Provides comprehensive coverage of every aspect of MIDI. The second edition includes more examples of real implementations, more diagrams and the whole book has been rewritten to include a far greater practical element, to complement its existing technical strengths.
Several completely new sections and complete chapters have been added including a new opening chapter as an introduction to principles and terminology; MIDI timecode; librarians and editors.
There is a discussion of the choice of computer for MIDI control, different approaches to sequencer software design, user interfaces, the Apple MIDI managers etc. The final chapter covers Practical Systems Design.