MIDI Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver