A MIDI sound file that contains MIDI messages. MIDI files have a .MID extension. A variation of this format is the RIFF MIDI file, which uses the .RMI extension. The format of a Standard MIDI File ...

When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in ...

In this installment of our tour of Linux MIDI software, we look at some experimental MIDI music-making environments. I've divided this class of software into command-line and GUI-based applications.