Scott! I have searched RUclips several times over the past year looking for a clear and concise tutorial to help me understand these MIDI concepts. I have watched several videos and downloaded books on the topic. They all explain the basics but do not connect the dots with a practical working example. I am so grateful that I found this video today! It is a game changer. Please accept my donation of $10 for this compilation of awesomeness! I love the GIFs, makes an otherwise dry & confusing topic humorous and fun to watch. Thank you, thank you, super thank you. Best ever.
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that :) and I’m glad you found the video so helpful. I think this is definitely one of the best videos I’ve done, so I’m glad to see people getting an understanding out of it. Thank you again 🤘
Hi Scott, This is the best midi tutorial across all tutorials and truly real scenario that you explained. Thanks and a looking forward for more such interesting and problem solving interesting guidance.
Hey man, the best compliment I can give to this video is you are the Rick Beato of wireless gear, midi, and automation. Thanks, this is exactly what I have been looking for. More of this content please.
Thank you Scott, much appreciated! Just got the Paintaudio MIDI Captain to control my Two Notes Opus.. this is an excellent primer to help get me going with MIDI programming
I keep coming back to your videos because you're an incredible teacher - truly. My husband and I are learning so much from you. I'm an old school musician and back in the 90's/00's we just didn't have this kind of tech readily available so we never learned how to do anything beyond stomping on individual Boss pedals on a massive pedal board. But now that we're back playing out big shows, I'm trying to get us fully up to speed on the latest tech that can make the job easier, and you keep delivering! We've got equipment that we've only scratched the surface on learning but you're blowing the doors wide open for us. THANKS AGAIN!
Ha! Yes old school here too! I started before fuzz pedals were even available....had to rely on tube amp distortion...but then the blessed Big Muff appeared on the scene to save us! LOL! Look at what musicians have now...AMAZING!
People below in previous comments said it, and I’ll emphasize their comments by saying how grateful for this video I am. Absolutely incredible tutorial. Thank you very much!
Well done! The funnel hierarchy helped me to understand the differences in the message "types" and what they truly control. This was the basic information that I really needed, and that everyone else skipped over and then went straight into the more complicated material.
@@ScottUhlMusic i'm sure it will! Keep on making great content! I studied MIDI at school but this video summarized half of the term I learned at school haha thumbs up!!!
Scott, thanks for this video, it was excellent! I think you have set the highest standard for instructional videos. I have never seen anything so clearly and thoroughly explained. With regard to MIDI, which is what brought me here, you are doing exactly what I want to do. I had started coding in Swift and was successfully controlling my midi device via Bluetooth but now that I know about the Onsong app I will follow your lead. Thanks a million for documenting this. Cheers Pat
This is one of the best explanations of MIDI I’ve ever seen. Been a music producer for years and own some MIDI based gear, but I have always been frightened by these settings. Thanks for explaining it so good!
THANK YOU! You saved my mental health! I was starting going crazy finding no tutorials, posts or videos anywhere! This helped me a lot learning about hardware and what can I do by daisy chaining and what I can't, wich was one of my main doubts, and also learn about the programming! THANK YOU!
I wish I could like this video more than once. This is amazing for a total noob to MIDI like me. Very clearly explained Because of this video, I was able to get my Line 6 POD HD500X and Boss Katana MKII to communicate with each other
Dude this was incredibly helpful. I never got into midi and it always was a headache for me and you just made it so simple. wish i can give you 10000 thumbs up
I have been on the midi short bus for awhile!!! but a student is only as good as his/her teacher.Not taking anything away from the other vids, you NAILed it HARD!! I do understand that midi isn't audio but data that talks to other gear.You gave me understanding on another level. Thanks Scott. I do need to reach out to you on some more detail midi info. asap.
Excellent tutorial! I've been using a Yamaha QY-100 Midi sequencer for years. It took me some time though to get used to the difference in the ordering of the program numbers between the sequencer & a separate midi controller. The 0 - 127 vs 1 - 128 general midi divide can require some mental gymnastics at first. ...StrictlyDAWless
This is great. I've come back to MIDI after a few years away and somewhat giving up b/c it is so mind bending at time. For me, I'm programming MidiPad 2 on my iPad to control things within Amplitube 5 like switching presets and turning on and off pedals. With the help of your video, I think I generally have it working the way I want (or at least I can envision how it should come together!), What I am still looking for is an app that generates MIDI signals from my iPad that allows for the Control Change values to be changed as if it were a dial/knob/slider. So I could assign say a volume knob in Amplitube but then turn it up or down with a slider. I suspect something like that is out there, I just haven't figured out what it is. Like at about 20:00, you're talking about the Feedback value. I want to send a signal (or I guess really a series of signals) that allow me to select the full range of that CC#, not just a single value. I'll get there . . .
What a great rundown! I feel like I'm ready to mess up with MIDI now. Just the guys doing the app on the iPad are not the brightest. I feel like they wanted to be less confusing by starting with 1, but they ended up adding much more confusion.
Hello Scott ! This is the BEST by fay video to teach the basic of Midi. I am attempting to use my DAW (S1) with hope of controlling VST & Multi-Timbral VST's. No one has gone as far as you to explain the concepts of how I might go about doing such? I am now excited to try again! I am tired of building out templates for each articulation in an orchestra. That takes forever and I end up with a Massive Template. Which neither of those are desirable at all.
thanks so much for this video... i am looking to be able to control ( on and off ) different effects "blocks" in my multi effects unit / modeler... this Video helped me understand a LOT ... so, thanks !!!
Scott, Absolutely love your channel. I’ve always been interested in learning/using MIDI but it seemed quite complicated. Thank you for putting this video together to break down the hierarchy and general concepts. Very, very helpful and insightful. Makes much more sense when you show a real world example. I’ve used Onsong for at least a decade to arrange my music and set lists but never used the MIDI function. Definitely going to dive in and give it a go. Thanks again!
Scott, you’ve helped me so much. I am now able to use my Hotone Ampero Control with my M5 and I’m super hyped. Thank you so much for the upload. I am subscribing 🤙
Thanks for the overview, it really helped. I took a Community College class in synthesizers in 1977 (oh yeah, boomer here) and all they had then was the analog synth, one of the first MOOGs that didn't have all the patch cords, just knobs and switches to patch things together. I learned some valuable things from that class about how synthetic sounds are made. Fast forward to 2018, the kids are raised and an inheritance windfall comes along and I have enough money to afford a used synthesizer. HOLY GOD, what do all these buttons and sliders do? Why do some of them work and what do the numbers mean? Why do they work some times and fail in accordance with Murphy's law? Well, it turns out that when luck fails, turn to skill to get you through! Now that I have an overview of the concepts at play, the cryptic manuals will start to make sense. I really enjoyed the memes and visual clues that you added to the video, nice touch.
Thank you Scott. Excellent vid, very informative. I watched it once before, sometime back. It makes more sense to me now, after exposing myself to using midi mapping. I am using AUM along side Loopy Pro. On the mapping side AUM is top of the heap. And loopy pro is also outstanding but only now coming up to speed with midi. The good thing is they can be used together, one acting as a plugin to the other and in the most complex ways imaginable. Well this video opens up a whole other side of midi mapping on those with virtual midi bought into play. It’s a creators dream scape but virtual midi is under used. No video’s on it but it seems to be a whole universe of creativity all of its own. It’s a lot to learn this midi solution stuff but an adventure of sorts and a whole wide universe of possibilities is how it seems.
@@ScottUhlMusic Yes Loopy Pro, it really is something unusually special. Mike Tyson the creator recently promised more work in development around midi. He promised big things coming. The way custom applications can be self built opens things up, a lot of scope for shaping the workspace for specialised individual workflow. Midi actually works well now as is with the midi learn function and all. In AUM you can find Loopy Pro at the top of the list of midi units while opening a new midi channel if you have loopy installed on your iPad.
Scott! I have searched RUclips several times over the past year looking for a clear and concise tutorial to help me understand these MIDI concepts. I have watched several videos and downloaded books on the topic. They all explain the basics but do not connect the dots with a practical working example. I am so grateful that I found this video today! It is a game changer. Please accept my donation of $10 for this compilation of awesomeness! I love the GIFs, makes an otherwise dry & confusing topic humorous and fun to watch. Thank you, thank you, super thank you. Best ever.
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that :) and I’m glad you found the video so helpful. I think this is definitely one of the best videos I’ve done, so I’m glad to see people getting an understanding out of it. Thank you again 🤘
Thanks. This explained everything. I am a midi expert now. At the very least, I'm no longer a midiot.😄
Wow, you made that so simple. I've been so confused about this topic 🔥
Glad it helped you!
This feels like a non transferable credit college class.
Hi Scott, This is the best midi tutorial across all tutorials and truly real scenario that you explained. Thanks and a looking forward for more such interesting and problem solving interesting guidance.
Thank you, and glad it’s helping you 🤘
I second this comment! Thank You!
Hey man, the best compliment I can give to this video is you are the Rick Beato of wireless gear, midi, and automation. Thanks, this is exactly what I have been looking for. More of this content please.
Man, that is one hell of a compliment!! Thanks, I sincerely appreciate that 🥹
Yes, and the Darrel Hall of Hall & Oates!
Best MIDI video I’ve found. Thank you. Seriously.
Thank you Scott, much appreciated! Just got the Paintaudio MIDI Captain to control my Two Notes Opus.. this is an excellent primer to help get me going with MIDI programming
I keep coming back to your videos because you're an incredible teacher - truly. My husband and I are learning so much from you. I'm an old school musician and back in the 90's/00's we just didn't have this kind of tech readily available so we never learned how to do anything beyond stomping on individual Boss pedals on a massive pedal board. But now that we're back playing out big shows, I'm trying to get us fully up to speed on the latest tech that can make the job easier, and you keep delivering! We've got equipment that we've only scratched the surface on learning but you're blowing the doors wide open for us. THANKS AGAIN!
Thank you 😊 I sincerely appreciate that, and I’m glad you have been enjoying the channel!
Ha! Yes old school here too! I started before fuzz pedals were even available....had to rely on tube amp distortion...but then the blessed Big Muff appeared on the scene to save us! LOL! Look at what musicians have now...AMAZING!
Thanks for this! It solidified and clarified my understanding of MIDI in a guitarist's setting.
Thanks Scott! Very helpful
Good job bro. Excellent explanation. Thank u!!!
People below in previous comments said it, and I’ll emphasize their comments by saying how grateful for this video I am. Absolutely incredible tutorial. Thank you very much!
Thank you 🙏
This is the first video that breaks these concepts down for someone JUST starting out. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Now I finally got all the MIDI terminology. Thank you!
Golly performing has gotten technical but also challenging. I gotta dive in head first and learn this stuff. You’re a great help.
Thanks
This is excellent
Well done! The funnel hierarchy helped me to understand the differences in the message "types" and what they truly control. This was the basic information that I really needed, and that everyone else skipped over and then went straight into the more complicated material.
Thanks! Glad you found it useful 🤘
GREAT tutorial man! very useful...
Awesome. Thanks for helping an old guy understand.
I was wondering if you have ever used video with OnSong. I'm considering adding video.
This deserves more views! A hidden gem!! Will subscribe! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!
Thank you! And I agree, out of all my videos I thought this one would get a bigger view count haha.
@@ScottUhlMusic i'm sure it will! Keep on making great content! I studied MIDI at school but this video summarized half of the term I learned at school haha thumbs up!!!
Haha glad to hear that! Thank you
Genuienly satisfied with the amount of information I left with after watching this my guy.
Thank you 🙏
Scott, thanks for this video, it was excellent! I think you have set the highest standard for instructional videos. I have never seen anything so clearly and thoroughly explained. With regard to MIDI, which is what brought me here, you are doing exactly what I want to do. I had started coding in Swift and was successfully controlling my midi device via Bluetooth but now that I know about the Onsong app I will follow your lead. Thanks a million for documenting this. Cheers Pat
Thank you! I sincerely appreciate that 😊😊
This is - hands down - the very best explanation of MIDI that I've ever seen! Thank you SOOOOOooooooooo much!!!!
Glad it was helpful! 🤘🤘
This is one of the best explanations of MIDI I’ve ever seen. Been a music producer for years and own some MIDI based gear, but I have always been frightened by these settings. Thanks for explaining it so good!
Glad it was helpful!
THANK YOU! You saved my mental health! I was starting going crazy finding no tutorials, posts or videos anywhere! This helped me a lot learning about hardware and what can I do by daisy chaining and what I can't, wich was one of my main doubts, and also learn about the programming! THANK YOU!
Glad to help! MIDI headaches are no joke 😂
thank you from Argentina!
Great explanation
Glad it was helpful!
Cheers for your gift at teaching!!!
Thanks man!
I just purchased a fcb1010 to drive ableton. This was an awesome refresher.
Thanks Scott
Awesome choice 🤘
Thank you! I have a Boss Katana Gen 3 Artist and a Luminite Graviton M2 coming. And this will be my first time using MIDI. 😅
Appreciate your videos
Thank you, Scott.
I really appreciate your outstanding videos.
Great work!
Thank you Michael! 🤘
A GREAT primer on midi. Salute sir!
This is great Scott. I’m looking to get better with rack mounted synths from the prehistoric era. Thanks for this.
I wish I could like this video more than once. This is amazing for a total noob to MIDI like me. Very clearly explained
Because of this video, I was able to get my Line 6 POD HD500X and Boss Katana MKII to communicate with each other
Awesome! Glad to help. Thanks for the kind words 🤘
Out working cruise ships - this helps - great teacher thx 😊
Glad to help 🤘
Thanks , Best explaind. ❤
finally! hierarchy and function clearly explained! thank you so much for this, great video.
Glad it was helpful!
Dude this was incredibly helpful. I never got into midi and it always was a headache for me and you just made it so simple. wish i can give you 10000 thumbs up
Glad to hear it! Thank you for the kind words 🤘
i went to audio engineering school and didn’t learn about this . thank you so much
Glad to help!
Thank you 👍 I have exactly this problem on my MPK Mini Plus and will have the back off tomorrow with confidence now 😁
wouaau!! Many many thanks Scott! You"re a midi killer :p
Glad to help!
One of the best explanations I have ever seen.... THANK YOU!!!
Thank you!
Excellent video and very hands on explanation, will definitely use it in my keyboard setup. THANK YOU
Glad it was helpful!
Very nice of you for explaining in such an easy way..!!
Thanks 🤘
Thanks man. I have a better understanding
I have been on the midi short bus for awhile!!! but a student is only as good as his/her teacher.Not taking anything away from the other vids, you NAILed it HARD!! I do understand that midi isn't audio but data that talks to other gear.You gave me understanding on another level. Thanks Scott. I do need to reach out to you on some more detail midi info. asap.
Glad the video helped you out 🤘
im glad to find this lesson.. ! thanks, you have simplified this complex topic !
Thank you 😊
Superb Video Scott. You really helped me connect the dots between Midi ,my helix and my iPad Running OnSong nicely done!!!
Glad to help!
👍👍. Great video. Really well explained. Midi has been a subject I've only half understood for years and try and stay away from it!!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial! I've been using a Yamaha QY-100 Midi sequencer for years. It took me some time though to get used to the difference in the ordering of the program numbers between the sequencer & a separate midi controller. The 0 - 127 vs 1 - 128 general midi divide can require some mental gymnastics at first. ...StrictlyDAWless
Great video. I'm trying to figure out how to use my Akai MPK mini for Ableton. Mind numbing stuff.
Nicely done. Never understood midi before. Thanks
Happy to help!
This is great. I've come back to MIDI after a few years away and somewhat giving up b/c it is so mind bending at time. For me, I'm programming MidiPad 2 on my iPad to control things within Amplitube 5 like switching presets and turning on and off pedals. With the help of your video, I think I generally have it working the way I want (or at least I can envision how it should come together!), What I am still looking for is an app that generates MIDI signals from my iPad that allows for the Control Change values to be changed as if it were a dial/knob/slider. So I could assign say a volume knob in Amplitube but then turn it up or down with a slider. I suspect something like that is out there, I just haven't figured out what it is.
Like at about 20:00, you're talking about the Feedback value. I want to send a signal (or I guess really a series of signals) that allow me to select the full range of that CC#, not just a single value.
I'll get there . . .
This all might be what you are looking for: ruclips.net/video/0kFzVUApVg0/видео.htmlsi=uLnS9RQXZ0utIkYD
@@ScottUhlMusic Thanks for that. Pretty crazy app. Definitely could deliver what I am looking for (and then some!)
Great midi tutorial mate! Cheers!
Thank you 😊
THe best explanation
This is awesome man!! Liked and subscribed because of this single video!
Thank you! 🙏
Very clearly presented. Just what I've been looking for to start integrating my midi gear. Like the funny commentary gifs too.
Come for the tech, stay for the memes 😅
What a great rundown! I feel like I'm ready to mess up with MIDI now. Just the guys doing the app on the iPad are not the brightest. I feel like they wanted to be less confusing by starting with 1, but they ended up adding much more confusion.
Dude! This was great! I’ve definitely experienced the headaches you talk about but thank you for explaining the hierarchy clearly!
Thanks! Glad to help
Bloody great video. So clear. Really helped me understand
Thanks Rob! Glad to hear this video has helped so many people out
Quality Video! Brilliant explanations - Thank you!! (LOVE the Gifs!!)
An entertaining review, this is now in my playlist, thank you so much!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Phenomenal video. Seriously. For newer users, although complicated, this is easy to take in, and clear. Nice work.
Thank you! Glad to help
Thanks!
🤘🤘
Thanks Scott …. This information is exactly what I was looking for and it is presented in an easy to understand manner.
Thank you Bill 🤘
thanks Scott! this video helped me a lot in understanding how the stuff works or at least the basics of it. more power to your channel brother!!
Thank you!
Aha! That really helps, finally a conceptual video. Subbed.
Thanks for the sub!
Quality video mate. Just bought an MK3 Mini and it was exactly what I needed. Thanks a lot!
Glad it helped!
Absolutely love this video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a book of knowledge! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
wow, excellent, thank you, that did get me steps closer
Glad it helped!
Excellent tutorial, thank you.
Scott your "one in a million" !, you know your stuff !!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful 👍 This one took quite a while to put together haha
Hello Scott ! This is the BEST by fay video to teach the basic of Midi. I am attempting to use my DAW (S1) with hope of controlling VST & Multi-Timbral VST's. No one has gone as far as you to explain the concepts of how I might go about doing such? I am now excited to try again! I am tired of building out templates for each articulation in an orchestra. That takes forever and I end up with a Massive Template. Which neither of those are desirable at all.
Thanks, I’m glad it had helped so much. Midi is still a headache often times… even for me. But it’s still really helpful!
thanks so much for this video... i am looking to be able to control ( on and off ) different effects "blocks" in my multi effects unit / modeler... this Video helped me understand a LOT ... so, thanks !!!
Glad it helped!
This is a great video! Thanks for this!
Thank you 🙏
Great Explanation!! Loved it!
Scott,
Absolutely love your channel. I’ve always been interested in learning/using MIDI but it seemed quite complicated. Thank you for putting this video together to break down the hierarchy and general concepts. Very, very helpful and insightful. Makes much more sense when you show a real world example. I’ve used Onsong for at least a decade to arrange my music and set lists but never used the MIDI function. Definitely going to dive in and give it a go. Thanks again!
Thanks! Glad you found this video helpful 🤘
Agreed!
Exactly the video I needed to program our live shows. Thanks!
Glad to help, enjoy the programming 🤘
Scott, you’ve helped me so much. I am now able to use my Hotone Ampero Control with my M5 and I’m super hyped. Thank you so much for the upload. I am subscribing 🤙
Awesome! Glad it helped 👍
Merci!
🤘🤘
Yes I learned a lot of things, also, reminded of things, found solutions to things, and finally, was motivated to learn more, great video
Thank you 😊
Thanks for the overview, it really helped. I took a Community College class in synthesizers in 1977 (oh yeah, boomer here) and all they had then was the analog synth, one of the first MOOGs that didn't have all the patch cords, just knobs and switches to patch things together. I learned some valuable things from that class about how synthetic sounds are made. Fast forward to 2018, the kids are raised and an inheritance windfall comes along and I have enough money to afford a used synthesizer. HOLY GOD, what do all these buttons and sliders do? Why do some of them work and what do the numbers mean? Why do they work some times and fail in accordance with Murphy's law? Well, it turns out that when luck fails, turn to skill to get you through! Now that I have an overview of the concepts at play, the cryptic manuals will start to make sense. I really enjoyed the memes and visual clues that you added to the video, nice touch.
Hahaha yeah welcome to the world of the midi headache :) thanks for watching and glad it helped!
Great tutorial, thank you👍
Glad you liked it 🤘
Hi Scott. Great job, I get it now.
Awesome 🤘
Valeu!
Thanks!
thankyou for actually saying something of worth :)
Beautiful
Another great video, thanks!
Thank you Scott. Excellent vid, very informative. I watched it once before, sometime back. It makes more sense to me now, after exposing myself to using midi mapping. I am using AUM along side Loopy Pro. On the mapping side AUM is top of the heap. And loopy pro is also outstanding but only now coming up to speed with midi. The good thing is they can be used together, one acting as a plugin to the other and in the most complex ways imaginable. Well this video opens up a whole other side of midi mapping on those with virtual midi bought into play. It’s a creators dream scape but virtual midi is under used. No video’s on it but it seems to be a whole universe of creativity all of its own. It’s a lot to learn this midi solution stuff but an adventure of sorts and a whole wide universe of possibilities is how it seems.
I need to look into Loopy Pro. I’ve heard good things!
@@ScottUhlMusic Yes Loopy Pro, it really is something unusually special. Mike Tyson the creator recently promised more work in development around midi. He promised big things coming. The way custom applications can be self built opens things up, a lot of scope for shaping the workspace for specialised individual workflow. Midi actually works well now as is with the midi learn function and all. In AUM you can find Loopy Pro at the top of the list of midi units while opening a new midi channel if you have loopy installed on your iPad.
Perfect video, just what I needed to dabble in MIDI
Thanks 🤘 I think I’m definitely most proud of this video, so I’m glad you found it useful!
Great vid man. Very informative.
Thank you 😊
THX Bro. This helps a lot !
Hi Scott, great share! Please keep doing this. And I love your cover videos, too.
Thank you 😊
Very helpful video -- Thanks!
🤘🤘
Excellent, just researching how to select a song lyric that automatically starts and scroll/page turn using an app and midi., cool video thanks
Glad to help! And OnSong is definitely worth looking into for that 👍
Brilliant, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this very informative tutorial, Scott!
Glad it was helpful! 🤘
Exellent vid ...thanks
You got my precious and rare thumbs up. Thank you for the info bro. All the best
Thank you 😊