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.
Other common MIDI controllers are wind controllers, which a musician blows into and presses keys to transmit MIDI data, and electronic drums, which are typically struck with sticks to create MIDI data. MIDI controllers do not usually create or produce musical sounds by themselves.