MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files enable musicians to notate music electronically. But aside from their compact sizes, MIDI files and their synthetic instruments are generally less ...

There are only so many ways to generate music with a computer, and by far the most popular method is MIDI. It’s been around for thirty-five years, and you don’t get to be a decades-old standard for no ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Many computer musicians shy away from programming their own acoustic (as opposed to electronic) drum tracks, understandably concerned that since they don’t know how to play a real ...

A standard set of 128 sounds for MIDI sound cards and devices (synthesizers, sound modules, etc.). By assigning instruments to specific MIDI patch locations, General MIDI provides a standard way of ...

A second push-dial on the top of the speaker is used to operate the rhythm machine. This offers 50 patterns and several great ...

There are a slew of keyboards and apps that help people learn how to play the piano, but a small company called PopuMusic is showing off an intriguing set of products at CES to make the process easier ...

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Some of the coolest sounds come from wild instruments like orchestra strings, fretless basses, and theremins — instruments that aren’t tied down by the constraints of frets and other kinds of note ...

It seems to me that none of the information about the current offerings of the sound cards say anything about the quality of their hardware MIDI synths. (A spec or two may be given.) I guess it's ...