Operation Manual

What is MIDI?

To enjoy playing or composing music on a computer, you need a computer and a MIDI instrument, such as the Clavinova.

“MIDI” is a standard data format for music that is recognized by both computers and electronic musical instruments.

To make an analogy, think of the computer as a Russian musician and the Clavinova as a Japanese musician.

Both musicians have musical knowledge and talent, but they don’t speak the other’s language, and thus can-

not communicate. Then, they ﬁnd out that both understand English. Now, they can communicate and

exchange musical knowledge. In this example, English is MIDI. A computer (the Russian musician) can com-

municate with a Clavinova (the Japanese musician) using MIDI (their common language: English). “MIDI” is a

“language that lets digital devices exchange musical information so you may enjoy computer music.

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