MIDI

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* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/documents/format_documentation/MIDI%20(The%20Usenet%20MIDI%20Primer)%20(.mid).txt The USENET MIDI Primer]
 
* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/documents/format_documentation/MIDI%20(The%20Usenet%20MIDI%20Primer)%20(.mid).txt The USENET MIDI Primer]
 
* [https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130412/09091522689/heres-another-inventor-who-willingly-gave-his-greatest-idea-away-order-to-establish-it-as-global-standard.shtml Inventor of MIDI willingly gave idea away to establish it as a standard]
 
* [https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130412/09091522689/heres-another-inventor-who-willingly-gave-his-greatest-idea-away-order-to-establish-it-as-global-standard.shtml Inventor of MIDI willingly gave idea away to establish it as a standard]
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* [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/sep/23/impossible-music-black-midi/ The impossible music of black MIDI]

Revision as of 01:27, 31 October 2013

File Format
Name MIDI
Ontology
Extension(s) .mid
.midi
MIME Type(s) audio/midi
audio/mid
audio/x-midi
audio/m
application/x-midi
LoCFDD fdd000102
fdd000119
PRONOM x-fmt/230

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is an industry specification that permits digital musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another. The MIDI Specification was published in August 1983.

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As well as the standard MIDI specification, a number of (often proprietary) MIDI clones and variants have been created over the years. These include:

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