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1. Transmit






2. Parts Per Quarter Note; Measurement of timing resolution of a sequencer; Points on a sequencer grid that lie between quarter notes; Higher the PPQN the better its timing; Referred to as ticks






3. Allows assignment of a different SOUND to each of the multitimbral parts






4. Buzz in audio or hum bar in video signal caused by slightly different grounds that are interconnected by a wire (interconnecting equipment that's plugged into different power sources)






5. MIDI Manufacturers Association; Defines MIDI specifications & coordinates with manufacturers and users in Americas & Europe






6. The industry benchmark for beat production; Features a 32- voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128MB RAM and extensive editing capabilities; 100 -000- note - 64- track sequencer; 4 MIDI Outputs; Internal sounds reside in flash memory and can easily






7. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Controls Amplitude






8. MIDI sound source capable of producing several different sounds at the same time - controlled on different MIDI channels






9. Same as square; Odd numbered multiples of harmonics - but the amplitude is decreasing more rapidly






10. Contains harmoics and all odd and even harmonics; 6dB roll off between octaves; Same starting phases






11. Used in the Reason software package; Combination of the features of Wavetable and Granular synthesis; Allows selection of particular wavetables that have been broken down into grain clouds for further manipulation






12. CMD+S






13. 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






14. Determines the highest frequency to be captured






15. +5 Bias Voltage; Provides +5V to 1's in binary code data






16. Uses sound of a single note which is sampled and stored as an oscillator waveform; Allow for more complex sounds which produces richer - more realistic tones; Allow one to crossfade between different waveforms over time






17. Pitch Bend + Channel (S) => Coarse Tune (D1) => Fine Tune (D2)






18. Controls an instruments voices or 'sounds'






19. Multi Mode; Performance (Perf) Mode; Sequence Mode






20. Windows only based digital audio workstation platform






21. Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play ONLY one note at a time






22. Note events edited on a staff - similar to composing music on sheets.






23. Software; Computer- based MIDI recorders that can be used for other functions (word processing - web browsing - etc.); Offers high resolution (480+ PPQN) and expanded editing facilities - but have lower stability and lack portability






24. Two or more instruments with note ranges that do not overlap






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






26. Space






27. Receive






28. Operating system made sense to most musicians; Became very popular because of its accessibility






29. Message sent when note is played (key pressed)






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






31. Initial few hundred milliseconds of samples are loaded into RAM & remaining sample length is streamed from the hard drive






32. Each pass will overwrite the pass before it permanently erasing previous MIDI data






33. A male 9- pin or 25- pin port on a computer system used by slower I/O devices such as a mouse or modem; Data travels serially - one bit at a time - through the port






34. LFO is routed to low pass filter






35. Starts from 1 at the very beginning of a sequence






36. 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






37. Devices that transmit MIDI data (usually has keys or pads)






38. Complete sample(s) are loaded into RAM






39. POLY Pressure + Channel (S) => Note # (D1) => Amount (D2)






40. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling






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






42. Actual audio files (.WAV - .AIFF - etc.) that we hear when playing a sampled instrument






43. In; Out; Thru






44. Ground






45. Used with very large sampled instruments on a software based system; Initial transient of a sample loaded into RAM and audio file is streamed from hard drive in real time






46. One of the first affordable samplers; Contained only 2 samples; Very limited functionality






47. The process of combining waveforms with their own respective amplitude envelopes to create a sound that changes over time; Adding multiple tones to one sound






48. Main file loaded into sampler; Contains all settings used to create the instrument; Usually DOES NOT contain the audio files themselves but references them while they are stored somewhere else






49. Devices that receive MIDI data (must be capable of making sounds and have audio outs)






50. Record with highest input level possible - without clipping; Record more than you need; Adjust sample start and end times; Truncate unwanted material







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