Web Sites

There are a number of web sites devoted almost exclusively to MIDI.

  1. www.midi.org This appears to be the official site for MIDI developers. It contains a number of reference materials.

  2. OpenJDK - The Sound Group This group is responsible for the OpenJDK's group efforts in relation to the packages starting with javax.sound.

  3. http://ardour.org Open source provider of digital audio workstation (DAW).

  4. https://www.snoize.com/MIDIMonitor/

  5. http://computermusicresource.com/midiprogramming.html

Tutorials and Articles

  1. MIDI code A tutorial (PDF) on MIDI from Juan P. Bello at New York University.

  2. DT08/DT079 Music Technology Course notes by Thomas Scarff at Dublin Institute of Technology

  3. Introduction to Computer Music: Volume One by Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Center for Electronic and Computer Music

  4. MIDI tutorial for programmers by the Carnegie Mellon School of Music.

  5. MIDI Tutorial - learn.sparkfun.com

  6. MIDI tutorial for programmers

  7. MIDI Forum :: MIDIWORLD.COM

  8. What Is MIDI?: 4 Steps (with Pictures)

  9. What is MIDI? - What is MIDI? | HowStuffWorks

  10. Max 7 - Max MIDI Tutorial 1: Basic MIDI

  11. Overview of the MIDI Package (The Java™ Tutorials > Sound)

  12. Music Software Development - Information, Tools and Tutorials

  13. Skytopia Midi spec crash course

  14. Welcome to Karl Brown's MIDI Java Servlet and web programming home page

Apple Programming Guides

  1. Core Audio
  2. Technical Q&A QA1374 - Obtaining the name of an external MIDI Device from a MIDI Endpoint
  3. Core MIDI
  4. Wat does dollar sign mean in Objective-C
  5. Donya Quick Working with MIDI on Mac (OS X)

Apple IAC MIDI Driver

IAC stnds for Inter Application Communications.

Windows Programming Guides

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  1. Donya Quick, Working with MIDI on Windows (Outside of a DAW).

    2. Software Projects

    1. CoreMidi4J uses the JNI (Java Native Interface) to conntect the standard Java MIDI API to the Core Audio framework on Mac OS X as opposed to using the Core Java Application.

    2. JOrgan (Wiki)

    3. midi-music ( Documentation) This is my personal project for trying to write some MIDI software. It is a work in progress.

    4. Java Sound Resources A number of sample programs involving Java applications for sampled sound and MIDI.

      The page Java Sound Resources: Examples: MIDI: Playback and Recording has a description of the programs. However, it appears that Java Sound Resources ( http://www.jsresources.org ) has not been updated since 2013. Many of the programs require modification and use libraries that are no longer supported.

    5. cwilso/midi-synth: A MIDI-driven Web Audio synthesizer

    6. FortySevenEffects/arduino_midi_library: MIDI for Arduino

    7. The Hairless MIDI<->Serial Bridge

    8. Edisyn eclab/edisyn This is a Synthesizer Patch Editor by Sean Luke at George Mason University.

    9. SMerrony/EWItool

    10. deepower/p-visuals

    11. OpenMidi, the free MIDI synthesizer

    12. Playmidi: Play midi files via external midi devices or soft synth

    13. Frinika - Free open source DAW, MIDI sequencer, software synthesizers

    Free MIDI Libraries

    1. Traditional Scottish Tunes in Midi Format

    2. The Kitchen Musician Website

    3. Medieval Melodies for Filking