Midi is a very strong virtue of MidiMagic Studio. Since the studio was pretty much founded around midi as it grew to support so many different ideas, from midi sequencing, to live lighting control. The commonly used protocol known as Midi has found a home at MidiMagic Studio and is used for a wide variety of operations. We even have a little midi saxophone for you wind players to blow!

First and foremost, midi is used for sequencing at MidiMagic Studio. We are able to get a good live sound from midi using midi keyboards and midi drum controllers, together as well as the midi guitar and midi bass. These can all be played and recorded at once by real musicians, playing the song from beginning to the end in a live jam situation. I find this gives more life to a song than just midi drum machine style programming. But we still can do some looping and programming as well and some sampling.

Utilizing this method, we use the sequencer for real-time recording. Then, using midi's strong editing features to correct and enhance the tracks after they have been recorded. For these type operations, there is a multitude of choices at MidiMagic Studio. In all, we own and support seven different computer sequencing setups, along with several different sequencing and music programs for each setup. Then there is a plethora of midi hardware used along side the computer sequencing setups. All the computers are hooked up through a Midi Timepiece AV, Digital Music MX-8 and a Roland thru-box. We use a midi Fadermaster and an ACM Audio Control Module to automate the audio from the Adat tracks. We also use the Fadermaster to edit, store and manipulate all kinds of synth sounds, which will control midi effects and midi volume in real time using real faders.

We offer five Mac computers, and two PC's covering nearly all the platforms for midi sequencing programs available. For the Mac's we have Cubase,Digital Performer,Pro Tools, and more.All are ideal for storage and editing of all the studio's midi sounds. Then there is Band in the Box, if you need to get some interesting ideas from scratch.

For the Mac we use Digital Performer the most, which is a top choice for adding and editing audio tracks along side video. This program integrates the audio tracks and video tracks as well as arming and syncing the Adat tracks to the whole composition. This program has some nice effect plug-ins for processing audio like their Pre-amp and Everb, covering all dynamic and effect requirements within the digital domain

And for the PC we have Cubase, Acid and Vegas+Dvd, which again lets you record and edit audio tracks right along side your midi & video tracks. We hope you will find that one of these 7 computer systems enables your creative side and let you explore all the available midi possibilities.

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