Funk Goes: On Midi

But here is the secret:

We aren’t talking about cheesy General MIDI soundfonts from a 1995 Sound Blaster card (though, nostalgia is a hell of a drug). We are talking about the ethos: Funk goes on MIDI. funk goes on midi

When you program a funk beat using MIDI triggers (think: an Akai MPC or a DAW piano roll), the hi-hats are mathematically precise. The kick drum lands exactly on the one. There is no human flam. But here is the secret: We aren’t talking

So why is the niche genre of suddenly un-ironically awesome? The kick drum lands exactly on the one

You can’t do that with fingers on a real Stratocaster. Only a mouse can.

Let’s be honest. For decades, the words “MIDI” and “Funk” were kept in separate rooms.

Here is why you should feed your clavinet through a 5-pin DIN cable. In live funk, the drummer rushes the fills and drags the snare backbeats. It breathes.