score edit
Bad news and good news
Troubleshooting
Saving your songs
Standard MIDI file
Automating MIDI
Automating patch changes
Practical MIDI automation
Level tricks
Advanced uses of controller 7
Transferring sequencer files
Tidying up
More user tips
CHAPTER 10
Sequencing with audio
Audio capabilities
Magic of DSP
Benefits of integration
The soundcard
Choosing a soundcard
The growing system
The separate mixer
Audio drives
Backup
Mastering
CHAPTER 11
Soundcards
What is a soundcard?
Daughterboards
Installing cards
Audio connections
Pan and separate
Recording via a mixer
Outboard effects
And there's MIDI
Desktop versus studio
Software synthesis
CHAPTER 12
Mixers, monitors and effects
Mic and line levels
Channel gain
Mixer channels
Auxiliaries
Pre-fade send
Post-fade send
Effects returns
Monitor speakers
Where to mix
Speaker positions
Using effects
Reverberation
Echo
Chorus and flanging
Pitch shifters
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
(I'll type some more about this book later on)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Introducing MIDI
Why?
A virtual orchestra
The meaning of MIDI
The keyboard
What is MIDI?
The MIDI link
Anatomy of a note
MIDI note data
Instructions, not sounds
The keyboardless synthesizer!
MIDI channels
Omni mode warning!
More about modules
Multitimbrality
MIDI sockets
Programs and patches
Control and controllers
Pitch bend scaling
More controllers
Controller listing
Non-registered parameters
Channel voice messages
Aftertouch
Sound banks
Assignable controls
MIDI clock
Start, stop and continue
Serial killer
MIDI modes
Active sensing
Song select
System exclusive messages
Patch dumping
Compatibility
Introducing general MIDI
MIDI merge
Crash course
CHAPTER 2
General MIDI
MIDI compatibility
Drum mapping
MIDI too versatile?
Polyphony and Multitimbrality
Roland's enhanced GS format
Editing
Commercial MIDI song files
The history of general MIDI
GM voice table
GM drum map
CHAPTER 3
Introducing sequencers
The MIDI sequencer
Recording in layers
Ethics
Traditional composition
The MIDI composer
The sequenced score
MIDI and sequencing
Sequencer setup
Metronome
Tracks and channels
Rechannelising
Cut, copy and paste
Playback
Editing
Quantisation
Destructive and non-destructive
MIDI drums
Sequencer types
MIDI data storage
Computer complexity?
Midi INTERFACE
User interface
Overview
Hardware versus software
MIDI ports
Main sequencer features
MIDI problems
MIDI timing
Check list
CHAPTER 4
MIDI and synchronisation
Time codes
MIDI clock
External sync
Tape sync
Time code and noise reduction
Multitrack sync facilities
Smart FSK
SMPTE
SMPTE frames
MTC
MTC and timing
Striping tape
Key points
CHAPTER 5
The basics of synthesis
Sound
Waves
Timbre
Additive synthesis
Analogue synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
Building blocks
Oscillators
Sine and square waves
Sawtooth
Key gate
Portamento
LFOs
More about oscillators
Oscillator sync
Digital synthesis
Filters and envelopes
Complex envelopes
Filter envelope control
Delay vibrato
Envelope control of tone
Oscillators
Filtering
Filter types
Filter applications
Brass sounds
S&H filter
Polyphony
Modern synthesizers
On board effects
Physical modelling
Performance control
User interface
Software editors
More performance control
CHAPTER 6
Multitimbrality
Level and pan
Polyphony
Effects
Reverberation
Delay
Chorus
Flange
Phaser
Rotary speaker
Advantages of Multitimbrality
Using modules
Voices and tones
Facilities
CHAPTER 7
Samplers and sampling
Sampler uses
Sample memory
Looping
Crossfade looping
Looping problems
Envelopes
Triggering
Multisampling
Samplers as recorders
Looping drums
Sampling levels
Sample libraries
Compatibility
Sample storage
Sample editing software
Creative sampling
Improvise
Recording samples
CHAPTER 8
Alternative MIDI controllers
Guitars and MIDI
Pitch bend
MIDI mono mode
Guitar setup
Tips
Mental approach
MIDI violins
Wind controllers
Drum controllers
Drum pads
CHAPTER 9
Practical sequencing
Sequencer familiarisation
The arrange page
Program selection
Tempo
Drumming made easy
Copy and loop
The next track
Timing
Moving your music
Divide and conquer
More on editing
Grid edit
MIDI event list
Score edit
Bad news and good news
Troubleshooting
Saving your songs
Standard MIDI file
Automating MIDI
Automating patch changes
Practical MIDI automation
Level tricks
Advanced uses of controller 7
Transferring sequencer files
Tidying up
More user tips
CHAPTER 10
Sequencing with audio
Audio capabilities
Magic of DSP
Benefits of integration
The soundcard
Choosing a soundcard
The growing system
The separate mixer
Audio drives
Backup
Mastering
CHAPTER 11
Soundcards
What is a soundcard?
Daughterboards
Installing cards
Audio connections
Pan and separate
Recording via a mixer
Outboard effects
And there's MIDI
Desktop versus studio
Software synthesis
CHAPTER 12
Mixers, monitors and effects
Mic and line levels
Channel gain
Mixer channels
Auxiliaries
Pre-fade send
Post-fade send
Effects returns
Monitor speakers
Where to mix
Speaker positions
Using effects
Reverberation
Echo
Chorus and flanging
Pitch shifters
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
(I'll type some more about this book later on)
