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| Foreword | |
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| What Is MIDI? | |
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| What MIDI Isn't | |
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| A Brief History | |
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| Why Is MIDI? | |
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| MIDI in the Home | |
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| MIDI on the Go | |
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| MIDI in the Studio | |
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| MIDI in Audio-for-Visual and Fihn | |
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| MIDI in Live Performance | |
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| MIDI and Visuals | |
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| MIDI and Multimedia | |
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| MIDI on the Phone | |
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| MIDI 1.0 | |
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| Exploring the Spec | |
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| The Digital Word | |
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| The MIDI Message | |
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| MIDI Channels | |
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| Auto Channelizing | |
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| MIDI Modes | |
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| Channel-Voice Messages | |
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| Note-On Messages | |
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| Note-Off Messages | |
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| All Notes Off | |
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| Pressure (Aftertouch) Messages | |
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| Channel Pressure Messages | |
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| Polyphonic Key Pressure Messages | |
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| Program Change Messages | |
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| Pitch Bend Messages | |
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| Control Change Messages | |
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| Controller ID Numbers | |
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| Controller Values | |
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| Explanation of Controller ID Parameters | |
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| Bank Select | |
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| Mod Wheel | |
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| Breath Control | |
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| Foot Pedal | |
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| Portamento Time | |
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| Data Entry | |
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| Channel Volume (formerly known as Main Volume) | |
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| Stereo Balance | |
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| Pan | |
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| Expression | |
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| Effect Control 1 and 2 | |
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| General Purpose Controllers | |
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| Hold Pedal | |
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| Portamento On/Off | |
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| Sustenuto Pedal | |
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| Soft Pedal | |
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| Legato Pedal | |
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| Hold 2 Pedal | |
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| Sound Variation (Sound Controller 1) | |
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| Sound Timbre (Sound Controller 2) | |
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| Sound Release Time (Sound Controller 3) | |
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| Sound Attack Time (Sound Controller 4) | |
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| Sound Brightness (Sound Controller 5) | |
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| Sound Controller 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 | |
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| General Purpose Buttons | |
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| Portamento Control | |
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| Effects Level | |
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| Tremolo Level | |
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| Chorus Level | |
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| Celeste Level | |
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| Phaser Level (Set it on stun, Scotty!) | |
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| Data Button Increment | |
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| Data Button Decrement | |
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| Non-Registered Parameter Number (NRPN) | |
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| Registered Parameter Number (RPN) | |
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| All Sound Off | |
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| All Controllers Off | |
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| Local Keyboard On/Off | |
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| All Notes Off | |
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| Omni Mode Off | |
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| Omni Mode On | |
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| Monophonic Operation | |
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| Polyphonic Operation | |
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| System Messages | |
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| System-Common Messages | |
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| MTC Quarter-Frame Messages | |
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| Song Position Pointer Messages | |
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| Song Select Messages | |
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| Tune Request Messages | |
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| End of Exclusive Messages | |
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| System Real-Time Messages | |
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| Timing Clock Messages | |
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| Start Messages | |
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| Stop Messages | |
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| Continue Messages | |
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| Active Sensing Messages | |
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| System Reset Messages | |
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| System-Exclusive Messages | |
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| Universal Nonreal-Time System Exclusive | |
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| Universal Real-Time System Exclusive | |
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| Running Status | |
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| The Hardware | |
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| System Interconnection | |
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| The MIDI Cable | |
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| MIDI Phantom Power | |
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| Wireless MIDI | |
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| MIDI Jacks | |
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| MIDI In Jack | |
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| MIDI Out Jack | |
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| MIDI Thru Jack | |
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| MIDI Echo | |
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| Typical Configurations | |
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| The Daisy Chain | |
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| The Multiport Network | |
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| MIDI and the Personal Computer | |
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| The Mac | |
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| The PC | |
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| Portability | |
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| Super-Portability | |
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| Connecting to the Peripheral World | |
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| USB | |
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| Fire Wire | |
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| Networking | |
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| The MIDI Interface | |
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| The Keyboard Controller | |
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| Foot Controllers | |
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| The Audio Interface | |
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| DAW Hardware Controllers | |
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| MIDI Diagnostic Tools | |
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| Electronic Instruments | |
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| Inside the Toys | |
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| Keyboards | |
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| The Synth | |
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| Synth Modules | |
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| Soundcard Synths | |
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| Software Synthesis and Sample Resynthesis | |
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| Samplers | |
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| Software Samplers | |
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| Sample CDs, DVDs, and the Web | |
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| Instrument Plug-Ins | |
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| The MIDI Keyboard Controller | |
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| Alternative Controllers | |
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| The Drum Machine | |
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| Alternative Percussion Voices | |
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| MIDI Drum Controllers | |
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| Drum Machine Button Pads | |
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| The Keyboard as a Percussion Controller | |
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| Drum Pad Controllers | |
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| MIDI Drums | |
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| Other MIDI Instrument and Controller Types | |
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| MIDI Vibraphone | |
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| MIDI Guitars and Basses | |
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| MIDI Wind Controllers | |
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| Sequencing | |
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| Hardware Sequencers | |
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| Integrated Workstation Sequencers | |
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| Software Sequencers | |
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| Basic Introduction to Sequencing | |
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| Recording | |
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| Setting the Session Tempo | |
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| Changing Tempo | |
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| Click Track | |
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| Setting Up a Track | |
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| Multiple Track Recording | |
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| Punching In and Out | |
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| Pre-count | |
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| Record Loop | |
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| Stacking | |
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| Step Time Entry | |
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| Saving Your MIDI Files | |
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| Editing | |
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| Main Edit Screen | |
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| MIDI Grouping | |
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| Piano Roll Editor | |
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| Snap to | |
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| Notation Editor | |
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| Drum Editor | |
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| Event Editor | |
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| Practical Editing Techniques | |
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| Transposition | |
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| Quantization | |
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| Humanizing | |
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| Swing | |
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| Slipping in Time | |
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| Editing Controller Values | |
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| Thinning Controller Values | |
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| Filtering MIDI Data | |
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| Mapping MIDI Data | |
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| Program Change Messages | |
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| System Exclusive: The Musician's Pal | |
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| Work Those Tracks! | |
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| Splitting Tracks | |
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| Merging Tracks | |
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| Layering Tracks | |
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| MIDI Echo, Echo, Echo | |
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| MIDI Processing Effects | |
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| Audio-to-MIDI Interpretation | |
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| Replacing Audio Tracks via MIDI | |
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| Playback | |
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| Mixing a Sequence Using Continuous Controllers | |
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| Tips and Tricks | |
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| Digital Audio Production | |
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| The Digital Recording/Reproduction Process | |
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| Sampling | |
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| Quantization | |
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| Samplers | |
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| Sample Editing | |
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| Sample Looping | |
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| Distribution of Sampled Audio | |
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| MIDI Sample-Dump Standard | |
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| SCSI Sample Dump Formats | |
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| Hard-Disk Recording | |
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| The Digital Audio Workstation | |
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| Integration Now...Integration Forever! | |
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| DAW Hardware | |
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| The Desktop Computer | |
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| The Laptop Computer | |
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| The Audio Interface | |
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| Audio Driver Protocols | |
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| Latency | |
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| Wordclock | |
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| DAW Controllers | |
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| Sound File Formats | |
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| Format Interchange and Compatibility | |
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| Sound File Sample Rates | |
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| Sound File Bit Rates | |
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| DAW Software | |
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| Sound File Recording, Editing, Region Definition, and Placement | |
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| Real-Time, On-Screen Mixing | |
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| DSP Effects | |
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| DSP Plug-Ins | |
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| ReWire | |
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| Accelerator Cards | |
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| Power to the Processor...uhhh, People! | |
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| In Closing | |
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| Groove Tools and Techniques | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Time and Pitch Change Techniques | |
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| Warping | |
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| Beat Slicing | |
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| Looping your DAW | |
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| Loop-Based Audio Software | |
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| Reason | |
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| ReWire | |
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| Groove and Loop Hardware | |
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| Groove and Loop Plug-ins | |
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| Pulling Loops into a DAW Session | |
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| DJ Software | |
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| Obtaining Loopfiles from the Great Digital Wellspring | |
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| Editor/Librarians | |
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| A Historical Perspective | |
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| The Patch Editor | |
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| Hardware Patch Editors | |
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| The Patch Librarian | |
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| SysEx Dump Utilities | |
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| SysEx and your DAW | |
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| Alternative Sources for Obtaining Patch Data | |
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| Music Printing Programs | |
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| Entering Music Data | |
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| Scanning a Score | |
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| Editing a Score | |
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| Playing Back a Score | |
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| Display and Printing Out a Score | |
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| Multimedia and the Web | |
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| The Multimedia Environment | |
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| Delivery Media | |
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| The CD | |
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| The DVD | |
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| The Web | |
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| Delivery Formats | |
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| Digital Audio | |
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| Uncompressed Sound File Formats | |
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| Compressed Codec Sound File Formats | |
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| Perceptual Coding | |
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| MP3 | |
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| WMA | |
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| AAC | |
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| RealAudio | |
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| Tagged MetaData | |
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| MIDI | |
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| Standard MIDI Files | |
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| General MIDI | |
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| Graphics | |
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| Desktop Video | |
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| Multimedia and the Web in the "Need for Speed" Era | |
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| Thoughts on Being (and Getting Heard) in Cyberspace | |
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| Uploading to Stardom! | |
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| Copyright Protection: Wanna Get Paid? | |
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| Secure Digital Music Initiative | |
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| Internet Radio | |
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| The Virtual E-Dub | |
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| On a Final Note | |
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| Synchronization | |
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| Synchronization Between Media Transports | |
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| Time Code | |
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| Time Code Word | |
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| Sync Information Data | |
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| Time Code Frame Standards | |
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| LTC and VITC Time Code | |
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| Time Code Refreshment/Jam Sync | |
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| Synchronization Using SMPTE Time Code | |
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| SMPTE Offset Times | |
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| Loops | |
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| Distribution of SMPTE Signals | |
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| Time Code Levels | |
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| Synchronization in the Pre-MIDI Era | |
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| Click Sync | |
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| TTL and DIN Sync | |
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| FSK | |
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| MIDI-Based Synchronization | |
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| MIDI Real-Time Messages | |
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| Song Position Pointer | |
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| MIDI Time Code | |
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| MIDI Time Code Control Structure | |
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| SMPTE/MTC Conversion | |
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| Proprietary Synchronization Systems for Modular Digital Multitrack Recorders | |
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| Video's Need for a Stable Timing Reference | |
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| Digital Audio's Need for a Stable Timing Reference | |
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| Digital Audio Synchronization | |
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| Real-World Sync Applications for Using Time Code and MIDI Time Code | |
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| Master/Slave Relationship | |
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| Audio Recorders | |
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| VCRs | |
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| MDMs | |
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| Software Applications | |
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| Digital Audio Workstations | |
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| DAW Support for Video and Picture Sync | |
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| Routing Time Code to and from Your Computer | |
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| Keeping Out of Trouble | |
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| Mixing and Automation | |
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| Console and Mixer Basics | |
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| Understanding the Concept of "The Mixer" | |
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| Insert Point | |
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| Grouping | |
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| Hardware and Virtual Effects in Action | |
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| EQ | |
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| Dynamic Range Processors | |
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| Compression | |
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| Limiting | |
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| The Noise Gate | |
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| Time-Based Effects | |
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| Delay | |
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| Delay in Action! | |
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| Reverb | |
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| Reverb Types | |
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| Pitch Shifting | |
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| Time and Pitch Changes | |
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| Effects Automation | |
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| Write Mode | |
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| Read Mode | |
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| Drawn (Rubberband) Automation | |
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| Hardware Effects Automation and Editing via MIDI | |
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| The Art of Mixing | |
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| Mixing and Balancing Basics | |
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| Need More Inputs? | |
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| Exporting a Mixdown to File | |
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| Studio Tips and Tricks | |
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| Studio Acoustics | |
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| Monitoring | |
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| Monitor Volume | |
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| Monitor Speaker Types | |
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| Nearfield Monitoring | |
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| Small Speakers | |
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| Headphones | |
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| Your Car | |
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| Is It Live or Is It MIDI? | |
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| Reamping It in the Mix | |
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| Transferring MIDI to Audio Tracks | |
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| Helpful Production Hints | |
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| Power- and Ground-Related Issues | |
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| Power Conditioning | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| The MIDI Implementation Chart | |
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| Guidelines For Using the Chart | |
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| Detailed Explanation of the Chart | |
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| Header | |
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| Basic Channel | |
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| Mode | |
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| Note Number | |
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| Velocity | |
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| Afterrouch | |
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| Pitch Bender | |
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| Conttol Change | |
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| Program Change | |
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| System Exclusive | |
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| System Common | |
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| System Real Time | |
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| Auxiliary Messages | |
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| Notes | |
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| Tax Tips for Musicians | |
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| A Business of Your Own | |
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| "But, Dude, I Gotta Eat." | |
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| Write-Offs | |
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| Gear Lust = Tax Savings | |
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| Home Sweet Home | |
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| Self-Employment Tax | |
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| Health Insurance | |
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| Eat, Drink, and Be Merry | |
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| Vehicular Reductions | |
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| Feed The Nest Egg and Save, Too | |
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| End-of-the-Year Tax Tips | |
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| Get Help From the IRS | |
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| Final Word | |
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| Musician's Guide to Saving For Retirement | |
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| Simple Sep Steps | |
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| Keogh Dough | |
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| Author Bio | |
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| Continued Education | |
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| The Web | |
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| Index | |