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The MIDI Companion: The Ins, Outs and Throughs |  | Author: Jeff Rona
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
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Pages: 96
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Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0793530776
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
UPC: 073999835007
EAN: 9780793530779
ASIN: 0793530776
Publication Date: February 1, 1994
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Product Description
The Complete Guide To Using MIDI Synthesizers, Samplers, Soundcards, Sequencers, Computers, and more! The MIDI Companion shows how a MIDI system or systems for a wide range of situations can be assembled quickly, easily and trouble-free. Describes how to synchronize MIDI sequencers, drum machines, multitrack equipment, SMPTE-based equipment, and other MIDI instruments. Describes each and every MIDI code and the techniques used in transmitting these codes between various MIDI devices. Explains how to get the most out of any musical situation that calls for the use of synthesizers and electronic musical instruments. This totally new edition includes more information on the actual applications and musical uses for MIDI. A complete chapter devoted to General MIDI, plus the charts for GM sounds. Two additional new chapters on The MIDI Studio and MIDI And The Personal Computer. New diagrams, updated diagrams, new graphics. Profusely illustrated with pictures, photographs and diagrams, and also includes a detailed glossary.
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 MIDI On The Mind January 28, 2009
Gerald J. Somers (Mi.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a practicing musician for 45 years, and after reading quite a few books on the subject of MIDI, this book is another typical MIDI book. It tells of how and why it was developed. It's always good to know the roots of everything one studies but this does not help one understand how to make your keyboard tell your guitar effects processor to change to patch #3, your vocal effects processor to switch to patch #49 and use a command to raise the reverb level to a certain point at a precise millisecond, or maybe message,(talk), to another keyboard in the MIDI chain and tell it to do whatever you want, all at the same instant. MIDI is truly a beast worth utilizing, and works quite well, for some. But I wouldn't trust it with my life. All of these MIDI books give the history and theory of MIDI. Every MIDI object has its own method of giving a midi command or recieving one. This and every other book I've read on the subject of MIDI is just as this one. One you should have seen if the library had. Gerald Somers ggp.
 Somewhat outdated November 7, 2007
Reader (Norway)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was published in 1987 and reprinted in 1994. The book does recognize that it is really when the MIDI-instruments are connected to a computer that MIDI takes on its real power, but only 10% of the book talks about MIDI and computers. The chapter on computer tells you about the choice between PC, MAC, Atrari and Commodore, and explains in length what a CD-rom is, and why we need it (not all programs fit on a floppy disk...) Sequencer program are mentioned, but barely so.
The book does a fair job in explaining the MIDI standard and how it works, but it does not help me at all when I want to get started in connecting the components to my PC. I do think this was an excellent book in 1987, but digital music has moved on a long way since then.
 Great for basic MIDI understanding and Setup July 21, 2005
MIDI MAn (LA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a student at musicians Institute in LA. I wanted to learn more about MIDI and bought this book.
It has old pictures and couple sections are out of date. But if your are able to tell the difference between todays computers used in Music, you'll be fine>
Great explanation. Very easy discription how MIDI messages are sent, how to use them and how to put together a MIDI System>
All in all a great book. Helped me a lot
 Best Book I've Found On MIDI March 11, 2005
Skillet (Winchester, VA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is thin and concise, I have read many books on MIDI and have found none to be as useful as this and has my full recommendation.
I was prompted to write a review due the poor and inaccurate reviews that say it is out dated. Sure maybe buying a book about Microsoft operating system that is 10 years old would be considered out dated but that is far from the case here.
I challenge anyone to find a more concise book explaining MIDI anywhere. If you have read another MIDI book better than this, I most likely have read it and disagree with you! All the info in this book applies to working with MIDI in this year 2005 in any audio work station today or your Akai MPC or whatever.
As far as the reviewer that said their pages were stuck together, I am sorry, mine was not like that and you just got a bad copy.
 Too old to matter December 28, 2004
Edo (Boulder, CO)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book really should be removed from circulation. While basic MIDI information is in there, it is so out of date it just makes it hard to read. Examples are of obsolete or vintage gear and has no real relation to todays musician.
Illustrations are all cheesy and look like bad microsoft clipart. Photographs are all poor and dated. The section on MIDI and a personal computers lists atari and commodore as possible good choices - get the picture!
If you are looking for charts of Control codes etc, - they are in here, but you can find those anywhere. If you are trying to get information on MIDI in the last decade or so, buy a different book.
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