SC740 SEMINAR WEEK 14

TOPIC: Midi Protocol, Applications, and Physical Modeling Synthesis

By Dr. Hugh Garraway

Department of Computer Science and Statistics

University of Southern Mississippi

Summary and Comments: By Lee Emmanwori

Dr. Garraway described the hardware and software protocol standardization used in Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). He gave a brief introduction to physical modeling synthesis along with a short performance using MIDI sequencing.

Dr. Garraway closed his presentation with a live performance of jazz mixed with other kinds of music using a virtual acoustic tone generator that uses the technique of physical modeling.