Creative SB0060 - Sound Blaster Live User Manual page 56

Computers can process music and sound information in two different forms: MIDI and Digital
Audio. MIDI is the standard by which computers communicate with sound cards, keyboards,
and other electronic instruments. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) refers to the type
of cables and plugs used to connect computers and instruments, and the language they use to talk
to one another. MIDI gives a computer the ability to tell an instrument which notes to play,
which voice to use, and many other things that make music, music.
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