MIDI port(first time post)

[Allan]

I'm in my final year at Uni., Electronics degree, and for my project I'm
making a monophonic synth, which has to be MIDI controlled.  At the moment I
just want note on and note off think.  I've got a diagram of the port its
just how do I decode the info?  I want to try and convert this to a voltage
so I can feed it into a VCO.  Any advice, pointers etc would be most
welcome.

Allan