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1. How long it takes for sound to fade to silence






2. Stack the next pass as a new region over the previous data; Multiple regions on one track






3. Voltage Controlled Oscillator; Controls pitch






4. Software sequencer that eventually developed into Apple's Logic Pro; Released in 1988






5. Visual editor for MIDI notes with a piano keyboard running low to high on the left; Also called a Key Editor






6. Most common type; Oscillators generate all of harmonic content and filters are used to subtract overtones from the sound; Think sculpture reference (from block to statue)






7. 12 notes; Change between B & C






8. Rate (Speed) & Depth (Intensity)






9. Determines the highest frequency to be captured






10. Drum sequencer that comes packaged with Logic Pro






11. MONO Pressure + Channel (S) => Amount (D1) => N/A






12. SCSI Musical Data Interchange; Better option than SDS






13. The most commonly accepted means of encoding digital audio data so it can be stored within a digital medium with a maximum degree of data density






14. Ability of a musical instrument to play more than one note at a time






15. A device that 'conditions' the electrical supply to take out spikes and surges.






16. Changes some aspect of sound depending on how FAST you strike the keys; Commonly called 'Velocity Sensitivity;' Volume - Filter & Layers are typical examples






17. This changes when keys are pressed above or below the key note; Alters the playback speed of the sample






18. Used as a modulation source; Usually below 20Hz (.01 - 10Hz); Most common waveform is the sine - though there is often a choice; Defines vibrato - tremolo - and wah; Allows periodic changes to sound






19. Data






20. Receive






21. Music workstation/synthesizer that features a 128- voice PCM- based synthesizer with 6 effects processors & dynamic pads; Infrared D-Beam; Stereo sampler and full on - screen editing; Allows for 8 stereo audio tracks integrated with the internal MIDI






22. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Controls Amplitude






23. Serial






24. Series of tempo- related electronic timing markers embedded in the MIDI data stream; Revolves around BPM; Advances one step each 1/24 of a beat






25. Communications language based on the Master Device/Slave Device protocol used in synchronization systems; MIDI is NOT audio...it is performance data only






26. Complete sample(s) are loaded into RAM






27. +5 Bias Voltage; Provides +5V to 1's in binary code data






28. Japanese MIDI Standards Committee; Defines MIDI specifications & coordinates with manufacturers and users in the Asian and Pacific Rim regions






29. Self contained computerized synthesizer developed in 1975; Playback system records patterns that you play on keyboard






30. Determined by dividing PPQN into common note values (1/8th - 1/16th - 1/32nd - 1/64th - 1/128th - etc.)






31. Where a slave device receives MIDI data; Can receive data from an OUT or THRU port






32. Only recording the performance and not the actual sounds; Completely editable and changeable post- recording






33. Storage device that can memorize and playback (often in loops) the sequence of MIDI events generated by the master device.






34. Both the IN Port and OUT Port of two devices are connected together; Allows total communication between devices (BIDIRECTIONAL); Smartest MIDI wiring procedure






35. Controls an instruments voices or 'sounds'






36. 'Father of the Synthesizer'; Created a voltage controlled music synthesizer (Moog Modular Synth); Used by Stevie Wonder in 70's






37. L ->R === msb (1) - MIDI Message (3) - MIDI Channel (4)






38. Mark of the Unicorn; Runs on Mac only; Used for film scoring or sound design






39. Keys transmit to MIDI OUT Port ONLY bypassing any internal sounds; Internal sound engine receives MIDI via the MIDI IN Port allowing both a Master Device and Slave Device in one unit.






40. Determines how much effect an envelope generator has on a particular circuit






41. Chooses which channels a multitimbral MIDI device will respond






42. Change internally to a program number that is different than the one received; ONLY a function of a slave device; Programmable slave device responses (loading presets for MIDI program changes)






43. Advantage: Higher stability; Disadvantages: Lower memory (RAM) amount & separate media for samples






44. The point at which the voltage level from a signal waveform crosses from being positive to negative or vice versa






45. Determines the point at which a filter begins altering harmonics or frequencies






46. Digital recordings triggered by MIDI






47. Define the attenuation of high pass and low pass filters; Sound will slowly dissipate in a filter at a predetermined interval (usually 12 or 24dB)






48. Measurement of how fast a note was pressed that enables samplers to be more dynamically expressive; Incoming note velocities are the player's variations in dynamics and they trigger different sets of samples






49. To create or shape






50. Note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it






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