Definitions for "MIDI interface"
Keywords:  thru, piano, port, hardware, instrument
A device that converts a MIDI signal into digital data which can be stored and played back by a computer.
a device that connects MIDI devices to a computer and lets the computer record from them and play back through them
A hardware device that allows a computer to "speak" the MIDI language and to communicate with other MIDI devices such as electronic musical instruments.
In using Silicon Graphics software MIDI tools, the word MIDI interface refers to that with which the MIDI software communicates. MIDI interface could refer to the workstation's internal synthesizer or an external piece of equipment.