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MIDI
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1. Digital recordings triggered by MIDI
Samples
PPQN
Accessibility
KORG Triton Rack
2. 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
Daisy Chaining
ProTools
Velocity Switching
Accessibility
3. Digital Signal Processing; Provides for the ability to adjust levels - do equalization - dynamic processing - create special effects - and mix digital audio data
Max MIDI Cable Length
Accessibility
Key Note
DSP
4. Attack Time; Decay Time; Sustain Level; Release Time
Static
OMNI (On) POLY
Envelope Generator Parameters
Note ON MIDI
5. Smooth gliding from one note to another (as in singing or string playing)
Portamento...
Volume
Note Mode
THRU Port
6. Pitch - Amplitude - Timbre
OMNI (On) POLY
3 Main MIDI Circuits
Volume
Receive Modes
7. Electronic tape- based keyboard instrument featuring prerecorded sounds; Tape bank could be removed and loaded with different sounds
Mellotron
MIDI Connection Ports
Receive Modes
E- Mu Emulator
8. Place sounds in the stereo field within the device
Pan
Ticks
EXS
3 Main MIDI Circuits
9. Ground
'Note On' Data Train
Generator
DIN Pin 2
Akai S900
10. Powerful feature of MIDI editing that fixes timing issues; Moves notes to a predetermined grid by dividing the PPQN into common note value divisions
8-Bit Breakdown of MIDI Code
Bars
Quantization
Piano Roll
11. MIDI Note #60 (Roland Standard)
Output Assignment
Akai MPC2500
C4
Piano Roll
12. 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
Wah Wah
Recording with MIDI Sequencer
OMNI (On) POLY
Zero Crossing Point
13. Operating system made sense to most musicians; Became very popular because of its accessibility
Aftertouch
MIDI Acronym
Binary
Akai S900
14. Devices that receive MIDI data (must be capable of making sounds and have audio outs)
Local OFF
Polyphonic
3 Main MIDI Circuits
Slave Devices
15. Most commonly used MIDI receive mode; Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play MORE than one note at a time
Ultrabeat
Data Byte
Playback Quantizing
OMNI (Off) POLY
16. How accurate the timing of a MIDI performance is recorded;
Elisha Gray
Resolution
'Note On' Data Train
Grid Editor
17. Determines the layout of MIDI channels for each of the multitimbral parts
Tremolo
Slew Rate
Channel Assignment
Software Sampler
18. Digital sample playback; Natural waveform is digitally recorded and stored as a series of binary code; Near perfect reproduction of original sound; More realistic starting point for the sound
MIDI Connection Ports
Quantization Values
Key Range
Pulse Code Modulation
19. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro
Timbre
E- Mu Emulator
Disk Streaming
EXS
20. 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
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Key Tracking
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
DIN Pin 4
21. Ability to play ONLY one note at a time; Often used for solo instruments (horns) - bass - portamento - slides - and trills
Monophonic
Elisha Gray
Slew Rate
OMNI (Off) POLY
22. 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)
Ticks
THRU Port
Patch Mapping
Midi Thru Box
23. How long it takes for sound to fade to silence
Vibrato...
Velocity Mapping
DIN Pin 5
Release Time
24. Very popular and affordable 8- bit sampler
Sample Rate
S/PDif...
Ensoniq Mirage
Accessibility
25. Overall sound quality defined by harmonic content
MIDI Cable Specs
Accessibility
Timbre
Handshake Wiring
26. This changes when keys are pressed above or below the key note; Alters the playback speed of the sample
Baud
Envelope Generator Parameters
Polyphony
Pitch
27. Define whether an instrument will respond to one or more channels and how many notes it will play back at once
MIDI Acronym
Status Byte
Step Record
Receive Modes
28. 50'
Max MIDI Cable Length
Quantization
Quantization Values
PCM
29. Tells how to interpret data that is coming up; 'note number is following'; Defines what we want the MIDI device to do; Represented by msb = 1
OMNI (On) POLY
Receive Switch
Save
Status Byte
30. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling
Types of Channel Voice Messages
Status Byte
MIDI Acronym
Synthesis Types
31. 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)
DIN Pin 5
Zones
Timbre
Mellotron
32. Another term for 'Channel Enable/Disable'
Coarse Tuning
MIDI Program Change
Receive Switch
E- Mu Emulator
33. 'Father of the Synthesizer'; Created a voltage controlled music synthesizer (Moog Modular Synth); Used by Stevie Wonder in 70's
LFO Parameters
Tx (Abbv.)
Bob Moog
Daisy Chain Limitations
34. Recreating a natural sound by using additive synthesis techniques; Requires powerful and expensive hardware; Replaced with the advent of digital sampling
Output Assignment
System Messages
SDS
Resynthesis
35. 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
AMS
Multitimbral Module
Channel Messages
Envelope
36. Speed of a waveform (cycles per second)
Receive Switch
Layer
Binary
Pitch
37. Filter Type & Slope; Cutoff Frequency; Resonance (Emphasis); Key Tracking
Cakewalk Sonar
Split
Roland Fantom X6
Filter Parameters
38. Value = 0 - 127 (Variations of the last 7 numbers)
Polyphonic
Granular Synthesis
System Messages
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
39. 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
THRU Port
Ensoniq Mirage
LFO Parameters
Channel Mode Message
40. Allows you to capture anything you play on keys while sequencer is playing back (but not actively recording); Exclusive to Logic Pro
MIDI
Note ON MIDI
Capture Last Take as Recording
MIDI Connection Ports
41. Self contained computerized synthesizer developed in 1975; Playback system records patterns that you play on keyboard
Sustain Level
Synclavier
Baud
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
42. 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
Split
Tempest
Pitch
Synclavier
43. 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
Noise
AMS
Step Record
Save
44. Categorically grouping of samples; Grouped by instrument type or dynamics; Provides for easier programming when multiple instrument are involved
Portamento...
Daisy Chain Limitations
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
Data Byte
45. Note events edited on a staff - similar to composing music on sheets.
Score Editor
Cakewalk Sonar
Types of Channel Voice Messages
MIDI Octaves
46. 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
Tx (Abbv.)
Destructive Quantize
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
47. Message sent when note is played (key pressed)
Linn LM-1
C4
Note ON MIDI
Trill
48. MIDI Message sent when key is released
Audio Samples
SCSI
Volume
Notes OFF MIDI
49. Transmit
MIDI Protocol Type
Tx (Abbv.)
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
Beats
50. Determines how much effect an envelope generator has on a particular circuit
S/PDif...
Depth/Amount Parameter
Bob Moog
Tuning