I clicked right away when I read "for idiots" finallyyyyyyy

Thankyou. You just made me NOT waste 12 minutes of my life, unlike those other MIDI explanation videos

This was great thanks so much! I’m a classically trained pianist. I have no idea how to use the midi keypads at all, and none of the KZfaq video guys explain it well enough without complicating it and sounding smartarsed without really explaining it. It’s great you explain it from pianist perspective in mind.

Wonderful explanation! I am 62 years old and this was much more understandable than those fast talking young guys. Thank you.

Jon - This is excellent! You are a great teacher and humanize technology, which is rare! Thank you

Oh, this is perfect! This is just what this retired engineer/hobbyist musician needs to get started. Thank you!

This is what is missing from most of instructional videos on internet: the basics or fundamentals. Thank you for posting this video.

Clear, sharp and crisp explanation of what MIDI is. Broken down to such simplicity People love when things are ex

Wow, this is far and away the most helpful intro to MIDI I've ever seen! I grew up on an acoustic grand piano, then used a Rhodes through the 70s and onto a Yamaha DX7 in the 80s. Never really used (or thought I needed) MIDI. This has been so helpful in understanding this technology from a pianist's standpoint. Thank you!

Chuck, your video is wonderful. Yes, there are a lot of ground level people who need the very basics like you present. Thank you very mucha

This is the best midi video on you tube in my opinion. Good job.

PM Chuck! You're the man! I learned more from you in 9 minutes than a lot of these ,esp young bucks, combined! NOTHING touches Old School! I'm pushing 60. I studied music (woodwinds) for a while, but haven't played in almost 25 years. THIS TIME I want to enjoy myself, have fun, and-- ultimately-- attempt to create the musical sounds and production concepts i have in my head. I can kick myself because I had a chance to take MIDI course when it first hit the scene. I'm NOT a keyboardist, but I can play and form scales and chords. I'd appreciate your suggestion on how to approach learning more about sound engineering at my age. Keep up the great work! So glad I stumbled upon your video! Peace...

9 years ago and still the most understandable explanation of what MIDI is and why it matters. Thanks, Chuck! 🎹👍

Well done Chuck!!! First explanation I've heard that I comprehend. Thanks brother!!!

Thanks Chuck, this helped me a lot to understand what midi is all about. Tomorrow I will start to use my first keyboard (at the age of 40). Peace out!

Very detailed explanation about this MiDi device, it was full of info that I have search for a while, thanks&thanks for the upload.

Thanks for that enlightening video. I am just getting into MIDI with Lowrey Sensation organ, Steinberg UR22 and a few DAWS. You have helped me getting MIDI to the DAW. Thankyou, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas.

I can not thank you enough for this video. I’ve just recently purchased a Yamaha PSR E363 and I’m starting to learn to play the keyboard. I was so confused about what a midi is. It’s my life’s ambition to be able to play movie scores.

Thanks much for this basic, concise overview. It was very helpful as I’m entering the digital piano era with a Kawai MP11se stage piano.

Cleared up several questions I had. Thanks for "dumbing" it down to practical uses.

I’m giving this a thumbs up just for the video title alone 🤣🤣

Great !!!! works. Just blow my head off on how to explain MIDI to my14 yr. daughter for whom i just got a sythn. keyboard. Tq for making it so simple/complete.

Wow.... this helped me a lot!! Just bought a Casio and thought it was not ipad adaptable, but you saved the day!!

Oh, thank goodness for your video! I was going crazy trying to understand this. Trying to connect my computer with pre-done MIDI files to a church organ that has MIDI, and I didn't have a clue. I was afraid I'd wreck the organ!

Been searching for awhile for this info. Thanks so much!! 💕

I think that 1. Saying music interface for digital instruments limits the idea of midi because theres software like WIDI which take audio from analog instruments and outputs a midi signal to the unit therefore music instrument digital interface is sorta another meaning 2. This is a great video very simply explained and very easy to understand

Thank you so much for this explanation! My Casio Celvano piano came with MIDI and I had no idea what it was! I'll have to try it out and see if it helps me with my practice sessions.

Excellent video, well done Chuck!!!

So very simple straightforward and explanatory! Now i figure out to differentiate between typical look alike those instruments with tuts are for. I thought those are just piano and keyboards and midi was one of keyboards. Thanks for enlightment

This has cleared a few things up for me. Unfortunately I bought some WIDI devices that I didn’t actually need. We learn. Thanks

Simple and informative explanation. Good job explaining MIDI.

Straight forward, To-the-point exaplanation of MIDI

Strange language...you say it's called Plain English. Very well presented and simple to understand. Well done! Thank you very much.

Thank you! You explain things very well and clearly.

Great video! Straight to the point and extremely informative. Thank you!

Thank you very much for your great explaining midi..this as been a great help.. at last I know to connect to my computer...

Excellent! Concise, clear and very easy to follow Thank you!

MIDI and TCP/IP were so well thought that we still use them decades later. Exception rather than the rule.

Really enjoy your videos, Chuck. I am an 81 yo piano learner.

clear and concise. thanks for simplifying it for the layman.

Great explanation. Simple and straight to the point. Thanks!

Thank you for making this video...i am understanding the concept of MIDI now.

Excellent explanation. Now I am enlightened. Thank you.

Thank you for clarifying these things for us😊

This is just amazing

Thank you kindly for the video and excellent presentation.

EXCELLENT! Thank you again.

Thanks so much, I was so confused about this and it makes sense now!

Nice Video Chuck. Very informative to a old timer like myself not familiar with MIDI. Back during the Mid to later 1960’s while in high school I played in a Rock Band. Back then my keyboard of choice was a Farfisa Combo Compact Organ and a Vox Continental Organ. Of course back then there was no MIDI. Skip ahead to around 1989-1990 I purchased my first Keyboard a Casio CT670. Still have it to this day in very nice shape. It has MIDI IN,OUT and Thru sockets. Jump ahead to somewhere in the last 8 years or so I purchased a new Roland VR-09. I had to have it after what I saw it could do even though I don’t play outside my own home anymore. For years I thought about MIDI on occasion. I read different articles about it but never use what I read to do anything with it. What I would like to do today is make my Roland VR-09 the Master Keyboard and connect it through MIDI to my older Casio CT670 essentially making it the Slave Keyboard. My thinking tells me by doing this using a double keyboard stand will essentially make the two Keyboards similar to a double keyboard Organ. It would be nice to extend the VR-09 Keyboard into 2 Keyboards so to say. Just curious of your thoughts Chuck on what I am trying to accomplish.

Thank you very much! I finally have an idea about what midi is!

Not that you or any of your viewers probably care, but MIDI can also be used to control DMX software stage lighting controllers like the one from Sweetlight. This means you can set up scenes and trigger form something like a Novation Launchpad. Sorry to digress. But on music, if you get a key board w/ action you like, but not sounds? Add an outboard sound module. MIDI is seriously cool stuff.

Great overview on midi! Many many thanks for this!

Great video and introduction to the concept of MIDI.

Bravo! Now I understand this MIDI you speak off.

This is an amazing video. Great to hear. I have been trouble installing a midi. I have a cheap midi out to USB which it is a cable with 5 oins to USB. When i plugged into my computer and I pressed a key for example, if I play C, it plays a different note and if I keep hitting middle c, it plays another note and it holds even if I'm not pressing the keys. I do not know if it is the problem with the cable, usb 2.0, my laptop has no usb 2.0, but only 3.0, the problem with the piano keyboard or the operating system. I use a Roland XP-10. It is an old piano.

Thank you Sir! Very helpful for a beginner like myself. Much appreciated

Thank you for explaining midi i had no understanding of it

best video to understand MIDI I was getting confused watching other videos, now I really understand,Cheers!!!

Thank you. I play piano and was so confused about MIDI.

Thank you, Chuck. No mysteries, now. Thomas

Best MIDI explanation video. Thank you !!

Yes makes more sense to me too as MUSICAL INTERFACE - DIGITAL INSTRUMENT. Exactly. Thanks For The Video. Liked 👍 Subscribed & Shared. 😎

Excellent video and information. Now I get it! 👍

bro im here 9 years later and know i understand this

Thanks for the great, concise explanation Chuck!

Thank you sir for this information ..simple and straightforward ❤️👍👍

The best midi video on youtube Thanks allot good goob

Chuck, this by far is your best instruction video. I'll watch it again to see if I missed anything. I'd like to see a more in depth video on midi an example would be adding a second foot switch/pedal to your rig, perhaps connecting two keyboards together (you said it could be done but what does one need to do to get it right?). Otherwise, keep up the great videos. Sam.

I think you did a great intro to midi.

The keyboard I want to use has five effects/voice. I midi to have access to a lot of effects/sounds. Can that be possible

Succinct and to the point. Great info. Thanks!

Some great info in their. Didn't know you could daisy chain a couple of keyboards to play one through the other. Thanks for that.

Hi Chuck! Thank you so much for the nicely explained video! I really enjoy watching your piano reviews. I have a question to ask. I'm planning to get a Yamaha P125 or Roland FP30. Both can produce MIDI through USB. Is it possible to import that MIDI file on a DAW , apply a virtual grand piano sound to it (with plugin I guess, tell me more about it), and convert it as a WAV file? Do I need any kind of audio interface to do that? And is it possible to convert that MIDI file to WAV, with the same piano sound produced by one of the pianos above? Thanks in advance!

This is great. Thank you.

Very helpful, thank you. I grew up playing acoustic pianos, but have an old Roland HP330 that I'm repairing and hoping to set up with its MIDI and a microphone as well. All brand new for me. A bit off topic, but do you recommend any open source software over others (PC)?

Thank youuu!! (5 years after)

Very well explained. Thank!

Best explanation ever!

Great job. You make it playing and simple. Now it does work however there's a massive delay receiving it when the alone is going through the computer. Question I have is can there be any way the sound can go backwards as in instead of the computer the sound I want coming from the computer can go to the speakers on the keyboard?

Thank you for this video Chuck, rally informative. Could I ask what DAW you used in this video?

Thanks man. You are a good teacher. Now I need to get some different sound for my Kawai ES110. Any suggestion appreciated.

Thank you for the intro to midi. Still, have lots of questions. On my PX-S3000 keyboard (2019 model) I have USB ports. I can make midi recordings using Chordana App online but where are those recordings, in the piano or online with the app? Would like to be free of the internet. What devices do I need to make and edit my own recordings?

Right up my alley, I got a 75 page user manual for my Midi controller...😂

I want to download new sounds and hear that new sound as I play the clavinova. It has midi in and out. Couldn't I plug the piano into the computer and use a program to plugin a new sound?

Wonderful channel. Keep doing what you are doing. You are a great explainer. I have been looking for an advice regarding buying a midi-controller. What do you suggest to buy between M-Audio Hammer 88, Komplete Kontrol S88, Arturia Keylab 88 MKII, Novation SL88 and Roland A-88. Considering the fact that I am looking for a good music production gear and software. Please help me out.

Fascinating! Cheers😊

can I play different voices with digital cabinet pianos like yamaha ydp 144 or casio ap 470?? I want to buy one of those but i would like the options of more voices other pianos have. thx

Why do you need a MIDI out _and_ in, on your instrument? I understand the data going out to be sent to your computer/DAW, for recording, but what data would travel _back_ to your keyboard (from your computer) and for what purpose? Is that to take something pre-recorded and send it from your computer (DAW?) to your instrument so that it plays back the song on your instrument? Just want to make sure I'm understanding this. Also, when you record in MIDI, as opposed to actual sound, are you still able to hear what you're playing as you record? Also when you've got the one piano hooked up to the other -- are you hearing the sound come out of the 2nd piano? And is there a way to hook up two pianos together where you get the sound of the 2nd piano playing through the speakers for the 1st?

That was awesome! Thankyou!

What star up keyboard brand with good quality that you can suggest? I have a studio one. Thanks

Hi Pianoman Chuck! I own a Nord Stage 3. If I wanted to play on the Numa Studiologic controller because it has a full keybed, but wanted to use the Nord sounds, how would the midi cords be set up?

Thank you, now I know what's MIDI for.

MIDI has been around quite as computers were invented...,its not limited for recordings only. Here in this video, the guy explains it clearly HOW midi was invented for. It actually helps control the multiple functions of possible multiple compatible music gears. From initial to after touches to wave forms ... From transmitting to receiving datas. This video is best to save and Learn on.

Great explanation ! Thanks

Hi, Question ?, i connect UMX250 Behringer to Sibelius for recording/notation, but when i press the UMX250 keys , unfortunately the voice comes delay to the speaker (beat/ tempo), please guide me how to fix this, thanks.

I knew nothing about MIDI before watching your video. Now, I know about MIDI. The old time paper tape player pianos have come along way with today’s technology!

As the other reviewers have said, thank you for making a video that isn't overly technical...one that explains the basics of what MIDI is and does. I've been familiar with it for at least three decades, but I admit that I've never given it a try. My old Korg X3 has MIDI in/out, so would I just need the cable that ends in a USB input for my computer? Can you recommend any inexpensive MIDI software? Thanks again, Chuck!

Finally a video made for me.

You mentioned the cable for the Yamaha Keyboard. Is that different than the midi to USB cable I bought for my Roland that goes to my computer that I bought on Amazon for $25? It has a midi in and a midi out that's on one side and the other side of the cable is USB...

Great advice, Thank you. I just wished you coud have also focused on connecting the muisc keyboard up to the computer to ansmit soundd, because this is somthng Ive never done and I like to learn. Maybe you have in another video. I'll take a look.