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Using the MIDI protocol in the musical environment is essential. However, the fact of just having a computer does not give us the control to manage the MIDI port of our computer nor handling MIDI files. For this task, we must have MIDI software installed into our system that fit to our needs.

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About MIDI dot com The musical environment is a large and excitant area.

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My first introduction to the world of music

I barely remember my first guitar lessons. The changes we have suffered on the last years have been beneficial, especially for the world of music. New technologies are showing up day by day, giving us even more possibilities.

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Recording Studios First step to fame: The recording studio

Every musician is looking forward to improving on. The most important step in the life of the musical compositor is launching their first album. I remembered how my friends were always anxious to start our first recording in a professional recording studio. It wasn’t easy, as professional recording studios are expensive.

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MIDI Guitars
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The Guitar “The instrument of instruments”

I have not heard a sound as beautiful that the one performed by a guitar. It is warm and pleasant, the companion that accompanies either the lonely musician as well the musician of the masses. Personally, I consider the guitar as the instruments of instruments; other may disagree, while other would tell that the piano is the chosen one. We must remember that the guitar is the most popular musical instrument around.

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MIDI keyboards The musical creation concept at your fingertips: The MIDI Keyboard

Have you ever tried to start something, but you did not know how to do it? Let’s say we want to write a brand new musical composition. We have the idea, the concept, but we do not know where to start on.

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MIDI Virtual Instruments MIDI and the sound card

Have you ever heard a MIDI file? Depending of the quality of the sound card the sound varies. They are great sound cards in the market that can emulate the real sound of instruments, but not realistic ones. To make you prove how MIDI sounds I let you hear a MIDI file using the sound of your computer.

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MIDI Theory The MIDI protocol, being one the most used among professionals of the musical environment, especially composers, have become very popular since the beginning of the new computation technologies nearly 10 years ago. Nowadays, it is widely used as a tool either in instruments, control and musical virtualization. If you are new in the musical environment, probably, you have heard about MIDI.

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Foreword: Home recording studio setup - The Recording Room We all musicians dream about recording our musical compositions. For this, they are hundreds of recording studios willing to provide their services. Nevertheless, not everyone can record on a commercial recording studio, most professional recording studios are expensive, and many times we do not feel comfortable going against time. The best way to avoid these inconveniences is by owning a home recording studio.

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Timidity++ In the music world, we all expect a good sound coming out from a musical composition. When I was young on my earlier musician stages, I discovered the power of the computer as a tool for musical compositions. So at that time, I was creating frenetically many musical works. I was young, so I had a lot of free time.Despite my enthusiasm, I just was using the MIDI engine of the computer to appreciate my musical compositions. So, I started to search for a tool that allows me to convert the digital MIDI format to a WAVE format, so I may have a better sound. After days of looking for this software, I found Timidity.

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Buidling a home recording studio While we are in our trip as musicians, no matter what kind of music we are playing, we just came to the point that we want something of our repertory recorded so we could show it to anyone without the need of playing. Moreover, a recording studio provides a new environment by adding cool effects and even new instruments like symphonic orchestras.

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Introduction to MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol used either to perform a direct connection between a MIDI instrument and the computer; this protocol is widely used by composers, musicians and performers as a tool. Also some instruments have the MIDI technology for playback capabilities.

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