MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) is the language that makes music possible on computers, cell phones, electric keyboards and many other devices. MIDI is best described as a "performance description language." It tells your computer or electric keyboard or cell phone what sound to make, how loudly to make it and all the other intricate nuances of a sound using only binary code.
This is especially important for making music on your electric keyboard and transferring it to a computer or another device. MIDI makes devices communicate with each other in a common electronic language. Many software programs available for recording and listening to music on computers also translate MIDI files to other formats. This makes it possible to record music from an electronic keyboard on a desktop computer and convert it to a CD or mp3 file.
Things You'll Need
Winamp software
Software to record keyboard sound
MIDI-to-USB converter
Electric keyboard with MIDI input/output jacks
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Instructions
1
Look at the back of the keyboard. Locate the two MIDI jacks. Plug the MIDI converter's input cable end into the keyboard's MIDI input jack. Plug the MIDI converter's output cable end into the keyboard's MIDI output jack.
2
Find a USB port on the computer. Plug the MIDI converter's USB connector end into the computer's USB port.
3
Modern recording software makes it possible to record songs using your computer.
Open the computer software you use to record sounds from your keyboard. Record sound from the keyboard and save it with the software as a Winamp-useable file format.
4
Find the saved sound file on your hard drive. Note its location.
5
Open Winamp. Drag the saved sound file from your hard drive into the Winamp song list.
6
Play the recorded sounds from the Winamp playlist.