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MIDI
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1. Digital sampling but sounds are divided into small pieces of sound lasting from 1 to 50 milliseconds; Sounds are layered on top of one another and can be adjusted by speed - phase angle - and volume
Granular Synthesis
Capture Last Take as Recording
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
Baud
2. Music workstation/synthesizer that features a 128- voice PCM- based synthesizer with 6 effects processors & dynamic pads; Infrared D-Beam; Stereo sampler and full on - screen editing; Allows for 8 stereo audio tracks integrated with the internal MIDI
Amplitude
Filter Parameters
S/PDif...
Roland Fantom X6
3. Incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant harmonic information
Channel Assignment
Akai S900
Noise
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
4. Voltage Controlled Oscillator; Controls pitch
Status Byte
Master Tracks Pro
VCO
Samples
5. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro
Modulates Cutoff Frequency
EXS
Tempest
M-Audio ProFire 2626 Audio Interface
6. Most commonly used MIDI receive mode; Device receives only on an assigned selectable data; Ability to play MORE than one note at a time
Amplitude Modulation
Velocity Mapping
OMNI (Off) POLY
MIDI Clock
7. Receive
Rx (Abbv.)
Notes OFF MIDI
Amplitude Modulation
Dedicated Sequencer
8. 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
S/PDif...
Serial Port
Binary
SDS
9. 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
Synthesis Types
SCSI
Akai MPC 60
Resolution
10. 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)
Zones
Linn LM-1
Pulse Wave
Akai S900
11. Starts from 1 at the very beginning of a sequence
Bars
OMNI (On) MONO
Sequencer
Byte
12. 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
Ultrabeat
Click Track
Channel Enable/Disable
Note Mode
13. Standard for transferring data between devices on internal and external computer; Most commonly used for tape storage devices and hard disks
Note ON MIDI
M-Audio ProFire 2626 Audio Interface
SCSI
Daisy Chaining
14. Record with highest input level possible - without clipping; Record more than you need; Adjust sample start and end times; Truncate unwanted material
Channel Voice Message
Recording Samples (Guidelines)
Amplitude
'Note On' Data Train
15. Rise and fall of pitch created when LFO is routed to the oscillator
Resolution
OMNI (Off) MONO
Filter Slopes
Vibrato...
16. 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
Phase Distortion Synthesis
Akai MPC2500
E- mu Proteus 2000
PCM
17. 31.25 Kilobaud (31 -250 baud)
Envelope
Grid Editor
Sustain Level
MIDI Data Transmission Rate
18. Message sent when note is played (key pressed)
Manufacturer Terms for Mode 3
Daisy Chain Limitations
Master Devices
Note ON MIDI
19. Software sequencer that eventually developed into Apple's Logic Pro; Released in 1988
3 Main MIDI Circuits
C-Lab Notator
Audio Samples
Analog Modeling Synthesis...
20. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling
Channel Messages
Synthesis Types
Channel Enable/Disable
Streaming
21. MIDI Manufacturers Association; Defines MIDI specifications & coordinates with manufacturers and users in Americas & Europe
SMDI
MMA
Additive Synthesis
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
22. Channel messages are common messages controlling note - timbre - & expressive data; System messages control inter- machine parameters
VCF
Channel Messages
DIN Pin 5
Filter
23. Multi Mode; Performance (Perf) Mode; Sequence Mode
Ultrabeat Import File Types
Manufacturer Terms for Multitimbral Mode
Pitch Bend
DIN Pin 2
24. 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
Program Change Data Train
OMNI (On) MONO
Roland Fantom X6
Sawtooth Wave
25. +5 Bias Voltage; Provides +5V to 1's in binary code data
THRU Port
EXS
Sampler
DIN Pin 4
26. Note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
Pitch
Cakewalk Sonar
Volume
Trill
27. Communications language based on the Master Device/Slave Device protocol used in synchronization systems; MIDI is NOT audio...it is performance data only
MIDI Protocol Type
MIDI
Score Editor
DIN Pin 4
28. Japanese MIDI Standards Committee; Defines MIDI specifications & coordinates with manufacturers and users in the Asian and Pacific Rim regions
Beats
EMagic AMT-8 MIDI Interface
JMSC
Grid Editor
29. Program Change + Channel (S) => Patch # (D1) => N/A
Polyphonic
Destructive Quantize
Beats
Program Change Data Train
30. Pre- mixes sound levels within the device
Volume
Sustain Level
VCO
Playback Quantizing
31. Digital Signal Processing; Provides for the ability to adjust levels - do equalization - dynamic processing - create special effects - and mix digital audio data
Depth/Amount Parameter
Disk Streaming
Bars
DSP
32. Same as square; Odd numbered multiples of harmonics - but the amplitude is decreasing more rapidly
Note Mode
Multitimbral Mode
Triangle Wave
Fairlight CMI
33. Determines which note on the MIDI keyboard will play the sample at its original pitch and speed; Almost always set to Middle C
Key Note
SCSI
Note ON MIDI
VCA
34. Windows only based digital audio workstation platform
PPQN
Tx (Abbv.)
Cakewalk Sonar
Dynamic Allocation
35. Status Byte (S) => Data 1 (D1) => Data 2 (D2)
M-Audio ProFire 2626 Audio Interface
Velocity Switching
Data Train
Mellotron
36. Transmit
Multitimbral Mode
Sampler
Depth/Amount Parameter
Tx (Abbv.)
37. 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.
SMDI
Subtractive Synthesis...
POLY Pressure Data Train
Daisy Chain Limitations
38. 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
Cutoff Frequency
Ableton Live
MIDI Protocol Type
39. 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
Accessibility
Modulates Cutoff Frequency
Velocity Mapping
Polyphonic
40. 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
MIDI Octaves
C-Lab Notator
Additive Synthesis
Mix - Merge - or Overdub Mode
41. Value = 0 - 127 (Variations of the last 7 numbers)
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
Master Devices
Receive Switch
Tempest
42. Place sounds in the stereo field within the device
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
Destructive Quantize
Pan
Pulse Wave
43. VCO -> VCF -> VCA -> Speakers; (LFO and Envelope Generator run to all of the 3 circuits)
Sine Wave
MOTU Digital Performer
Local OFF
Synthesizer Audio Flow
44. Advantages: Higher memory (RAM) & samples are saved and recalled with the session; Disadvantage: Lower stability
Software Sampler
Depth/Amount Parameter
Max MIDI Cable Length
Rx (Abbv.)
45. Bits/Second
Slave Devices
Resolution
Baud
Modulation
46. A device that 'conditions' the electrical supply to take out spikes and surges.
Notes OFF MIDI
Binary
Power Conditioner
Cutoff Frequency
47. 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
Fairlight CMI
List Editor
PPQN
Polyphonic
48. To create or shape
Quantization Values
Zero Crossing Point
Quantization
Generator
49. Least Significant Bit - the right- most bit in a binary whole number or code
Serial Port
lsb
Sample Looping
Midi Thru Box
50. Changes the sound envelope based on how high or low the pitch of the note
Polyphony
Key Tracking
Destructive Quantize
MIDI Program Change