Silent Agreement: MIDI and What We Hear in the Wires

Speaker: Imagine the year 1722. In a room in Köthen, lit by the yellow glow of a candle, Johann Sebastian Bach is writing music.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of music, down, midi, including: In a room in Köthen, lit by the yellow glow of a candle, Johann Sebastian Bach is writing music.

1. 01A grid of tiny holes where you run short, colorful cables from one jack to another
2. 02But there was a fundamental flaw with that whole generation of electronic instruments
3. 03You could run a wire between a Korg and a Moog, and the electricity would cross between them perfectly