JUST WHAT THE HELL IS MIDI? Well, it’s short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface; at least we know that. MIDI is the industry standard for how electronic instruments talk to computers and one another. It’s arcane, powerful, and often annoying, but a basic understanding of this ubiquitous technology can make a room full of synthesizers feel like your own personal robot band.

In this beginner-friendly workshop, we'll cover the fundamentals of MIDI: where it came from, why it's still the glue holding so much electronic music together, and how you can use it without earning a degree in menu-diving. We'll sync drum machines and synthesizers to a common tempo, control software instruments with hardware controllers, sequence multiple instruments from a single brain, and build a simple, reliable live setup that you can actually take out into the world.

This workshop is FREE for members or included in a $10 BOOM Club Day Pass