MIDI for the Arduino - Understanding MIDI Language

A crash course in Computer Science for Musicians! Don't be intimidated by your synth manuals. Learn about Hexadecimal and Binary notation to master the technical side of MIDI.
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[@carlocostantini4480]

Nice job explaining the relationship between the three number systems. Thanks for posting.

[@geraldoribeiros]

Excellent video. Please do a tutorial talking about rotary encoders and MIDI controllers.

[@FlockofSmeagles]

Lol, I went as far to notate the hex-binary conversion off of the chart. I'll probably keep doing it this way instead of using a calculator though. But I never knew that you could use windows like that. You learn something new every day.

[@andiiman3496]

Brilliant explanation and great to discover the Windows calculator Program feature

[@NotesAndVolts]

A crash course in Computer Science for Musicians! Don't be intimidated by your synth manuals. Learn about Hexadecimal and Binary notation to master the technical side of MIDI. www.notesandvolts.com/2015/07/midi-for-arduino-understanding-midi.html

[@robfielding8566]

+Notes and Volts having done iPad apps for mass audiences, there is a very wide gulf between people who sat down to learn to read protocol bytes for a bit; they know what you cannot do directly, and how to work around things and configure things correctly. (ie: "Why does this fretless polyphonic controller need to use multiple channels?")

[@ArtinRu]

спасибо. очень трудно понять, но я справлюсь!

[@mcwooley]

I'm new to this If I type up a document and change the extension to .midi, can I create my own songs that way?

[@Manadono]

WAS THAT A DX7?!

[@NotesAndVolts]

DX-100...I ain't fancy ;)

[@berkcan2439]

I know number systems show me only midi protocol 5:08

[@greglezaure821]

What about midi sysex ? Does it works the same way ? I would control my boss gt-1000 with "real" knobs

[@poupette2164]

The statut of midi NOTE OFF, are often statut NOTE ON with velocity at 0.

[@NotesAndVolts]

+Alice Flx Hi Alice. That is correct. The MIDI library can handle this and still triggers a Note Off. It also handles running status as well.

[@thebookofronism.723]

I have to watch this no less than 4 more times to fully grasp it but I thank you sir. (Subscribe)

[@NotesAndVolts]

Thank you!

[@ohvnaq]

very helpful, thank you very much!!

[@NotesAndVolts]

Thank you!

[@drlegendre]

Nybble.

[@MrTekkitWorld]

God Bless this guy

[@NotesAndVolts]

Thanks Kohai!

[@TroubleinZION]

Bits, Bytes, and Nibbles, you say?....call me. ;) :P

[@abbesatty9498]

lol

[@fzigunov]

Wtf dude this is not midi, this is numbering systems!

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Skip to 5:05 if you only want to know how MIDI works

[@Tirdad1981]

Would you please show us how to transfer SysEx messages with Arduino? I want my Arduino to send Two messages after pressing their corresponding buttons. My SysEx messages are: Scale tune ON= F0 41 10 6A 12 00 00 00 07 01 78 F7 Scale tune OFF= F0 41 10 6A 12 00 00 00 00 07 00 79 F7

[@LucasAlfare]

You should study the MIDI file format specification to understand how to organize those butes in the context of a System Exclusive message.

[@VisiPianoOfficial]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[@Jovo-fb4mb]

Hello, I’ve used your tutorials to build myself a midi controller that works very well. I’m now wanting to add a bank button (program change) so I can switch through presets. Do you have any information on that? Would be appreciated!

[@sergioxander9809]

Instablaster

[@morpheuz2006]

Fantastic work.. i learn a lot

[@eldiagrama]

you rock dude

[@Itzpugs]

I am some what new to computer science and have always had trouble when trying to translate code between dec,hex & binary, With what seems like a hundred hours of total research I finally stumbled on this video. You explained the numbering system to finally make sense. Thanks so much

[@NotesAndVolts]

That's awesome Dj! Comments like this make the work worthwhile!

[@tubeDude48]

Glad you skipped OCTal, not very useful, or friendly!

[@NotesAndVolts]

It had a good run, but those days are gone.

[@elil.2054]

0:10 - is this Yamaha DX-21? Or DX-11? Or, God forbid, DX-100?

[@NotesAndVolts]

DX-100 FTW!!!

[@pabloespanagutierrez7034]

Very useful and clear, thank you !

[@NotesAndVolts]

Thanks Pablo!

[@perrypelican9476]

Why off/on for binary. Its a numbering system that you are describing. It should be 0 or 1, not off and on. I understand math very well but you are confusing. Too many terms not explained

[@HazeAnderson]

Because the numbering system is just a representation for the actual actions that happen in the circuits. :) Search KZbin for "RSD Academy - Computers Don't Use Binary Numbers - How Computers Work" for more.

[@whiterottenrabbit]

That does it, I am subscribing! Please keep them informative videos coming, even if you don't use the metric system!

[@NotesAndVolts]

Thanks WRR! I like the metric system as well but I also like my US subs. :)