device

Midi "devices" can...

   send out midi when keys are pressed and knobs are tweaked
      (midi controllers)

   or receive midi and generate a .WAV file or sound out your speakers
      (sound modules)

   or BOTH.

   midi device hookup tips

A midi controller sends out note and control messages on a "channel".
   Every device has 16 channels max.
   Most controllers send notes out on one channel.
      You can tweak most controllers to do a "split" by messing with the
         (usually terrible) menus on the instrument.
      This sends lower notes out one channel and higher notes out another.

      But, typically a keyboard sends notes out on one channel.

A midi sound modules receive midi events and create audio
   usually on the full 16 available channels.

   Some lame older ones don't do all 16.

   Channel 10 is usually a drum channel and reserved for drum sounds.
   The other channels (1-9,11-16) are used for melodic sounds.


Next up, channels