For our second episode on tips for using your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) at home, we talk all about MIDI and the different ways it can be used to better your home recordings.

We talked about:

James Gordon Songwriting Retreat (Sep 9 to 12)
what is MIDI and a brief history
MIDI notes and velocity
quantizing your MIDI performance
how MIDI can also be used in lighting systems and guitar pedals
viewing MIDI in a piano roll view, staff view, or event view
how MIDI can also be used as a transport control for your DAW
using drum maps
using articulation switches to trigger different performance phrases or articulations (e.g. legato, sustain, sforzando, pizzicato, tremolo, etc)
Check out our first episode in this series: Home Recording and Digital Audio Workstations – Part 1 (https://songtalk.ca/shows/home-recording-and-digital-audio-workstations-part-1/)