

It will locate to the exact same measure and beat, when we need it to.

This means it can start and stop when Cubase starts and stops, if we need it to. In fact, our introduction to MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) was in setting up Cubase as the "master" MIDI clock and setting the MO-XF so that it will "slave" to that clock. In the third of the BASIC AUDIO RECORDING series, we described synchronizing the clock of the MO-XF with that of Cubase, and how this will allow the computer program to count in time with the musical divisions of time (measures and beats). that is, if we apply ourselves and take advantage of the ability to edit and perfect our musical attempts to perform these various other instruments! With MIDI data and its physical controllers we are able to become drummers, guitar players, bass players, cellists, flautist, even zither players of some decent quality. We may have started our musical career with lessons on the piano, but when you own a synthesizer you wind up being self-taught on dozens of other instruments. And specifically the creative power it gives us as synthesizer players. The single biggest advantages of working with MIDI data is the flexibility it gives us as musician/composers. MIDI has been around since the early 1980's and is an important pre-production and compositional tool.
