MIDI & Synthesis 2

01000101 = A above Middle C = Decimal 69. 

MIDI message in terms of bigs and bytes will take the following form with three bytes (8 bits per byte) 

10010000 (Status Byte 144) 01000101 (1st Data Byte 69) 01000000 (2nd Data Byte 64) 

      144                                       69                                            64

All status bytes begin with a 1. Data Bytes (Second and third bytes) always begin with a 0. 

MIDI Control Change Messages 

Some of the most common controllers are; Controller #1 = Modulation Wheel (Standard on MIDI keyboards), Controller #7 = Channel Volume, Controller #10 = Pan. 

Ring Modulation is a technique used in synthesis that takes the frequency and outputs of two oscillators.