Search Result for "musical_instrument_digital_interface":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers;
[syn: musical instrument digital interface, MIDI]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

musical instrument digital interface n 1: a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers [syn: musical instrument digital interface, MIDI]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI (MIDI /mi'-dee/, /mee'-dee/) A hardware specification and protocol used to communicate note and effect information between synthesisers, computers, music keyboards, controllers, and other electronic music devices. It is basically a high-speed serial connection with separate connections for MIDI in, MIDI out and MIDI through (to allow devices to be chained). The basic unit of information is a "note on/off" event which includes a note number (pitch) and key velocity (loudness). There are many other message types for events such as pitch bend, patch changes and synthesizer-specific events for loading new patches etc. There is a file format for expressing MIDI data which is like a dump of data sent over a MIDI port. The MIME type "audio/midi" isn't actually registered so it should probably be "audio/x-midi". Filename extension: .mid or .midi (http://update.uu.se/~vick/Coordinator.html). Usenet newsgroups: news:comp.music.midi, news:alt.music.midi. (1998-06-27)