Getting Started with Midi

[Martin Andrews]

Greetings from sunny Scotland!

I'm a complete iMac and Logic virgin. I use Sonar on my PC linked to my Roland MC80ex. via an Audigy2ZS. Being a nosey boy I got myself an iMac and Logic8 Express to join the real world.

I've got the Nahmani book on Logic and I'm working my way through it. However, I make my own backing tracks for gigging and I want to try it out on the Mac...so I got an Edirol UA25 as an audio/midi interface to link up my Roland.

The book is very good but focuses mainly on audio stuff and dancey music. Are there any good midi books for Logic that can help me set up and get running!

 

Cheers

 

Martin Andrews

[pantomimeHorse]

By far the best (IMHO) introduction to MIDI is:

 

"The MIDI Manual" by David Miles Huber.

ISBN: 0-240-80330-2

 

It's never out of print and I use it as a course book

for my students here in Ireland.

 

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C

[Martin Andrews]

Thanks for that...Do you know of any that are Logic specific as well?

Using Sonar and it's ini files make you quite lazy...I want to find out how to set the MC80 up so i can edit and assign it in Logic, like I do in Sonar if that's poss!

[pantomimeHorse]

I think (and I always tell others) that, if you grasp an in-depth

understanding of MIDI and its specification, you are equipped

to take it to any DAW environment you like.

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A sort of "MIDI for Logic Users" book would be a bit of a misnomer.

MIDI is MIDI.

Once you get it, you get it, like, for everything.

Huber's book is comprehensive, easy to read, and not expensive.

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My 2¢ worth, anyway.

 

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C