Here is a rare image of a wonderful and delicate creature that lives in my head that I call 'The 700'.....it's full name is 700 Midi Tigl, which stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface Totally Integrated Germane Logic. Back in the 80s, I was lucky enough to spend a little time with Dave Smith of Sequential Circuits, who is widely considered the 'Father of Midi', and he built this creature for me to create and transmit midi data. At the time of its inception, it would create the data and store it on a big floppy disk that you would put in to the mouth slot there on the front, but over the years it has been upgraded and modified by many and various excellent folk who have tinkered with it, and taken its performance to magnificent heights! The four buttons at the bottom allow you to dictate the mood of the music, and the various dials and switches up at the top allow you to input many different parameters......there is even some speakers on the right side there so The 700 can broadcast the midi data with some of the rudimentary sounds he has built in.....it's truly a marvel to behold!
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