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besides a real teacher, where does someone learn how to use the expressive controls in midi to achieve what mac and notes are talking about

books or video website recommendations, examples?



You can start here: http://leftandwrite.com/brian/music/beginners_guide_to_midi.php

Also there are some good beginner midi books available, just google “midi for dummies” to see a few.

Mac’s advice is spot on. To add one more thing I suggest looking at the midi specification sheet, sometimes called a Midi implementation Chart, that comes with every hard or soft synth. It will tell you what Midi CC numbers are activated and what they control for that unit. Then just play around with them and see what happens. Note that some CC numbers are universal like CC7 (volume) and CC10 (pan) for example. There is a ton of information on the internet so goggle a lot!

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