MIDI (musical instrument digital interface)

Japanese: ミディ（英語表記）musical instrument digital interface; MIDI

It is a unified standard for linking and playing digitalized synthesizers and their peripheral devices, which was agreed upon between Japanese and American musical instrument manufacturers in 1983. This made it possible to control them from a computer, and as this came into widespread use, it became easy to hold live performances, including automated performances.

Midi

Midi skirt is an abbreviation of midiskirt. A skirt that reaches the middle of the calf. Midi is an abbreviation of "middle of the calf" and is a word coined in the late 1960s that plays on the word "mini" (miniskirt). Since it is more active than maxi, it became popular among a wide range of age groups after mini declined.

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Japanese:

デジタル化されたシンセサイザーやその周辺機器などを連動させて演奏するための統一規格で，1983年に日米の楽器製造会社間で取り決められたもの。これによって，パソコンによる制御も可能となり，その普及に応じて，自動演奏を含んだライブ演奏が手軽に行なえるようになった。