MIDI Power!: The Comprehensive Guide, 2nd Edition

Great introduction into MIDI and it's applications, and a good reference guide for experienced users, and new users alike. I bought this for a MIDI class I'm taking, and it's actually quite an interesting read, if you're into that kind of stuff that is. Great, in depth, and easy to understand.

Moving forward with technological change and software upgrades we tend to forget the nuances of MIDI that we learn along the way. MIDI POWER has these chronicled, and more, in organized detail. It is good to refresh your memory from time to time, and so this book goes on the reference shelf.

I am over halfway through this book, and it is the best book on all things MIDI that I have ever read. I intend to use it to teach MIDI. Unlike most books that do a great job for two chapters then make a quantum leap - THis one takes you through painstaking explanations of things that the other tomes do not cover. Most excellent.

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