I am blown away by all musical innovations. There are some really
hi tech, useful, and great innovations to electronic music. The one I feel that
is most important to my career and future in music production is MIDI. I know
cliché, but it is true. I want to produce Hip Hop and R&B and I also want
to possibly produce sounds for video games. I make beats and I don’t play any
instruments except digitally. I know music and I play by ear and what I learned
in Music Theories courses. MIDI makes it possible for me to play music
digitally and use a library of instrument from one controller. I find that not
only important to my future music profession, but also really amazing. It is
intriguing. It has evolved the way we
record music. It molded a new era in
music recording. In 1982 MIDI was announced but appeared on an actual
instrument in 1983. The instrument that was first used with MIDI was the
Sequential Prophet-600, and then came the Roland JX3P. Not only does MIDI have
an impact on recording but also on stage performances. I love studio musicians
as well but MIDI opens up opportunity for producers of today to have a chance
to make beautiful music without being a musical geniuses. Music is feeling and
expression and everyone expresses different.
As a user of MIDI it directly impacts me. If I did not have this
wonderful innovation to electric music I could not produce my own beats in my
home. I probably wouldn’t be taking online courses for music production. My
creativity would also be limited. As an
industry professional this innovation affects me even more because this is my
job, MIDI is how I am learning, how I make music for passion and hopefully will
assist my attempt to procreate revenue.
Greetings Shayna,
ReplyDeleteI also chose MIDI as the topic on my blog. I agree with your post. MIDI truly is the foundation that enables a modern studio to function professionally and in a much smaller space than ever before.
I have just recently started diving into the more complex aspects of MIDI in my home studio. I had a lot of outboard equipment that I wanted to get “in the box.” I upgraded my audio interface,(which also had MIDI in/out) and now I have everything working together…most of the time, at least.
I have basic sync down with my current setup and have been trying to figure out if I want to use a single interface to control everything or if I want to continue using the onboard knobs and faders on the hardware modules. I like putting my hands on the machines while operating with them so if I went with a single controller interface it would have to be able to do everything I needed. To be more specific, I am interested in a mixer controller of some sort. I am tired of clicking with my mouse.
In the 1980’s my studio complaint list would be a lot more complicated than, “What do I want to plug in to control everything?” MIDI makes it that simple for me in the present. I agree that without MIDI you and I probably wouldn’t be able to study online for the classes we take. Not without a room full of bulky hardware and cables. I truly feel that the standardization of MIDI was key in insuring the success of electronic music.