MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which stands for Special Digital Interface. This interface is used as an internationally recognized standard for physical devices and software (software), through which users are able to perform various operations with musical resources. The performance of these operations is ensured by recording special commands (keyboard language), which, in turn, make it possible to play, record and other operations with music files. So essentially the midi keyboardis a kind of musical instrument. And at the same time - the center of the formation and management of various resources, providing effective accompaniment of musical reproduction. Such resources include light effectors, a variety of music mixers (mixers), lighting, smoke machines and others.
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- technology for distributing the keyboard system into zones in order to use several audio channels;
- presence of indication;
- the ability to use a variety of keyboard options.
The most famous manufacturers of MIDI keyboards are Korg , Novation, Studiologic, M-Audio, Numark.