by Flash | Mar 10, 2025 | MIDI 101
In today's digital world, musicians have choices as to how they present their music in a live setting. The gamut can run from a 7 piece band playing all the parts to a one man show using backing tracks to complete the act. Backing Tracks are great for smaller acts to...
by Flash | Mar 10, 2025 | MIDI 101
As a professional MIDI programmer, my job is to take a song and transform it into MIDI data. In short, you are taking all the parts: the chords, the notes, the drums, the dynamics, and reproducing them. As one example, a solo performer can now play and sing along with...
by Flash | Mar 10, 2025 | Musicians
Congratulations! Your singing has become amazing, and it's time the world knew. You've also written some songs that are just kick you-know-what. They need to be recorded, MP3ed and put on the net ASAP. But you've got two problems. First, you can't afford a studio or a...
by Flash | Mar 9, 2025 | MIDI 101
Here is a list of General MIDI Patches (sounds) Patch Number MIDI Note Range* Patch Name 0 21 thru 108 Acoustic Grand Piano 1 21 thru 108 Bright Acoustic Piano 2 21 thru 108 Electric Grand Piano 3 21 thru 108 Honky-tonk Piano 4 21 thru 108 Rhodes Piano 5 21 thru 108...
by Flash | Mar 7, 2025 | Tech Talk
Have you ever wanted to make your own music but didn't know where to start? Read on to know how to get started using your PC or laptop. Ingredient 1 - Decide whether you are going Audio or Midi The first thing you should do is work out how you want to record music....
by Flash | Mar 7, 2025 | MIDI 101
Hopefully, this article will help start you on your way to music sequencing and electronic music in general. While most modern sequencers support both MIDI sequencing as well as Digital Audio recording, this article will focus only on MIDI. First, we'll start off with...
