Unit 49 -brief 2-Sequencing

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What is Midi? -MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol developed in the 1980's which allows electronic instruments and other digital musical tools to communicate with each other.  MIDI itself does not make sound, it is just a series of messages like "note on," "note off," "note/pitch," "pitchbend," and many more.  These messages are interpreted by a MIDI instrument to produce sound.  A MIDI instrument can be a piece of hardware (electronic keyboard, synthesizer) or part of a software environment (ableton, garageband, digital performer, logic...).
The advantages of MIDI include:
compact -an entire song can be stored within a few hundred MIDI messages (compared to audio data which is sampled thousands of times a second)
easy to modify/manipulate notes -change pitch, duration, and other parameters without having to rerecord
change instruments -remember, MIDI only describes which notes to play, you can send these notes to any instrument to change the overall sound of the composition.

Midi Hard ware 

I have used a midi keyboard to record all of the tracks and I have used midi to input the notes from the song that i chosen which was La La La by Naughty Boy.






What is DAW -A digital audio workstation (DAW) is a computer that is specially equipped with a high-quality sound card and programming for editing and processing digital audio at a professional level. Digital audio workstations can range from a simple two-channel editor to a complete digital recording studio suite.


Hallion Sonic SE/Sylenth for software synthesisers- I used both of these software synthesisers when inputting the notes both of these synths aloud me to manipulate and control the sound wave and add on effects.On Sylenth i can change the wave form for example i can change it from saw tooth to a square wave this helped me find the correct sound that i was looking for and pitches.

 

Midi Interfaces -A MIDI interface is a device that can accept MIDI plugs (the old fashioned hardware type) and send and receive MIDI signal. MIDI stands for 'Musical Instrument DigitalInterface' and is a protocol, or an agreed standard adopted to ensure certain ground rules are met when software and hardware are designed.For this project i used the keystudio 49i.

Here is a photo of my track list of all the different instruments I used through Midi and Synths as i inputed the notes from the song.