Happy Birthday MIDI 1.0 articles at the Register.

[JohnG]

Hi All,

Just thought I'd draw your attention to a couple of articles I came across very recently in The Register.

Article 1:
MIDI_spec_1_is_30_Happy_Birthday_MIDI-1

Article 2:
MIDI_spec_1_is_30_Happy_Birthday_MIDI-2

Each article is several pages long, so don't forget to click on "next" at the foot of each page.

Some great pictures from oh so long ago!

Regards,
John.

[Sequenzzer]

This is a really interesting read,John...Takes me back,and though I remember bits and fragments of how it all started back then,there was a lot I didn't know that I learned from reading these articles...THANK you very much!

[JohnG]

Yes, I thought so too.

It made a good read IMHO.
I get The Register posted to me on a daily basis.
It often has some interesting stuff in it.

[JohnG]

An interview with Dave Smith, co-inventor of MIDI, 30 years on.

Interview with Dave Smith.

[frankie]

Aug 28, 2013 16:35:30 GMT JohnG said:

An interview with Dave Smith, co-inventor of MIDI, 30 years on.

Interview with Dave Smith.

Wasn't it Dave Smith [Hands On midi's] that had the old site closed down ?

[JohnG]

Aug 28, 2013 22:13:00 GMT frankie said:

Wasn't it Dave Smith [Hands On midi's] that had the old site closed down ?

No, the administrator (Pat) of the old site decided to close it to disassociate the site from Glenn, who had posted hundred's, if not thousands of commercial files on his web site. Hands on MIDI files featured significantly in the ripped-off files on Glenn's site. I personally checked more than a hundred of the files against the originals and have absolutely no doubt as to their origins.

You can see Pat's brief explanation here:
The reason why.

Hands on MIDI was/is not run by Dave Smith.

Dave Smith was the creator and owner of Sequential Circuits (he later sold it), and inventor of the very famous Prophet 5 synthesiser, to name but one.

He has a new company now, called Dave Smith Instruments, and is creating many hybrid analogue/digital synths, still with the 'Prophet' name to them.
Excellent synths by all accounts.

He is credited as the inventor/founder of MIDI along with Ikutaro Kakehashi of Roland.
Their two synths were the first, back at NAMM January '83, that showed the early version of MIDI working together.
Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 to Roland JP 6.

Hope that clarifies things?
Regards,
JohnG.

P.S. It was Dave Clackett who ran Hands On and also published a book on sequencing on the mid 90's.

B.T.W. Hands-On-MIDI closed down a while back due mainly to the piracy of their sequences.
Yet another resource of excellent sequences lost to appreciators of MIDI files.

[frankie]

Sorry.Yes it was Dave Clackett,I remember that someone invited him to join Midi Mart.