The incidences of âon a tearâ is on rise from 0.000001 in 1970 to 0.0000025 after 2000 and onward, but incidences of 'in a tear' have been flattened out at the low level of 0.0000012 - 0.0000016 throughout the tracked period.
1 Used literally, MIDI controller refers to any hardware or software that generates and transmits MIDI data to MIDI-enabled devices. 2  in practice, MIDI controller refers to a device that controls parameters of a performance.
MIDI is a protocol that was developed so that electronic instruments could communicate with each other as well as computers and other electronic devices. Through MIDI, a variety of musical information can be transmitted. MIDI is not only used to indicate what note is played, but the duration of the note, the velocity/volume, and sometimes the aftertouch or other information as well. MIDI is also used to transmit non-note information such as pan, effects, track or overall volume, and the like. In essence, MIDI is a basic communications protocol used by musical instruments and computers, much like Firewire is a protocol for computers and peripheral devices like hard drives, scanners, and camcorders.