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MIDI

electronic musical instrument industry specification
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Summary

MIDI is a technical specification[1]. MIDI ranks in the top 3% of technical specification entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,774 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Dave Smith[3]
  • Instance of: communication protocol[4]
  • Has use: video game music[5], data transmission[6]
  • Commons category: MIDI[7]
  • Has part(s): Standard MIDI File[8], MIDI note numbers[9]
  • Official website: https://www.midi.org/specifications[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:MIDI[11]
  • Replaces: DIN sync[12]
  • Standards body: Association of Musical Electronics Industry[13], MIDI Manufacturers Association[14]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/midi[15]
  • Different from: Standard MIDI File[16]
  • Derivative work: MIDI Show Control[17]

Why It Matters

MIDI has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] MIDI is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Borderline Mathematica MIDI controller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Amitie 10g · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → technical specification, communication protocol
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: file format"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['17TPbb', '1dBuMs']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0387000-MIDI-rozhrani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0387000-MIDI-rozhrani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  4. 23w ago · Pkunk · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Standard MIDI File, MIDI note numbers
    Replaces → —
    Replaces → DIN sync
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Midi ports and cable.jpg"
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