Class Piano/Group Piano
MIDI Resources/Info

What IS MIDI?

About MIDI
MIDI Timeline (a short history of MIDI)

GM ("Gentle MIDI")

Exploring MIDI
A Beginner's Guide to MIDI

Sites devoted to the MIDI Specification

Borg's MIDI Specification
David's MIDI Specification
Betty's MIDI Resources
Harmony Central's MIDI Documentation
Indiana University's MIDI Overview

General MIDI1
General MIDI Program Map
General MIDI Percussion Key Map

The MIDI Spec in Portuguese

The USB MIDI Spec

Outline of the Standard MIDI File Structure (Stanford Univ.)

Standard MIDI Files 1.0
Standard MIDI File (SMF) Format (Borg's MIDI site)
Standard MIDI File Spec (Marc Clay)
Standard MIDI Files (The Sonic Spot)
Parsing MIDI Files with Java (Sun Microsystems)

Some other useful information related to MIDI:

MIDI Commands
Common Control Change Numbers
Running Status

The MIDI Manufacturers Association

The International MIDI Association seems to have disappeared...

Hexadecimal Hell:

Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion Table
Counting in Various Bases

Midi Note Number to Equal Temperment Semitone to Hertz (Hz) Conversion Table

MIDI on UNIX!!

MIDI on UNIX!!
Sound & MIDI Software For Linux
Many LINKS

NOTE: No keyboard manufacturer has implemented MIDI aftertouch on any digital piano. The reasoning goes something like this: on a piano, it doesn't matter what happens after the key is press so aftertouch is useless. HOW WRONG THEY ARE! Often the most serious pianistic problem experienced by a student pianst is PRESSING TOO HARD as they play, and this includes continuing to press after they have played a note or chord. If aftertouch were implemented, it would be a simple matter to create interactive computer software to alleaviate this problem.

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