A foot controller was at the guitarist’s feet, and when he/she pressed a button, it told the first device to turn on a chorus, the second to add a compressor, and the third to turn on a delay set for a specific time.
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In the 80s, when giant racks full of blinking lights were pushed onto every stage, MIDI was used to switch sounds. This is a midi footcontroller which stores all of the instructions for the devices it controls. It’s controlling the sounds on all subsequent devices. Out is generally used only on the ‘master’ device – the first one. So: MIDI Out>MIDI In>MIDI Thru>MIDI In>MIDI Thru>MIDI In…etc. This is what you would use to daisy chain devices together. A cable from one device’s midi THRU just sends whatever messages it receives from the first device THRU the second device and out to the third. It is receiving messages from the first device’s MIDI Out.
MIDI IN is where you plug the cable into the second device. MIDI Out is where you plug in the first cable- it sends messages from the first device to the second. Most midi devices have three sockets: MIDI Out, In & Thru. It is a 5-pin cable that has to be plugged in to all the device in the daisy chain. Well, yes, by using a MIDI cable like one pictured at the top of the article. So, you connect them all together? In receives the messages, while out & thru sends them to the next device in the chain. Of course, there are many more types of messages, but these are the basic ones.
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It can also be used to back up the sounds or update the firmware ( system exclusive message). In other words, it tells the instrument what sound to use ( program change message), what key to play ( note 0n message), how hard to hit the key ( velocity message) and to add more reverb ( continuous control message). MIDI is a protocol which can send a message to a specific instrument. To explain this, it is much easier to understand if we use keyboards as an example. MIDI isn’t a type of sound, it is a language This sounds nothing like Jimi Hendrix. So they worked together to allow a way for different pieces of gear from different companies to speak to each other. This was a big deal, as most companies were very protective of their technology, but feared that incompatibility would eventually lead to less sales. In 1982, a common language was developed that allowed devices from any manufacturer to speak to each other. Problem was, it only worked if both keyboards were made by the same manufacturer.
In other words, with just a cable, you could play one keyboard, and hear the sound of both keyboards without having to press the keys of the second keyboard. Fast forward a few years, and manufacturers came up with their own ‘language’ which would allow their own keyboards to talk to each other. Back in the 70s, if you were a keyboardist and you wanted different sounds, you needed different keyboards. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
Anyone reading through the specs of an effects processor or has ever bought a keyboard has seen the word MIDI. What is this crazy thing, and will it make my guitar sound like an 8-bit Atari game? Am I going to have to dig out my protractor and sextant to understand how MIDI works? This article will demystify this protocol and showcase how MIDI can make our guitar rig work more logically and efficiently.
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