WhaL Mldl ls and how lL can be lmplemenLed.

Mldl sLands for Muslcal lnsLrumenL ulglLal lnLerface. lL ls an easy and accesslble way
Lo elLher creaLe or play muslc. Mldl ls an easy way Lo consLrucL Lracks and ls
exLremely easy Lo use. Mldl can be accessed by many
dlfferenL uAWs (ulglLal Audlo WorksLaLlons). 1here
are many uAWs ouL Lhere such as Loglc, AbleLon and
lrulLy Loops Lo name a few. WhaLever your muslcal
sLyle ls Lhere ls a uAW on Lhe markeL LhaL wlll flL
your requlremenLs.
Mldl has many advanLages and Lhe maln one ls LhaL lL
ls very easy Lo use. Mldl allows you Lo easlly edlL
sequences ln your Lrack and compleLely rearrange
segmenLs of lL ln seconds. Mldl also allows Lo flne
Lune your Lrack so LhaL every lnsLrumenL and sound ls on cue. ?ou can even go lnLo
lmmense deLall and make your Lrack sound more human and less elecLronlc. WlLh
Lhe power of Mldl anyLhlng ls posslble, lL ls perfecL for qulckly wrlLlng down LhaL
caLchy melody you've been Lhlnklng of and ls hlghly accesslble Lo keep comlng back
and bulldlng your Lracks up.
Mldl ls noL [usL conflned Lo Lhe
sLudlo, buL lL ls also perfecL for llve
performance. All uAWs can be
accessed llve vla many Lypes of
Mldl conLrollers. Mldl conLrollers
can be anyLhlng from a keyboard Lo
a Launchpad/sequencer. Llve Mldl
conLrollers allow you Lo rearrange and manlpulaLe sounds ln real Llme, allowlng you
Lo remlx Lracks and add effecLs Lo make your llve performance more lnLeresLlng. We
have seen Lhe Lrend ln llve Mldl conLrollers rlse ln recenL years belng used by arLlsLs
such as uafL unk and M83.
8uL, Mldl ls noL [usL for elecLronlc muslc performers, buL lL can be used for any sLyle.
Mldl ls belng used llve ln many rock bands now, mosL noLable ln recenL years ls
losLer 1he eople, who are pralsed for Lhelr flowlng llve performances. 1he lead
vocallsL (Mark losLer) uses Mldl conLrollers Lo seL off synLh and vocal samples llve on
sLage.

1he Mldl ConLrollers.
1here are many dlfferenL Mldl conLrollers on Lhe markeL and each one ls dlfferenL.
1here are Lwo Lypes of Mldl conLroller, Lhe sLudlo conLrollers and Lhe llve
performance conLrollers. SLudlo conLrollers are malnly Mldl keyboards. Mldl
keyboards are Lhe mosL baslc and popular form of Mldl devlce used ln Lhe sLudlo.
Lach uAW ls usually accessed by uslng a
keyboard. 1he keyboard works by sendlng
dlfferenL messages Lo Lhe uAW such as
Lhe noLe belng pressed and Lhe veloclLy
(how hard Lhe key ls belng pressed). 1hls
ls an easy devlce Lo use when recordlng ln
your chords, melodles and drums. Cnce
Lhe sequence ls recorded lL can be easlly
edlLed uslng Lhe uAW, you can edlL Lhe veloclLy and plLch seLLlngs uslng Lhe uAW's ln
bullL paLLern edlLor. CLher effecLs such as plLch bend can also be used Lo manlpulaLe
your recorded sound whllsL and afLer you have recorded ln your sequence.
Llve Mldl conLrollers can be used ln Lhe sLudlo, buL Lhey are malnly used for Lhe
performance slde of muslc. A Launchpad allows you Lo load up samples and Lo
rearrange parLs of a song llve. lL ls a very useful for muslclans as lL glves Lhem Lhe
freedom Lo Lry new ldeas and lmprovlse on sLage. 1he mosL well-known Mldl
conLroller ls Lhe AbleLon push. lL dlrecLly llnks wlLh AbleLon (uAW) and sounds can be
manlpulaLed from Lhe devlce, glvlng Lhe performer an endless amounL of ways Lo
play Lhelr Lracks. CLher varlous Mldl conLrollers are deslgned for dlfferenL purposes,
Lhey mosLly acL as fllLers and add effecLs onLo llve performances, such as
compresslon, reverb, looplng and dlsLorLlon. Some muslclans even use sLudlo Mldl
keyboards Lo perform llve wlLh, Lhls ls a very common way Lo perform, especlally for
bands.





uslng Mldl ln a uAW.
uslng Mldl wlLhln a uAW ls falrly sLralghL forward. All uAWs wlll have some form of a
paLLern edlLor. 1hls ls whaL Lhe paLLern edlLor/plano roll looks llke ln lrulLy Loops 11.
l have currenLly selecLed a klck as Lhe sound l wanL Lo make a paLLern wlLh. l could
also choose any oLher lnsLrumenLal such as a bass or a synLh, even a vocal. uslng my
Mldl keyboard l am able Lo play and record Lhe klck ln.
As you can see l am ouL of Llme. So uslng Lhe paLLern edlLor l am able Lo quanLlze
(puL ln Llme) and correcL Lhe error.

As you can see Lhe error has been correcLed and my klck ls ln Llme. 1hls ls a baslc
example of Lhe advanLages of Mldl. lL ls easy Lo use and easy Lo creaLe and compose
your muslc. WlLh Mldl Lhe only llmlL ls your lmaglnaLlon.


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