Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is a standard for communicating performance information from one piece of software or hardware to another. In Windows, you can transmit MIDI data internally between applications, or externally to and from devices such as MIDI keyboards. In Adobe Audition, you can utilize MIDI in the following ways:

• Using the MIDI sequencer, you can import, record, and edit MIDI data, and you can output it through VSTi virtual instruments or hardware synthesizers. (See Composing with MIDI.)

• Using a MIDI device connected to a MIDI input, you can trigger commands in Adobe Audition. For example, you can assign the Play command in Adobe Audition to the C4 note on your MIDI keyboard. (See Enable MIDI-triggered shortcuts.)

• Using MIDI outputs and inputs, you can send and receive SMPTE/MIDI timecode (MTC), synchronizing multitrack playback and recording with other hardware or software. (See Synchronizing with SMTPE.)