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Subject : engineering
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1. (Deutsche Industrie Norm) ~ Cable standard that transfers MIDI data; Uses only pins 2 - 4 - & 5






2. Rise and fall of pitch created when LFO is routed to the oscillator






3. SCSI Musical Data Interchange; Better option than SDS






4. MIDI interface designed to work with the USB protocol - as well as both Mac and PC serial ports; 8-Input & 8-Output; Uses a clever look- ahead buffering system to improve the timing of MIDI signals at the interface ports.






5. The first drum machine to use digital samples of acoustic drums






6. How quickly sound reaches its peak volume when key is pressed






7. Advantages: Higher memory (RAM) & samples are saved and recalled with the session; Disadvantage: Lower stability






8. Attack Time; Decay Time; Sustain Level; Release Time






9. Drum sequencer that comes packaged with Logic Pro






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






11. Channel messages are common messages controlling note - timbre - & expressive data; System messages control inter- machine parameters






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






13. 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/






14. VCO -> VCF -> VCA -> Speakers; (LFO and Envelope Generator run to all of the 3 circuits)






15. 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)






16. Sample Dump Standard; Signal starts to degrade






17. Defines the instrument's response to voice messages






18. CRedited with being the first to create and transmit music electronically; 'Singing Telegraph' (1867)






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Multitimbral device that automatically assigns notes of polyphony to individual parts as they are required in real time; Helps to eliminate lost notes or 'note stealing' during playback






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






25. Determined by time signature; Added together to form the full bar






26. Recreating a natural sound by using additive synthesis techniques; Requires powerful and expensive hardware; Replaced with the advent of digital sampling






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






28. Determines dynamic range and signal- to- noise ratio






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 50'






34. How long it takes for volume of sound to drop to Sustain Level






35. Defines the lowest and highest note on a keyboard that an individual part is active






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






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






38. Keys transmit directly to the internal sound engine of a keyboard (and usually to the MIDI OUT Port as well)






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






40. Smallest increments between beats; Coincide with the resolution in PPQN; MIDI data locks to these for start






41. Method of connecting several devices along a bus and managing the signals for each device; The most basic MIDI connection; Plays multiple sounds with same MIDI data






42. Program Change + Channel (S) => Patch # (D1) => N/A






43. 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






44. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)






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






46. 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






47. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Controls Amplitude






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






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






50. Direct copy of any MIDI data arriving at the MIDI IN Port; Device without a MIDI thru connector must be placed at the end of a MIDI chain