| Almost all electronic piano keyboard functions have | | | | digital keyboards included MIDI. However, today all the |
| MIDI controls. They use an interface to send data as | | | | electronic piano keyboards use it for effective sound |
| well as receive data. Now what is this data thats sent | | | | production. |
| or received by these controls. For the simplest type of | | | | The main purpose of the MIDI on an electronic piano |
| keyboard, data would be sent at the moment you | | | | keyboard is actually to produce a variety of sounds |
| press a key on a keyboard. These signals would then | | | | rather than just improving the quality of sound. This |
| determine the specific note that has been pressed and | | | | function is often preferred, as it enables the user to |
| the duration of the act or pressing down of the note. | | | | produce a variety of digital effects in the music he or |
| The duration has to be acknowledged because the | | | | she is playing. You can have effects like delay, |
| amount of time the key is being pressed down for; has | | | | reverberation, tremolo and the very common chorus |
| to be the same on the receiver or other keyboard | | | | effect. These effects help enhance the sound |
| source. | | | | sensation of your music and therefore create different |
| Along with this signal there are other factors working | | | | registers of track in the listener. |
| which enables the success of the MIDI control. Each | | | | Also, auto harmony can be used to create |
| key that you touch has a sensor to it. Now, the | | | | complementary notes of each single note at any pitch |
| function of this touch sensor is to sense the amount | | | | possible. There are also the modulation and pitch |
| pressure that is being applied to the key and according | | | | wheels that are added benefits along with the sustain |
| the depth of sound produced, that note will vary. For | | | | pedals which help hold the notes for as long as |
| more pressure the sound will be deeper while for less | | | | necessary. |
| pressure it will be mild. Previously, only professional | | | | |