A lot of big things happened in music in 1983. It was the year Michael Jackson’s album Thriller hit number one across the world, compact discs were first released in the US, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers formed. Yet there was one obscure event that was more influential than all of them: MIDI 1.0 was released. MIDI stands for “Musical Instrument Digital Interface” and, after 37 years, it has finall
![An update to a 37-year-old digital protocol could profoundly change the way music sounds](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/7635c9cc728f9b576bde89a89c8a2ac53c3acd1a/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fc_fill%2Ch_675%2Cpg_1%2Cq_80%2Cw_1200%2Fea1e3d0f8130138e2cab666e025a598d.jpg)