Archive for tag: MIDI
Synchronization of DAWs with MTC & MMC
March 2, 2008 DAWs, SyncThis post focuses on the use of MIDI Time Code (MTC) and MIDI Machine Control (MMC) to synchronize multiple DAWs together. SMPTE timecode was create for the purpose of synchronizing audio systems together, such as tape machines, computers, and other time sensitive audio devices. MIDI timecode is an extension of SMPTE timecode into the MIDI [...]
Read More »How MIDI Works: The Basics
February 9, 2008 MIDIThis post focuses on describing MIDI – what it is and what it does. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) was created in 1983 to address the need for controlling instruments electronically. As synthesizers grew more and more common, it became more and more difficult to control them all. MIDI was created to allow musicians to [...]
Read More »Bouncing Sequences to Audio
January 25, 2008 UncategorizedThis post focuses on the process of recording your MIDI sequenced tracks to audio tracks. Bouncing is the process of recording one or more tracks of audio to one or more other tracks of audio. I think the term comes from the days when tape channels were limited and multiple tracks of audio had to [...]
Read More »SysEx and MIDI Automation: Don’t Forget That Preset
January 17, 2008 UncategorizedThe focus of this post is on capturing SysEx information from external MIDI devices in order to have a record of your presets right in your session or automate the settings throughout the track. It happens to producers time and time again: you’ve created an awesome synth sound or guitar tone, you’ve recorded the midi [...]
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