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MIDI

Music News 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 269: The future of music has arrived in the form of MIDI 2.0

March 11, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments MIDI, MIDI 2.0

The man behind MIDI 2.0, Mike Kent, drops by Studio 3B to talk about why an update to a 37

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Gadgets Musicians 

Paralyzed musician rocks the Star Spangled Banner on literal “air guitar”

June 22, 2018 Thomas Dennett 0 Comments jamboxx, MIDI, Synthesizer

The Tri-City Valley Cats were treated to the anthem performance of a lifetime on Saturday, June 16th courtesy of musician

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Tech 

This was Probably the Weirdest and Coolest Band at CES

January 12, 2018January 11, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Algorithm and Blues, CES, Intel, MIDI

CES, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics shows, is wrapping up for another year. Among the many thousands of

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Gadgets 

The World’s Largest MIDI Synthesizer

January 13, 2017February 12, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments GRIDI, MIDI, Synthesizers

Damn, I wish we had had this for our Science of Rock’n’Roll museum exhibit a couple of years ago. GRIDI, the

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Cool! 

Black MIDI: Prepare for Insanity

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Black MIDI, MIDI

Back in the 80s, electronics music manufacturers decided on a standard language that would let synths, drum machines, sequencers and

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Cool! 

The MIDI Drumming God [Video]

January 1, 2015December 31, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drums, MIDI

It starts a little slow, but hang in there. You’ll see why. (Via Digg)

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Gadgets 

Expressiv Seeks to Improve on the Guitar

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Expressiv, Guitar, MIDI

Many have tried to improve upon the trust six-string over the decades including with various MIDI devices. Expressiv is going

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Cool! 

The Piano Piece So Complicated No Human Can Play It

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments MIDI, Piano

I don’t care how many fingers or hands you have, you cannot play this piece.  Some things are best left

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WTF? 

Let’s Make a Working Keyboard Out of Kit Kat Bars

July 5, 2014July 5, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Keyboard, Kit Kat, MIDI

Not quite a Caturday post–“Kit-Katurday” will have to do–but still wonderfully odd. The full story on this madness at Aux.TV.

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Gadgets 

From the Musical Land of “I Want”

June 2, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Joystick, MIDI, PBN, Tron, Wendy Carlos

Things to put on your stuff-I’m-gonna-buy-when-I-win-the-lottery list: First, a brand new turntable from PBN which is partially made from sculpted

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Gadgets 

Check Out This Brand New Musical Instrument

February 5, 2014February 5, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Akai, MIDI, Synthesizer, Wind Instrument

Last night’s Jeopardy had a clue that involved the introduction of the clarinet and how Mozart immediately wrote a piece

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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