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MIDI TUNINGS & ALTERNATE APPLICATIONS Alternate Tunings By convention, instruments that receive MIDI generally use the conventional 12-pitch per octave equal temperament tuning system. Unfortunately this tuning system makes many types of music inaccessible because the music depends on a different intonation system. To address this issue in a standardized manner, in 1992 the MMA ratified the MIDI Tuning Standard, or MTS. This standard allow MIDI instruments that support MTS to be tuned in any way desired, through the use of a MIDI Non-Real Time System Exclusive message. MTS uses three bytes, which can be thought of as a three-digit number base 128, to specify a pitch in logarithmic form. While support for MTS is not particularly widespread in commercial hardware instruments, it is nonetheless supported by some instruments and software, for example the free software programs TiMidity and Scala (program), as well as other microtuners. Other applications of MIDI MIDI is also used every day as a control protocol in applications other than music, including:
Such non-musical applications of MIDI are possible because any device built with a standard MIDI Out connector should in theory be able to control any other device with a MIDI In port, just as long as the developers of both devices have the same understanding about the semantic meaning of all the MIDI messages the sending device emits. This agreement can come either because both follow the published MIDI specifications, or else in the case of any non-standard functionality, because the message meanings are agreed upon by the two manufacturers.
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About the Various Midi Formats & Extensions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_usage_and_applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface |
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