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| ====== MIDI ====== | ====== MIDI ====== | ||
| - | ===== Media for General MIDI Enthusiasts | + | ===== Versions |
| - | ==== Songs ==== | + | ==== General MIDI ==== |
| - | * //Hey Little Girl//, Icehouse. | + | ==== Yamaha XG ==== |
| - | * //When I Spend My Time With You//, Model-T. | + | |
| - | ==== Movies ==== | + | * [[wp> |
| + | * [[https:// | ||
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| + | * http:// | ||
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| + | * [[yt> | ||
| + | * [[github> | ||
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| - | | + | Games with YXG soundtracks: |
| - | * [[lb>mechanical-violator-hakaider|Mechanical Violator Hakaider]]. | + | |
| - | * [[lb>rocky-vi|Rocky VI]] (don't watch this, it sucks). | + | * PC versions of //Final Fantasy VII// and //VIII//. |
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| + | ===== Setup ===== | ||
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| + | Setting up MIDI for music making. | ||
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| + | I had these videos bookmarked, they' | ||
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| + | * [[yt>neXswJJcatc|USB & MIDI: Everything you need to know to get it right (USB MIDI Host vs Interface explained)]] - By Loopop, who usually does a good job of comprehensively covering music making hardware. | ||
| + | * [[yt>v4ZeXXpRC0Q|How to Sync your Synthesizer Setup using MIDI]] - By JAde Wii, who has a DAWless setup (I've switched to using a DAW for sequencing). | ||
| + | * [[yt> | ||
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| + | Personally I use a two [[Roland]] USB→MIDI cable to communicate between my computer and 8-in/8-out [[MIDI router]]s, and everything else goes into those routers too. I find the [[MIDI router]] such a hassle saver, you just tell it what signals to send where. You can get old ones like mine for $100 and less, or new fancy ones for much more if you really want. If you want to record audio on your computer get an audio interface in place of the Roland cable. I've seen some other routers designed to be run from a computer (Edirol and Mio ones come to mind), but I'm happy with my setup. | ||
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| + | ==== Sysex ==== | ||
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| + | I'm using [[Reaper]] to send Sysex messages for synths that need them (mostly the yamaha_tx81z), | ||
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| + | * **amidi** - Command line tool you might fidn handy if you want to make your own scripts. | ||
| + | * **SysExxer** and **SysExxer NG** - GUI tools for sending and receiving sysex messages. | ||
| + | * There are various //Patch Editor// and //Patch Librarian// programs that combine organising and transmitting patches in various formats. Lots of the big ones are Windows only, and I haven' | ||
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| + | ===== Playback ===== | ||
| - | ===== Setup on Linux ===== | ||
| I'd thought [[VLC]] had dropped support for MIDI, but I've found it to be the easiest way to get hassle-free MIDI playback. | I'd thought [[VLC]] had dropped support for MIDI, but I've found it to be the easiest way to get hassle-free MIDI playback. | ||
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| - | ===== Versions | + | ===== Media for General MIDI Enthusiasts |
| - | ==== General MIDI ==== | + | ==== Songs ==== |
| - | ==== Yamaha XG ==== | + | * //Hey Little Girl//, Icehouse. |
| + | * //When I Spend My Time With You//, Model-T. | ||
| - | * [[wp> | + | ==== Movies ==== |
| - | * [[https:// | + | |
| - | * https:// | + | |
| - | * http:// | + | |
| - | * https:// | + | |
| - | Games with YXG soundtracks: | + | * [[Johnny To]] films. |
| + | * [[lb> | ||
| + | * [[lb> | ||
| - | * PC versions of //Final Fantasy VII// and //VIII//. | + | * https://letterboxd.com/rjt/tag/general-midi/films/ |
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| + | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| + | * https://midi.guide/ - MIDI CC & NRPN database | ||
| + | * https:// | ||
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