Midi | 2 Style
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To understand the "MIDI 2 Style," we must first appreciate the limitations of the "MIDI 1 Style" that governed music production since 1983. Identify short, 1-bar energetic transitions in the MIDI
MIDI 2.0 is backward compatible. You can plug a MIDI 2 keyboard into an old MIDI 1 interface. The two devices will negotiate via MIDI-CI and default to the lowest common denominator (Legacy Mode). You won't break your studio, but you also won't get the new style. Your 4-billion-step resolution awaits
The "MIDI 2 Style" is, therefore, a move away from "steppy" digital artifacts and toward a fluid, organic contortion of sound. It transforms the controller from a trigger into a tactile extension of the musician's nervous system.
Two devices physically connected can:
If we were to summarize the transition from the old world to the "MIDI 2 Style" in a single metaphor, it is the shift from building with Lego bricks to sculpting with clay.