General Midi Instrument Patch Map
This video demonstrates how to use an external MIDI instrument (for example a Yamaha keyboard) with Cubase. Connecting external MIDI instruments via USB MIDI. Instruments Support a minimum of 128 MIDI Program Numbers (conforming to the GM 1 Instrument Patch Map) and 47 percussion sounds (conforming to the GM 1 Percussion Key Map). Channel messages Support for controller number 1, 7, 10, 11, 64, 100, 101, 121 and 123; support for channel pressure and pitch bend controllers.
Introduction to the MIDI Standard
MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It’s a way to connect devices that make and control sound — such as synthesizers, samplers, and computers — so that they can communicate with each other, using MIDI messages. This lets one keyboard trigger sounds on another synthesizer, and it makes it possible to record music in a form that allows for easy note editing, flexible orchestration, and song arrangement. Virtual instruments — computer programs that simulate hardware synthesizers and samplers — also communicate with computer sequencing software running on the same computer using MIDI messages.
Midi Instruments Online
This web page introduces you to the basics of MIDI. The interactive application you can download from the syllabus helps you to understand some specifics of MIDI messages.