MIDI Basics MIDI is always transmitted in 8 bit chunks (bytes) - A MIDI Message will be 2 or 3 bytes (therefore, 16 or 24 bits) The first Byte in a MIDI message is the STATUS BYTE. It says what the message is (e.g. Note On or Volume Change), and what MIDI channel it is on. The next one or two bytes are DATA BYTES. They give information such as what the note is and what velocity it is....
MIDI by its self has no sound it will require an instrument to be added midi sends a note on and off it can be plugged into a synth or sampler (module) with a 5pin midi cable some synths will have a midi though port that will allow you to chain them together if using a midi interface then in ablation you will need to use instrument external instrument the midi device can then be adjusted on the fly while the track is happing
What is a bit? A bit is piece of information coded as a 1 or 0 (on or off) what is bit depth? Bit depth is the number of bits available for each sample. The higher the bit depth, the higher the quality of the audio. A bit depth of 16 has a resolution of 65,536 possible values and a bit depth of 24 has over 16 million possible values....
the sample rate = samples per second a sample is a measurement of aptitude The sample rate is how many measurements of the sound are taken each second. The more samples the more detail about where the waves rise and fall in recording. The Sample Rate is measured in Samples Per Second Every sample is a measurement of amplitude A common audio sample rate for music is 44,100 samples per second and the unit for the sample rate is hertz (Hz) So 44,100 samples per second is 44,100 hertz or 44....