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MIDI is hard to explain

December 10, 2024 / 00:57

This episode discusses an Italian startup's USBC accessory that transforms mobile devices into a MIDI wind instrument. The accessory resembles a vape and connects to devices like iPhones.

The conversation explains how MIDI functions, detailing how it transmits information about notes, volume, and duration. The guest clarifies that MIDI sends numerical data to computers, which then interpret this data to produce sound.

Listeners learn about the potential applications of this technology, including its ability to wirelessly connect to computers and control various instruments in audio software.

TLDR

An Italian startup creates a USBC accessory for mobile MIDI wind instruments.

Episode

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an Italian startup is working on this USBC accessory for mobile devices that basically looks like if you plugged The
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Vape into like the bottom of an iPhone you can blow into it and then use controls on the screen to essentially
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create a I don't know how to use the term midi if I'm being honest but a midi wind instrument it's always really hard
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to explain to people how midi works and what it is when you hit a key on your keyboard it's sending just like a number
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to your computer right and then your computer goes like Oh what language am I looking at what what font is selected
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right now and then it actually pulls the character right and that is exactly how
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midi works like midi is an information for storing the notes when they're played how loud they are and how long
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each note is and then you send that to an instrument that ingests that and spits out musical tones and then you
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could wirelessly hook this up to a computer and control any instrument in any audio software

Episode Highlights

  • Revolutionary MIDI Wind Instrument
    An Italian startup is developing a unique accessory that turns breath into music.
    “You can blow into it and then use controls on the screen.”
    @ 00m 09s
    December 10, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • MIDI is an information for storing the notes when they're played.
    MIDI is hard to explain

Key Moments

  • MIDI Explained00:36