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From: 6600bori@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Boris Burtin)
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Subject: Re: Please help me figure out what a MIDI is
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Date: 12 Oct 90 23:00:35 GMT
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In article <1634@marlin.NOSC.MIL> jbjones@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John B. Jones) writes:

>I hope someone knows about this; I'm looking for some type of system to
>compose, edit, and play music on my PC.  I want to be able to print the
>music on a dot matrix printer, and save it for later use or editing, in
>standard notation.  There are sparse advertisements, vague boasts, and
>blunt demands for cash.  I know I need "a midi system".  Beyond that, I
>know nothing.  
>Can anyone help me?

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.  Its purpose is, as the
acronym states, to allow various musical equipment - keyboards, samplers,
drum machines, effects processors, and more - to communicate with your
computer.  MIDI allows you to use your computer as a home recording studio,
and record and play back notes that come from all the instruments you own.  You
can also use it as a librarian and store your synth patches on disk.  And that
is just the beginning!
		- Boris Burtin