This may be a fairly vauge question, so please bear with me. I need to create a program which can take inputs from a MIDI device (i.e, an electronic drum) and save them as variables which can later be passed to another program (which will likely be coded in C++). The MIDI data should take the form of a series of bytes, usually a string of 2-3 per MIDI instruction. The drum itself will be connected to my computer via a USB port via a MIDI-to-USB connection (so the connection goes DRUM->CONVERTOR->COMPUTER). What I need is some very basic information; what programming language would you all recommend using (i'd like to try to use C/C++ unless its going to be horribly unsuitable), and how easy is this going to be? Can you recommend any resources that explain (preferably in novice-friendly steps) how to inferface with a MIDI/USB port in this way? Will it be any easier if I use a graphics card with a built-in MIDI port? Thanks, Nil