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MIDI
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1. Filter Type & Slope; Cutoff Frequency; Resonance (Emphasis); Key Tracking
Data Train
Amplitude
Handshake Wiring
Filter Parameters
2. Determines which note on the MIDI keyboard will play the sample at its original pitch and speed; Almost always set to Middle C
ProTools
Dual Serial Connection
Key Note
Pitch Bend Data Train
3. In MIDI - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Analog Modeling Synthesis...
Pulse Wave
Dedicated Sequencer
Byte
4. Initial few hundred milliseconds of samples are loaded into RAM & remaining sample length is streamed from the hard drive
Basic Sequencer Signal Flow
Byte
Multitimbral Module
Streaming
5. Operating system made sense to most musicians; Became very popular because of its accessibility
Akai S900
Ableton Live
Channel Mode Message
E- Mu Emulator
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
Sampler
Capture Last Take as Recording
OMNI (On) MONO
Velocity Mapping
7. Determines the highest frequency to be captured
Pitch Bend Data Train
Portamento...
Quantization Values
Sample Rate
8. Bits/Second
Release Time
Synthesizer Audio Flow
Baud
System Messages
9. Subtractive; Additive; Resynthesis; Frequency Modulation; Phase Distortion; Wavetable; Pulse Code Modulation; Granular; Graintable Synthesis; Physical Modeling; Analog Modeling
Synthesis Types
Types of Channel Voice Messages
Cutoff Frequency
MIDI Interface Setup
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
SCSI
Playback Quantizing
PCM
MIDI Clock
11. Chooses which channels a multitimbral MIDI device will respond
Generator
Note ON MIDI
Channel Enable/Disable
Note Ranges
12. The extent to which schemas and concepts are at the forefront of people's minds and are therefore likely to be used
Accessibility
Dynamic Allocation
MMA
Note ON MIDI
13. Note events edited on a staff - similar to composing music on sheets.
DIN Pin 4
Bob Moog
SDS
Score Editor
14. Windows only based digital audio workstation platform
Cakewalk Sonar
Filter Parameters
Trill
THRU Port
15. Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Save
Ultrabeat
MIDI Acronym
Channel Assignment
16. Using an envelope generator on an oscillator does this...
Pan
Master Devices
Bob Moog
Modulates Pitch
17. Ground
DIN Pin 2
Data Byte Breakdown for MIDI
Local OFF
Resynthesis
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
5-Pin DIN Protocol
Step Record
Resolution
Receive Switch
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
MIDI
Split
Note Mode
Tempest
20. Both the IN Port and OUT Port of two devices are connected together; Allows total communication between devices (BIDIRECTIONAL); Smartest MIDI wiring procedure
Key Tracking
Tremolo
lsb
Handshake Wiring
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)
DIN Pin 2
Ground Loop
Resonance
System Messages
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
Resolution
Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO)
Grid Editor
Quantization
23. MIDI Message sent when key is released
Vibrato...
Ableton Live
Akai S900
Notes OFF MIDI
24. Music production software that offers a great array of tools for mashup production - including tempo beatmapping and real time manipulation
Coarse Tuning
Baud
Ableton Live
Manufacturer Terms for Mode 3
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
Note ON MIDI
Wavetable Synthesis
Click Track
Dual Serial Connection
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)
Resonance
Filter Slopes
EXS
JMSC
27. Changes an analog audio signal to a digital format (binary data) that can be stored or manipulated on a computer
Bars
Channel Pressure
A/D Converter
MIDI Octaves
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
Dynamic Allocation
Midi Thru Box
Program Change Data Train
VCA
29. Receive
Timbre
E- Mu Emulator
Ultrabeat Import File Types
Rx (Abbv.)
30. Stack the next pass as a new region over the previous data; Multiple regions on one track
Samples
Note Mode
Square Wave
OUT Port
31. This changes when keys are pressed above or below the key note; Alters the playback speed of the sample
Phase Distortion Synthesis
Timbre Assignment
EMagic AMT-8 MIDI Interface
Pitch
32. Same as square; Odd numbered multiples of harmonics - but the amplitude is decreasing more rapidly
Channel Assignment
Triangle Wave
Ableton Live
MOTU Digital Performer
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
Midi Thru Box
OMNI (On) MONO
POLY Pressure Data Train
msb
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
Tuning
OMNI (Off) POLY
MMA
Zone/Key Group/Multi-Sample
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/
Sample Looping
RAM (Memory)
Cakewalk Sonar
MIDI Interface Setup
36. Sampler that comes packaged with Logic Pro
Ultrabeat Import File Types
Beats
EXS
Master Devices
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
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
Akai MPC 60
Monophonic
Multitimbral Module
38. Debuted in 1980; First sampling based instrument by Small Australian company
Patch Mapping
LFO Parameters
Fairlight CMI
OMNI (Off) POLY
39. Contains only the fundamental frequency and all of its odd- numbered harmonics
3 Main MIDI Circuits
Ring Modulation
'Note Off' Data Train
Square Wave
40. Determines how much effect an envelope generator has on a particular circuit
Bars
Note ON MIDI
Depth/Amount Parameter
Midi Thru Box
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
C4
Hardware Sampler
Output Assignment
VCF
42. Basic Waveform; Source vibrates with simple harmonic motion
Key Tracking
Akai S900
Sine Wave
MIDI Octaves
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.
Envelope Generator
Bob Moog
Daisy Chain Limitations
Elisha Gray
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)
Synclavier
Patch Mapping
Max MIDI Cable Length
VCO
45. To create or shape
Generator
S/PDif...
Trill
MIDI Module
46. Two or more instruments with note ranges that do not overlap
SCSI
Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO)
Split
msb
47. Software ran on Atari; One of the first software based MIDI synthesizers
Master Tracks Pro
Graintable Synthesis
Slew Rate
Phase Distortion Synthesis
48. Transmit
Controller Editor
Tx (Abbv.)
Tuning
Preset/Patch/Instrument/Bank
49. Boosts frequencies at and around the cutoff frequency; Emphasizes effect of filter
Disk Streaming
Controller Editor
Sequencer
Resonance
50. Deal with the set- up and operating parameters for a MIDI device - Acknowledged by all devices in a MIDI system
Playback Quantizing
System Messages
Streaming
Beats