GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The MIDI specification was published in August 1983. The MIDI standard was unveiled by Kakehashi and Smith, who received Technical Grammy Awards in 2013 for their work. In 1983, the first instruments were released with MIDI, the Roland Jupiter-6 and the Prophet 600.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1983, the MIDI 1.0 Specification was formally released by the International MIDI Association* as Roland, Yamaha, Korg, Kawai and Sequential Circuits all came out with MIDI-capable instruments that year.

Detailed explanation-3: -Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the Prophet-5 synthesizer Dave Smith, a pioneer of the synthesizer, revolutionized pop music in the 1980s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is a technical protocol that governs the interaction of digital instruments with computers and with each other. Instead of a direct musical sound representation, MIDI provides the information on how a musical sound is made with the help of MIDI commands.