a digital protocol

In a nutshell, MIDI is a digital protocol, that is, a language which communicates performance instructions for any musical instrument or device (such as your sound card) which understands the language.

that allows digital instruments to talk to each other

MIDI is a communications protocol that allows digital instruments to talk to each other; digital instruments conveys messages such as what note to play, how to play digital instruments , and so forth.

For those that don't know

For those who don't know, MIDI is the digital equivalent of sheet music.

that connects products from many different companies including digital musical instruments computers, tablets smartphones

MIDI is an industry standard music technology protocol that connects products from many different companies including digital musical instruments, computers, tablets, and smartphones.

the Musical Instrument Digital Interface standard that defines a way for instruments by different manufacturers to communicate with one another, and with computers

MIDI is the Musical Instrument Digital Interface standard that defines a way for instruments by different manufacturers to communicate with one another, and with computers.

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MIDI is Musical Instrument Digital Interface file format eral Information.

a technical standard describing a protocol, digital interface and connectors

MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard describing a protocol, digital interface and connectors and allows a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.

musical instrument digital interface' standard to the uninitiated

I have a bunch of Midi gear, midi is 'musical instrument digital interface' standard to the uninitiated.

a 1983 invention, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), a standard for communicating musical commands

A great deal of what you hear me play here is made possible by a 1983 invention, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), a standard for communicating musical commands.

Musical Instrument Digital Interface's an electronic interface for connecting musical instruments together

MIDI stands for 'Musical Instrument Digital Interface' and 'Musical Instrument Digital Interface's exactly as the name implies; 'Musical Instrument Digital Interface's an electronic interface for connecting musical instruments together.

The MID-Infrared interferometric instrument

The MID-Infrared interferometric instrument (MIDI) is a project collaboration between eight institutes in France, Germany and the Netherlands [1], under ESO contract.

the way that keyboards communicate with computers

MIDI's the way that keyboards communicate with computers.

data that dictates the live’s built-in instruments Define what notes to play, how loud and when to play

MIDI is data that dictates the live’s built-in instruments Define what notes to play, how loud and when to play.