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MIDI
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1. 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
Output Assignment
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
'Note Off' Data Train
AMS
2. Changes an analog audio signal to a digital format (binary data) that can be stored or manipulated on a computer
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
Triangle Wave
A/D Converter
Capture Last Take as Recording
3. Windows only based digital audio workstation platform
Capture Last Take as Recording
Dynamic Allocation
Aftertouch
Cakewalk Sonar
4. MIDI Manufacturers Association; Defines MIDI specifications & coordinates with manufacturers and users in Americas & Europe
Cakewalk Sonar
Receive Modes
MMA
Slave Devices
5. 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
Velocity Mapping
Basic Sequencer Signal Flow
OMNI (On) POLY
E- Mu Emulator II
6. Least Significant Bit - the right- most bit in a binary whole number or code
Disk Streaming
Modulation
Graintable Synthesis
lsb
7. Categorically grouping of samples; Grouped by instrument type or dynamics; Provides for easier programming when multiple instrument are involved
Polyphonic
Modulation
Release Time
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
8. Uses powerful digital signal processing algorithms and equations to simulate the properties of a natural instrument; Very customizable
Monophonic
PPQN
Samples
Physical Modeling Synthesis
9. Metronome; Prerecorded track of electronic metronomic clicks used to ensure proper timing of music to be recorded; Essential in music scoring sessions; Sets composition tempo
MIDI Clock
Click Track
Midi Thru Box
Physical Modeling Synthesis
10. MIDI Note #60 (Roland Standard)
Roland Fantom X6
C4
Play
Data Train
11. Modulation technique in which the amplitude of the carrier signal is modified by the application of a data signal
Handshake Wiring
Synthesizer Audio Flow
Portamento...
Amplitude Modulation
12. 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/
RAM (Memory)
Serial Port
VCO
Modulates Pitch
13. Advantages: Higher memory (RAM) & samples are saved and recalled with the session; Disadvantage: Lower stability
Software Sampler
Note Mode
Trill
MIDI Module
14. Data
Power Conditioner
Tx (Abbv.)
OMNI (Off) MONO
DIN Pin 5
15. LFO is routed to low pass filter
DSP
Piano Roll
Wah Wah
Akai MPC2500
16. Where a slave device receives MIDI data; Can receive data from an OUT or THRU port
IN Port
Daisy Chain Limitations
OMNI (Off) MONO
THRU Port
17. Storage device that can memorize and playback (often in loops) the sequence of MIDI events generated by the master device.
Sequencer
POLY Pressure Data Train
Disk Streaming
MONO Pressure Data Train
18. Boosts frequencies at and around the cutoff frequency; Emphasizes effect of filter
Bob Moog
FM Synthesis
Resonance
THRU Port
19. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)
Score Editor
Hardware Sampler
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Trill
20. Allows bidirectional communication between MIDI device and computer
Channel Messages
Slave Devices
Synthesis Types
Dual Serial Connection
21. L ->R === msb (1) - MIDI Message (3) - MIDI Channel (4)
8-Bit Breakdown of MIDI Code
Types of Channel Voice Messages
OUT Port
Synthesis Types
22. 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
Save
Wavetable Synthesis
Ableton Live
Sample Looping
23. Message sent when note is played (key pressed)
Amplitude
Ultrabeat
Note ON MIDI
Play
24. Voltage Controlled Filter; Voltage amount changes harmonic content
POLY Pressure Data Train
VCF
DIN Pin 5
VCO
25. Determined by time signature; Added together to form the full bar
Layer
M-Audio ProFire 2626 Audio Interface
Beats
THRU Port
26. Only recording the performance and not the actual sounds; Completely editable and changeable post- recording
msb
LFO Parameters
List Editor
Recording with MIDI Sequencer
27. Determines dynamic range and signal- to- noise ratio
Pitch Bend
Local ON
Bit Depth
MIDI Acronym
28. Starts from 1 at the very beginning of a sequence
Bars
Channel Enable/Disable
Additive Synthesis
Multitimbral Module
29. Multi Mode; Performance (Perf) Mode; Sequence Mode
Ableton Live
Bars
Layer
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
30. How quickly sound reaches its peak volume when key is pressed
Attack Time
Noise
VCO
Local ON
31. Audio MIDI Setup; Utility designed to tell the computer what MIDI Interface and hardware is being used - as well as audio connections; Built into System Software of Mac OS 10.1 and up; Sequencers communicate with AMS for audio and MIDI routing and se
LFO Parameters
AMS
Quantization
Software Sampler
32. Very popular and affordable 8- bit sampler
Channel Voice Message
Wavetable Synthesis
Ensoniq Mirage
ProTools
33. Note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Trill
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
Subtractive Synthesis...
34. Conveys the amount of overall (average) pressure on ALL the keys at a given point
Receive Switch
Note Ranges
Channel Pressure
Non - Dedicated Sequencer
35. Each pass will combine new MIDI data with old MIDI data already recorded onto track; Most commonly used; Allows looping and the ability to work at desired pace
Patch Mapping
Controller Editor
OMNI (Off) POLY
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
36. How accurate the timing of a MIDI performance is recorded;
Cakewalk Sonar
Noise
A/D Converter
Resolution
37. Smallest increments between beats; Coincide with the resolution in PPQN; MIDI data locks to these for start
DIN Pin 5
Ticks
Max MIDI Cable Length
PPQN
38. Note Off + Channel (S) => Note # (D1) => Release Velocity (D2)
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39. Maximum number of notes an instrument can play at once; Most modern MIDI instruments have 128 notes of polyphony
Byte
E- Mu Emulator
Amplitude Modulation
Polyphony
40. Circuits on a synth that determine the character of the attack and release of a tone can be controlled; Controls how sound changes over time; Most commonly on amplifier circuit
Envelope Generator
Polyphonic
Local ON
8-Bit Breakdown of MIDI Code
41. Combination of layers and splits (Ex. => Assigning a piano sound across the entire length of the keyboard - but adding a string part only on upper octaves)
Mellotron
Bob Moog
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Zones
42. Positional numbering system represents numerical values using only two symbols - 0 and 1
Binary
Envelope Generator
JMSC
VCF
43. 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
PCM
Ring Modulation
Play
Master Devices
44. Height (or loudness) of a waveform
Amplitude
Key Range
Envelope Generator
Channel Messages
45. Receive
Pitch Bend Data Train
KORG Triton Rack
Zero Crossing Point
Rx (Abbv.)
46. Device receives on any and all channels but merges all the data together to one specific channel and then plays all notes received as the one sound assigned to that channel; Ability to play MORE than one note at a time
C4
OMNI (On) POLY
RAM (Memory)
Trill
47. MIDI message used to change sound patches on a remote module or the effects patch on a MIDI effects unit
Polyphony
MIDI Program Change
Program Change Data Train
Oscillator
48. Resembles a large hardware sequencer- type display - but shows all MIDI data that has been recorded on a single page
Data Train
List Editor
Decay Time
E- Mu Emulator
49. 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)
Controller Editor
Filter Slopes
Rx (Abbv.)
Analog Modeling Synthesis...
50. Connects computer to MIDI device; All MIDI routing and communication is handled by the computer
Data Train
SMDI
MIDI Interface Setup
Samples
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