Home
Midi Basics 1
Midi Basics 2
Midi Advance
USB/Midi FireWire
Record Midi & Audio
Editing Midi & Audio
VST Plugins/Effects
Mixing & Mastering
CV/Gate & Synthesis
DJing & DJ Products
Music Store Products
Musical Glossary

Subscribe To This Site
XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

Solution 2 Midi


MIDI stands for (Musical Instrument Digital Interface).It is the basic concept of solution 2 MIDI connections, to Musical and Virtual Digital Instruments today.

Back in the 70's and 80's, there was only Analogue Synthesizers about. Like the Moog, ARP, and Roland etc. Which you could only program the sounds, by knobs and sliders. Then in turn to control these electronic masterpieces to other synths, you had to connect an input and output patch lead CV/Gate (Control Voltage Gate).


Roland SH101


The basic old MIDI connections have several connections, including a MIDI IN, MIDI OUT and sometimes MIDI THRU. At the back of your Instruments, Digital Mixers, Multitrack Recording Porto Studio’s and Digital Outboard Effects Units.


Old Midi Lead The cable has five pins on both ends.

• (Male Connectors) Five pins on both ends.

These days, USB/MIDI cable are taking over.



The inputs/outputs have five slots embedded.

• (Female Inputs/Outputs) Five hole internal MIDI input sockets.

And the same with inputs/outputs as well, USB/MIDI sockets are taking over. All of these subjects later on.


Female Connections

The MIDI commands travel from MIDI OUT from one Instrument, into MIDI IN of another Instrument. Alternatively, any MIDI Unit that needs to communicate or be controlled.


Basic MIDI IN & OUT



Basic MIDI IN - OUT & THRU • MIDI IN is for receiving information.

• MIDI OUT is for sending information.

• MIDI THRU is for repeating information from Midi IN.

MIDI THRU is like MIDI OUT, it sends information to the next Instrument. However, it does not make its own conversation; it simply repeats the information from MIDI IN.

A combination of more than 2 MIDI instruments, are called a MIDI System Network Solution. Which can consist of Hardware MIDI Synths, Drum Machines, Samplers, Sequencers and Outboard Effects.


MIDI information is sent from MIDI OUT to MIDI IN, or from MIDI THRU to MIDI IN. The information is always sent one-way, so that the Sender and Receiver in conversation remain the same.

A MIDI Controller Keyboard, with lots of controls and without onboard sounds. They are used to control MIDI information to MIDI products. Such as a MIDI Sound Module that has no keyboard attached. These have fixed duties as a Master or a Slave, the Sender is the Master and the Receiver is the Slave.


MIDI Master & Slave



We could construct a large chain of MIDI instruments together, one after the other, via MIDI THRU to MIDI IN’s. However, after about the fourth or fifth instrument in the network chain. The MIDI information will be harder to understand, because a lot of MIDI information, will be transmitted through these instruments at one time.


MIDI THRU Box The solution 2 this MIDI basic problem, is call a MIDI THRU Box Interface Selector. It consists of MIDI IN and serial MIDI OUT’s connectors. A MIDI THRU Box will send the information all at the same time, from the Master to the Slaves instruments. Therefore, this can receive the correct data first time around. Without being cluttered through each Midi instrument on the way.

Basic MIDI THRU Box



Solution 2 Midi System


Thanks for all the World Countries, for viewing this page!



footer for Solution 2 page