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The MIDI Show Control (MSC) standard is an open, industry wide international Communications Protocol through which all types of show devices may easily Communicate . To create the MSC spec, Charlie Richmond headed the USITT MIDI Forum on their Callboard Network in 1990 , which included developers and designers from the theatre sound and lighting industry from around the world. This Forum created the MSC standard between January and September, 1990. it was ratified by the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) in January, 1991 , and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee (JMSC) later that year, becoming a part of the standard MIDI specification in August, 1991. The first show to fully utilize the MSC specification was the Magic Kingdom Parade at Walt Disney World 's Magic Kingdom in September, 1991.


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