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Subject : engineering
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1. Filter Type & Slope; Cutoff Frequency; Resonance (Emphasis); Key Tracking






2. Determines which note on the MIDI keyboard will play the sample at its original pitch and speed; Almost always set to Middle C






3. In MIDI - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information






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






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






6. 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






7. Determines the highest frequency to be captured






8. Bits/Second






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






10. 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






11. Chooses which channels a multitimbral MIDI device will respond






12. The extent to which schemas and concepts are at the forefront of people's minds and are therefore likely to be used






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






14. Windows only based digital audio workstation platform






15. Musical Instrument Digital Interface






16. Using an envelope generator on an oscillator does this...






17. Ground






18. Allows using a pencil tool to input notes - define note value - and manually enter notes; Useful for parts too complex to play at desired tempo or due to a lack of performance ability






19. Drum machine that generates its sounds using six powerful analog synthesis voices; Runs an innovative - performance- oriented operating system that manipulates beats and sounds in real time without ever stopping play






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






21. 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)






22. Powerful feature of MIDI editing that fixes timing issues; Moves notes to a predetermined grid by dividing the PPQN into common note value divisions






23. MIDI Message sent when key is released






24. Music production software that offers a great array of tools for mashup production - including tempo beatmapping and real time manipulation






25. 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






26. 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)






27. Changes an analog audio signal to a digital format (binary data) that can be stored or manipulated on a computer






28. Device which splits the MIDI Out signal of a master instrument or sequencer to avoid daisy chaining; Has special powered circuitry that routes MIDI data arriving at its IN Ports to ALL of the OUT (THRU) Ports simultaneously; Often seen as a 'mode' an






29. Receive






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






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






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






33. Device receives on any and all channels but merges all the data together to one specific channel and then plays all notes received on the one sound assigned to that channel; Ability to play ONLY one note at a time






34. Most commonly used MIDI receive mode; Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play MORE than one note at a time






35. Where samples are recorded or loaded when playing back from within a sampler; Erased when sampler is turned off so sounds must be stored on removable media; Static/






36. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro






37. Dum machine that featured 12- bit sampling; 99- track sequencer with a 60 -000 note capacity; Debuted the familiar 4 x 4 grid of drum pads






38. Debuted in 1980; First sampling based instrument by Small Australian company






39. Contains only the fundamental frequency and all of its odd- numbered harmonics






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






41. Allows for the routing of output from individual parts to secondary (auxiliary) audio outputs rather than the main stereo outputs; EQ effects can be changed from those on main stereo outputs






42. Basic Waveform; Source vibrates with simple harmonic motion






43. Maximum of 3 MIDI Slave Devices can be wired past the Master Device according to the MMA; All MIDI IN Ports are optically isolated to prevent hum - buzz - ground looping - and RF interference.






44. 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)






45. To create or shape






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






47. Software ran on Atari; One of the first software based MIDI synthesizers






48. Transmit






49. Boosts frequencies at and around the cutoff frequency; Emphasizes effect of filter






50. Deal with the set- up and operating parameters for a MIDI device - Acknowledged by all devices in a MIDI system