Duran Duran's Rio in MIDI

October 31, 2010

Artist-musician Andrea Merkx holds a lecture in the style of a performance on November 4 at 7:30 pm. While playing MIDI reproductions of the 80s pop hit “Rio”, she reviles the rigid restrictions of the MIDI format and examines its role in the transition to digital music.

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