CHAPTER 6
Controllers
A MIDI controller is a device that’s expressly designed to control other devices (be they for sound, light or mechanical control) within a connected MIDI system. Unlike a MIDI instrument, these devices contain no internal tone generators or sound-producing elements, but often include a high-quality performance surface and a wide range of controls for handling control, trigger and device-switching events. Since controllers have become an integral part of music production and are available in many incarnations to control and emulate many types of musical instrument types, don’t be surprised to find various incarnations of these devices popping up all over this book and within electronic music production. Basically, they’re ...
