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MIDI Book: Using MIDI and Related Interfaces (Syntharts Series)

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If you really want to learn MIDI, as with a lot of communications standards, the only way in which you can be *absolutely* sure you take everything under your belt is to read the original standard - but books like this are far more digestible and this one particularly is not bad. The approach taken here is the big floppy book sort of thing, with a lot of diagrams, all simple and intuitive, and usually presented accurately.

The book is not too heavy on the electronic side, but does go into some detail on issues such as sample downloading and SMPTE codes, which would not be essential for a lot of people, but you can bet you will eventually need to cover this stuff if you get serious.

Nowadays, this book is likely to be a very little bit out of date, but it is a good addition to your collection if you like things explained really well - and the overlap between this and other somewhat less accessible books would be likely to help a good deal to clarify matters.