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 <h2>What Can Ardour Do With MIDI?</h2>
 <p>
 
 <h2>What Can Ardour Do With MIDI?</h2>
 <p>

-  <dfn><abbr title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr></dfn>
-  is a way to describe music data and to control music hardware and 
-  software. Ardour can import and record MIDI data, and perform a 
-  variety of editing operations on it. Furthermore, MIDI can be used to
-  control various functions of Ardour.
+  <dfn><abbr title="Musical Instrument Digital
+  Interface">MIDI</abbr></dfn> is a way to describe musical
+  performances and to control music hardware and software.
+</p> 
+<p>Ardour can import and record MIDI data, and perform a variety of
+  editing operations on it. Furthermore, MIDI can be used to control
+  various functions of Ardour.

 </p>
 
 <h2>MIDI Handling Frameworks</h2>
 </p>
 
 <h2>MIDI Handling Frameworks</h2>


@@ -18,25 +20,24 @@ title: Setting Up MIDI
   that handles audio input and output. Up to release 3.5, that means
   that all MIDI I/O takes place via JACK. JACK itself uses the 
   native MIDI support of the operating system to receive and send
   that handles audio input and output. Up to release 3.5, that means
   that all MIDI I/O takes place via JACK. JACK itself uses the 
   native MIDI support of the operating system to receive and send

-  MIDI data. These are:
+  MIDI data. The native MIDI support  provides device drivers for MIDI
+  hardware and libraries needed by software applications that want to
+  work with MIDI.

 </p>
 
 </p>
 

-<h3>OS X : CoreMIDI</h3>
-<p>
-  <dfn>CoreMIDI</dfn> is the standard MIDI framework on OSX systems. 
-  It provides drivers for MIDI hardware and libraries needed by MIDI
-  software clients. 
-</p>
-
-<h3>Linux : ALSA MIDI</h3>
-<p>
+<dl>
+<dt>OS X</dt>
+<dd>  <dfn>CoreMIDI</dfn> is the standard MIDI framework on OSX systems. 
+</dd>
+<dt>Linux</dt>
+<dd>

   <dfn><abbr title="Advanced Linux Sound API">ALSA</abbr> MIDI</dfn>
   <dfn><abbr title="Advanced Linux Sound API">ALSA</abbr> MIDI</dfn>

-  is the standard MIDI framework on Linux systems. It provides drivers 
-  for MIDI hardware and libraries needed by MIDI software clients.
-</p>
+  is the standard MIDI framework on Linux systems.
+</dd>
+</dl>

 
 <p class="note">
 
 <p class="note">

-  NoteThe <dfn>QJackCtl</dfn> control software displays ALSA MIDI
+  On Linux systems, <dfn>QJackCtl</dfn> control software displays ALSA MIDI

   ports under its "ALSA" tab (it does not currently display CoreMIDI
   ports).  By contrast, JACK MIDI ports show up under
   the <kbd class="menu">MIDI</kbd> tab in QJackCtl.
   ports under its "ALSA" tab (it does not currently display CoreMIDI
   ports).  By contrast, JACK MIDI ports show up under
   the <kbd class="menu">MIDI</kbd> tab in QJackCtl.