1983年,史密斯和罗兰公司(Roland)的创始人梯郁太郎合作开发了“乐器数字接口”(MusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface),也就是音乐界广为人知的MIDI。
It was Smith who co-created the musical instrument digital interface in 1983 , simply known as MIDI to the musical world , along with Ikutaro Kakehashi , the founder of Roland .