Section · 8 guides
Learn MIDI
What MIDI actually is and how it moves — the protocol, the ports, the messages, and the habits that keep a rig speaking clearly.
- DATAWhat MIDI Actually Is (and Isn't)It's not audio — it's instructions. Note-on, note-off, how hard you hit. The one idea that unlocks everything else.
- 5-PINMIDI vs Audio: The Difference That Trips EveryoneWhy a MIDI cable carries no sound, why that's a feature, and what actually travels down each wire in a studio.
- 2.0MIDI 2.0, Minus the Press ReleaseWhat's genuinely new (resolution, two-way chatter, per-note control), what's marketing, and why 1983 gear still works fine.
- THRUWhy You Still Need a MIDI InterfaceLegacy DIN gear, routing, clock sync and SysEx backups — the four practical jobs an interface still does in a USB world.
- DIN-5MIDI Connectors: From DIN-5 to USBEvery plug that carries MIDI — DIN-5, USB, TRS minijack, Bluetooth — what each is good for and the adapters that actually work.
- CH-16Channels, CCs and Program Changes, PlainlySixteen channels, the handful of message types that matter, and how one cable drives a whole rack.
- F0…F7SysEx: The Backup You Forgot to MakeSystem Exclusive dumps preserve every patch on your hardware. Ten minutes now saves a dead-battery heartbreak later.
- 31.25kRecommended Practices for a Clean MIDI SetupCable habits, channel plans, latency checks and the small disciplines that keep a rig reliable on stage and in the studio.