MIDI Explained for Beginners

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@anch95 3 года назад

So MIDI is basically the periodic table but for music notes

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

In a way :)

@johnrodriguez2440 3 года назад

I mean it’s just piano keys but yes basically

@xxxxxxx235 3 года назад

@@MusicSequencing I mastered that shxt n highschool I can do this preesh😎

@mila1012 2 года назад

More like a translator....

@VisforVillains 2 года назад

@@mila1012 this! Because really Midi can speak with any instrument or device that is midi enabled: if you equip your toaster with midi and program the software for it to interact with a sequencer, it will make your toast exactly as you want.

@braydenblankenship1432 4 года назад

I feel like I have watched almost every video on youtube explaining this simple idea. I don't understand why they couldn't break it down like this. Thanks a lot man!

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

Glad it helped man!!! Thanks for the feedback!

@kristian21 9 месяцев назад

Exactly my thoughts :)))

@africandispatch 3 месяца назад

Yes, this is actually the first video that actually explains MIDI in a easy, intuitive way to understand

@ayruhn5839 4 года назад

My prof sent me two 10-minute readings introducing MIDI and this video still did a better job. Thank you so much!

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

Glad it helps :)

@xXC0deZer0Xx 4 года назад

Great Job! I think you've given one of the best explanations on midi I've seen online.

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

Thanks!! Happy to hear it helps!

@Mooshnick 3 года назад

My DUDE----I've been avoiding midi for nearly half a century---because the producers I was around didn't know how to explain it. And because I've been able to create without it---up until NOW---i've had very lil interest---as hit is a hit. BUT YOU explained it in less than 8 minutes. So now I have over 30 years' worth of music that can now be set up and controlled via midi ---is my understanding. As I plan to sync with tons of photography and art I've been creating for an equal amount of time. Sorry for the extended commentary but I'm excited to learn this as you just inherited a student for life. Much gratitude!!!

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Thank you so much for the feedback Patrick! Glad that it helped! All the best with your musical journey with the power of MIDI :)

@citizenworld8094 3 года назад

There were lots of folk who never knew that rice crispies were made of individual grains of rice. This was the same for me.

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

hahahaha

@twiglet2214 3 года назад

....and theyr're filled with snap,crackle and pop as the ad used to inform us !

@himanshuverma3281 3 года назад

Wow. Just Wow. Thank You so so much. Please keep uploading more videos on Studio Recording, Mixing etc. Thanks Again.

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Thank you Himanshu!

@awonderingoneil206 3 года назад

rip your American midi Boss Jokes aside, this was a really useful vid and really well explained. Cheers man.

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Glad it helps :)

@jeffreyalanday7432 Год назад

Finally, with your vid I finally understood the basics of MIDI. Thank you so much for the understandable explanation, other vids were just too complicated and carelessly made. Seems a lot of other people here agree. Explaining something to beginners is an art - because we don't yet have simple concepts.

@AJMusicUganda Месяц назад

It took me long to sync in 😂but I later did. Well done sir

@creampuff966 3 года назад

What an awesome and easy to understand explanation. Thank you so much! I would really love a whole video series for beginners

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Great suggestion!

@murtaza-magsi 4 года назад

"Boss gets hit by a bus!!!!" LOL The look on his face when he thought of this scenario over the top of his head when explaining why midi was invented.

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

💩

@musicproductionnerd 2 года назад

MIDI is such an amazing technology in music production. Great explanation man!

@Mr.A_LDN 3 года назад

Subbed for the T-shirt alone:-)

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

@geoffconrad1556 2 года назад

Great analogy brother. Best explanation on You Tube by far--well done!!!

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Glad it helped Geoff :)

@larsdahl6594 4 года назад

And here I was thinking MIDI was a digital instrument to make PacMan sounds on the computer. Seriously. Thanks! 😜

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

😂 Glad it helped!!!

@TheMastermindII 3 года назад

That was actually the best explanation I’ve heard Subbed🙂

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Thanks Kayzz :)

@sagar1992 2 года назад

Nah this was bullshit. I understood nothing

@BanjoEarth 5 месяцев назад

What a beautiful video! hilarious and informative simultaneously. Thanks!

@atakankara7331 3 года назад

okay so simply put, midi is a universal remote control.

@lucytran422 2 года назад

7:11 is one of the simplest yet coolest thing I've ever seen!! :)

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Thanks :)

@HeyItsEvi 2 года назад

This was the best explanation of this

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Glad to help :)

@apnudi 2 года назад

this is like the beginning of a DND quest :) love it

@maxwarfield6699 Месяц назад

Ok, but you need a computer, without it, is it still possible to use a MIDI instrument?

@PinupSticknerd 14 дней назад

Plug midi keyboard into synth 😊 -synth has midi in - midi keyboard has midi out I appreciate you.

@musicvisualsproductions4869 3 года назад

The best simple language explanation out there!

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Glad it helps :)

@Infamoussjay 2 года назад

Wow Sir this is incredible. I wish you could teach me everything I want to know because you explain things so well, an idiot could become a genius listening to you. Excellent video.

@hemfri07 12 дней назад

Greetings,i am music producer for over 30 years now,ergo,You forgot one BIG thing about MIDI- When MIDI was introduced,it was not so compatible,so Roland in '90 establish -GSS , that could be use universaly,like CH 1-is Always Piano,CH 10-is Allways DRUMS,before GENERAL MIDI ,you first need to program and adjust MIDI channels to work as you planned,GENERAL MIDI -SOLVED that Problem issue-sorry but i needed to afilliate your explanation of MIDI,and this is shortly sade-there is much more,but ,enough for now,yours truly (i have 17 Synths,not including other instruments,and i work with BIG names)in my A studio (the bigest one+B and C)

@timanderson9466 3 года назад

Great analogy. “Hey Japanese instrument, you speak MIDI?” Yeah man, I speak MIDI.

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

hahaha

@hemfri07 10 дней назад

Oversimplified Explanation,but it is adequately , Just had to include MIDI

@kevinbirnbaum6460 3 года назад

Thanks. I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack - like 5 bulbs shy - and I still got it. Finally.

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Glad to hear Kevin!

@juxtapos1034 8 месяцев назад

beautiful

@RestlessLightning Год назад

I still can't figure out if you wamt to use free beats or buy beats. Why do you neee a midi controller or even a Daw plug in

@manueloverhoff3493 3 года назад

But where from does the kontroller know your name alex?

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

💩

@brandullio 3 года назад

Hey! If I'm a total begginer using the piano, and I intend to use it for personal use only (not in concerts or anything like that) how much important is it if the piano I want to buy, has MIDI or not? I overall like a certain model of piano, but the main issue is that it doesn't have MIDI

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

If you want to produce music with the piano then midi would be important, if not then you're probably fine without it.

@mav474 3 года назад

Thanks for the simple explanation!

@mav474 3 года назад

Thanks to RU-vid also to enable this!

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@alanblakeguitarist 9 месяцев назад

Hey can you help me with my set up of guitar effects and midi? I have an Eventide H90 and a Line 6 Helix floor unit. I am trying to have the line 6 control the H90. If you do private instructions maybe we can try a video call? I will pay you for your time. Thanks!

@nickydas8122 2 года назад

Very good explanations. Thank you!!

@alexearly5601 7 месяцев назад

lol i felt like you were both really nervous and really comfortable somehow at the same time XD in the best way possible of course. i really appreciate you doing it though, you make it easy to understand. so thank you :D sorry about your boss though :/ i hope that bus got fired by his boss.....wait....you dont think the bus would....im glad im not a boss :0

@yamoms9557 3 года назад

So pretty much you can program the midi to make different sounds and stuff through what ever program ur using ?

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Yes, as long as the program can understand midi messages :)

@blocxa_3541 3 года назад

Do you NEED a midi keyboard to work the vst's in Cakewalk?? I cant seem to get it to work (previewing sounds before i put them into the DAW- no sounds is coming out)n >:( if so what budget midi would you recommend amazon reviews are all over the place..

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Hi, I've never used Cakewalk but I can pretty much guarantee you don't need a midi keyboard. What you need to search for is "how to create a Midi region in cakewalk". Maybe the midi regions can go directly onto a track with a VST instrument or maybe you need to connect a midi track to a VST instrument somehow. I strongly recommend you watch a tutorial explaining Cakewalk's main functionalities or maybe find a course online. Hope that helps :)

@caseymcgonigle3890 3 года назад

This was great. Makes me want to start poking around with MIDI a bit. In the meantime, is there a MIDI-equivalent (or can MIDI itself do this) that can identify notes and tempo from music played out loud (ie on a non-MIDI piano) and plot them the way that MIDI does?

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

This feature exists in some Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), like in Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and FL studio (at least I believe) and probably more DAWs as well. If you do a search for Audio to Midi in Logic Pro or Audio to Midi in Ableton Live ect (pick any DAW) and you will find some great tutorials that will show you exactly how to do it :)

@caseymcgonigle3890 3 года назад

@@MusicSequencing Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply!

@hwt-ka-pth 3 года назад

7:12 Nice. And thanks alot for the explanation!

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Happy it helped!

@chadrogers3575 2 года назад

Man where were you a few years ago. I have been in so many studios and spent thousands of hours. I learned more from you in this video. Man I cant thank you enough sir......

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Glad I could help :)

@arunpai1515 10 месяцев назад

can I connect my casio CT S1 to PC and have chord accompaniment ? which plays the way I move

@saltygandalf3918 4 года назад

THANK YOU THIS HELPS

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

Glad to hear :)

@johnnyismybro 10 месяцев назад

Bravo!

@Josev-TV 4 месяца назад

But how do you connect midi to a DAW? Do you use a line-in from an interface?

@AaronRaglandTV 3 месяца назад

Hey, I'm not the content creator, but I've been making music for around 20 years. With mdi controllers, you'd want a USB 2.0 cable to hook up to your computer's USB port. From there, you may need to adjust preferences in your DAW. Once preferences are set in your DAW and your DAW recognizes your midi controller, you should be good to go. You just starting to make music?

@Josev-TV 3 месяца назад

@@AaronRaglandTV awesome! Thanks. I’ve been playing music for a while but just starting to record by myself. Thanks for this, I really appreciate it.

@AaronRaglandTV 3 месяца назад

@@Josev-TV Dope! It's always nice to talk to others who make music. You already have a MIDI Controller or you looking?

@Josev-TV 3 месяца назад

@@AaronRaglandTV I’m looking. I figured it would be easier to play digital instruments with a midi rather than typing on a Mac computer

@AaronRaglandTV 3 месяца назад

@@Josev-TV Oh yeah, midi controllers make it so much easier than a computer keyboard. I’ve been using my own MIDI controllers since 08/09, but used more hardware/synthesizers before that. My first MIDI controller was the older model of the M-Audio Keystation 49. What types of controllers are you looking at?

@yabetsieyasu5439 Год назад

Thank you!! Please would you help me to have one midi keyboard?🙏🙏🙁

@derekking2765 Год назад

Thanks for explaining the history as well. Great video!

@cachydude 2 года назад

The only thing I hated, is he threw the MIDI keyboard. It hurts

@124_yksi 3 месяца назад

I can't just put silence in Spotify. what?

@ryanmartinez2876 Год назад

Are you saying that .976362849482628595937 times out of 1, it doesn’t matter whether your using a USB controller or a MIDI controller?

@MusicSequencing Год назад

If you are using a USB controller to control an audio program, chances are the digital signal coming out of the USB controller is MIDI. So they are literally outputting the same data. But a USB controller might be able to receive firmware updates or other sorts of data from the computer. Also a USB Midi Controller, would only require 1 cable for both MIDI input and Output, where the classic 5 pin Midi controllers need separate cables

@124_yksi 3 месяца назад

But I'll need to hear the sound that I know what I am doing

@lagging4life373 2 года назад

Thx

@Andrea-xw4xe 3 месяца назад

I still don't understand why i need midi if notation software like sibelius also allows me to transcribe the music as it is played on an attached keyboard or a microphone.

@AaronRaglandTV 3 месяца назад

I've been making music for about 20 years. I really think it's all about preference. I personally like to play on a keyboard because piano is my main instrument and I feel more comfortable that way. Do you play an instrument?

@skatas2578 3 года назад

If eventually you are going to click the notes with the mouse why do you need a midi and don't use just the DAW? Sorry I am a beginner and i can't understand

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Hi, good question! When you click the notes with the mouse you are actually creating midi. The DAW is using midi. Another way to think about it is, when you click and make a note in one DAW such as Ableton, it is generating the exact same code as if you were doing it in a different DAW like Logic. Hope that helps!

@skatas2578 3 года назад

@@MusicSequencing yes that was definitely helpful..thanks!!

@prism6 Год назад

RIP your oberheim controller. Taken too soon 😔

@ridhanni_aidid 3 года назад

can i make music by only using a laptop? i dont think i can afford the keyboards and stuff but i do want to make music....sorry this might sound stupid to a pro like you but im really new to midi

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Yes! You can click in midi notes, no need for midi controllers at all :)

@graceorr_ 2 месяца назад

Mouth dropped….. thanks

@Mokkel73 2 года назад

I have not eaten enough fungus to understand this yet.

@murdoch.22 3 года назад

This explanation earned a sub.

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Thanks Aidan :)

@Musiconly5934 Год назад

Can i plug a midi keyboard and play it as a piano on my computer with the help of ezkeys without any interface???

@MusicSequencing Год назад

Yes, but you might need to host ezkeys in a DAW

@unknoe778 3 года назад

So, it is a lingua franca for digital music instrument.

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

YES!

@rbaleksandar 3 года назад

I just learned that Roland (very English sounding name) is actually Japanese... LOL Like the analogy you made with natural languages. But you mixed it a little bit with the "I'm a digitally controlled instrument". You could have stuck to the people only explanation without any issues.

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

It gets complicated explaining abstract things 🤷‍♂️ Different stroke for different folks

@humblehombre9904 13 дней назад

Music used to be so cool.

@Nathancolburn 3 года назад

How do I get the sound to come out of an amp? From computer or straight from midi? Also what cables would I need to do this?

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Midi does not make sound, so to get sound out of an amp you will need an analog cable. The whole signal flow might look something like this (if you start from a MIDI keyboard) : Midi keyboard with a USB into the computer -> Software Synthesizer / or Sampler In Computer -> Digital Audio to a AUDIO INTERFACE (this will convert digital audio into Analog Signal, it connects to the computer via USB as well, here's an example of an audio interface amzn.to/2Z1Quj1) -> Out of the audio interface you will use some analog cable that can go to your amp, something like this www.thomann.de/de/the_sssnake_spr2015.htm

@johnturner2889 Месяц назад

Great explanation!

@mitchdavis5216 Год назад

my keyboard has a midi in and a midi out. Does that mean I can use it as a midi controller?

@MusicSequencing Год назад

yes! to get it into a modern computer, if it's a standard midi cable (5 prog cable instead of USB type cable) you might need a USB MIDI interface. They're about 20dollars or so on amazon. Hope that helps! Here is an example (but I don't know if it's any good) www.amazon.com/FORE-Interface-Converter-Adapter-Laptop/dp/B0719V8MX1/ref=sr_1_6?crid=DA797J7RG1AG&keywords=midi+usb+interface&qid=1678110229&sprefix=midi+usb+interfac%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-6

@showbiztv_sa4181 4 года назад

Is it possible to connect my Tascam 2x2 with the Digidesign 003 mixer via MIDI, if possible how can i do it? I want to use it to control Logic Pro X.

@10freekie2 7 месяцев назад

As a piano player wanting to do this it finally clicked that, (of course,) I don’t need to play and record the music at all, but can just write it and let it play from my computer 😮. Interesting.

@SunsetSudsAdventures Месяц назад

Nice greeting

@sarahafreenmalik2679 2 месяца назад

Great job

@chloewhite9122 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for explaining it in a way that isn’t either super complicated or dumbed down without any technicality. This helped so much. Also loving the ferris beuler t-shirt.

@pontiacmusic9577 Год назад

So what is a midi instrument? or are they all midi controllers?

@MusicSequencing Год назад

A "Midi Instrument" could be defined a few different ways. For example: a synthesizers that also has a midi output. So you can play the synth just as an instrument (analog output) or use it as a midi controller, or send midi into it and record the audio output. It could also refer to a "Midi Instrument" in a software program like a DAW or a software synthesizer, that takes in MIDI input and outputs digital audio. Hope that helps :)

@alien4386 3 года назад

I dnt know.i think i am high

@natrium1250 7 месяцев назад

Makes me sad that this was one of your last vids. This was a great and funny explanation. Thoroughly underrated. Hope you're doing well, and have seen (or will see) the success you deserve

@rikhyde4944 3 года назад

You explained this wonderfully! Thank You! sub'd!

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Thanks Rik!

@chocolateandcheese3986 2 года назад

tower of babel 😁

@thechoosen4240 2 года назад

Good job bro, JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON;PREPARE

@Andoushh 4 месяца назад

Okay bro, but context... this is not the time nor place in the sentence. Anyways yes hopefully, God willing🙏

@codexous 2 года назад

5:35 ah coool

@jodyjohnson265 Год назад

Is there a midi tracker for midi file messages because if you load a midi file there's a lot going on in that file.

@havenofear7033 9 месяцев назад

Thank you. Now for part 2 (hooking up hardware and recording with midi)?

@Teen-Conor 3 года назад

7.23 minutes to keep repeating what was explained in 5 seconds. My god. Talk about monetizing the most you can.

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Glad you got it in 5 seconds! Some people need extra clarification beyond 5 seconds. Some people have said they finally understand MIDI after watching this video and others have said they are still confused. People learn in different ways. If I was trying to monetize the most I can, I believe 10 minutes is the ideal length ;)

@latinangel3470 Год назад

Thank You. Was Looking for a mini keyboard. Now I know it’s not midi. Thanks again

@micro-mbacedric1092 4 года назад

That was very useful. Thank you.

@MusicSequencing 4 года назад

Glad it helps :)

@nooutdoorcats 3 года назад

@@MusicSequencing SO WHERE DOES THE SOUND COME OUT?

@goinbzurk 2 года назад

Great Job and Presentation! You should make a video that teaches other RU-vid posters how to make a RU-vid instructional video! Thanks for a plain english easy to understand video!

@mac.fk14 Год назад

hey can you please tell me if is it possible to make a piano with a laptop and a midi controller so i an play real time

@sebastianvega4576 3 месяца назад

you do not even need a extra midi controller for that. you can use your computer keyboard, if you want. if you have a keyboard with midi function, you need to route it to your DAW (via USB or MIDI cable). It should be obvious where to connect the USB cable, but in the case of a MIDI cable, you probably need an external soundcard (so called Digital Audio Interface) with a MIDI IN port. If you connect via USB, a driver installation for your MIDI controller on your computer might be necessary. if your DAW receives MIDI information (which is always indicated in some form) you can control any virtual instrument you have in your DAW. to play in "real time", the latency of the sound processing needs to be low, otherwise you get a noticeable delay between hitting the note on the controller and hearing the sound (which sucks). The Digital Audio Interface helps with that

@mac.fk14 3 месяца назад

@@sebastianvega4576 thanks

@JohnODonovan1 2 года назад

I just picked an axiom air 32, I've never owned one. This video was the perfect bit of knowledge to start learning from. Thanks a lot, you're getting a sub for that.

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Thanks John, glad it helped :)

@xrhstoskab1859 3 года назад

Hello if i have a stage piano without midi but with usb can i use it with a sound card and have as many sounds as i want in a daw to the pc?

@anevliona6600 2 года назад

Thank you for the video 💛 :3 I have one question if u may know. I have a Linux on my computer which is not supported by Ebelton live studio or FL studio. Do u have any recommendations regarding this?🥺

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

I've heard people use LMMS and like it (it's also free, more like FL Studio). Reaper is a bit more professional and also supports Linux :)

@LaCrisArts Год назад

I loved this video, how you've explained it all and your vibe ✨ muchas gracias, Alex.

@PoombaCaka 2 года назад

You said do we have any questions at the end of your rant for beginners I did not understand at all 😢 my bad ! But my question is what Weed have you been smoking 🚬 and can you send me your dealers no even though I’m in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 This is probably why I didn’t understand your rant properly 😮😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m just kidding 😂❤❤❤❤ Well explained mate. P

@mahabirmukherjee5947 2 года назад

Do you need to learn piano to use midi

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Not at all! You can 'pencil' in MIDI using a digital audio workstation. You just need a computer :)

@benallmark9671 3 года назад

Ok , I just got. Yamaha P120 , it has MIDI so I wouldn’t need one of these MIDI controllers right ? Because the P120 would be the controller, or no ?

@MusicSequencing 3 года назад

Right! But you may need to search for a "Yamaha P120" driver if it doesn't work right away going USB into your computer

@benallmark9671 3 года назад

@@MusicSequencing Thanks man.

@psbhinder16468 2 года назад

Is there anyone else who haven't understood a thing ?

@gingercarper5073 2 года назад

Great job. Thanks.

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Thanks :)

@hanthuhein5423 2 года назад

Can a guy who doesn't know how to play a keyboard can use midi?

@MusicSequencing 2 года назад

Yup! You can draw it in in basically any digital audio workstation to create music :)

@cat1106 Год назад

Thank you for helping me understand

@sandboxhero7587 Год назад

Thank you for explaining what a midi controller is! A light bulb just went on in my brain. haha. Curious can I use a midi controller to learn piano? Not planning on being a concert pianist or anything of that level....just want to dabble in it without investing lots of money. I just like them because they are affordable, portable (don't take up much room) and depending on the model are cool looking haha

@MusicSequencing Год назад

Yes you can, no need to learn piano, you could also get midi drum pads, or even midi guitar and wind instruments :)